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1 year of SaMP Kids ~ Homeless for the Holidays Talent Show

It’s our 1 year anniversary of SaMP Kids ~ Compassionate Kids Club! I can’t believe that we’ve made it a full year, our program is thriving, and reaching new families every week! We’re also making a BIG difference in our community, in the last year the SaMP Kids have logged over 875 volunteer hours, they […]

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5th Annual PINK Friday is coming!

PINK Friday returns on November 17 for our 5th annual #shoppingforSophieandMadigan event! You Shop. They Donate! So kick off your holiday shopping before Black Friday, avoid the stampedes, and shop for a great cause! All of our participating businesses donate a portion of their sales for the day. The money raised helps us hold our

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SaMP Kids ~ September Project ~ BIAB

The SaMP Kids worked so hard this month to pull together an “EVERYTHING Sale” for Blessings in a Backpack. They collected items from the community, made posters, and called local business owners to set up the location for the sale. This week they met at Dublin Roasters Coffee to set up. The kids took turns

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SaMP Kids ~ Compassionate Kids Club ~ BIAB wk 2

Today at SaMP Kids – Compassionate Kids Club we continued making a plan for our September project to support Blessings in a Backpack, Frederick, MD with our EVERYTHING SALE! Echo read “How to Build Community” and led a discussion with the kids on various forms of “community” and how we can support them. The kids

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Build a pinhole viewer for safe eclipse viewing!

Monday, August 21st 2017, people all over North America will be able to see a Solar Eclipse! We wanted to share this fun easy way to create your own viewer to keep every ones eyes safe while you take the kids out to LEARN! You can find out more about the eclipse here thanks to

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Pirate & Princess 5k and fun run!

We’re getting closer to race day! Have you registered? Have you set up your team? Come run with us and support the power of PLAY! Saturday September 30th at Monocacy Village Park 5k, 1k fun run, free trunk or treat, costume contest, lots of laughs and fun! Register here Can’t run but want to help?

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Celebrate PLAY with Laurie Berkner! 

We have just 5 days left until we bring Laurie Berkner and over 250 free Capes for Kids to Children’s National Medical Center for our first Celebrate PLAY event. We are super excited to be able to offer this free PLAY event because of your generosity and support of our mission to help kids and

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Sophie & Madigan’s PLAY Trail! 

Today we had the kick off party for this years PLAY Trail! Have I mentioned how much I love PLAY Trail! We had so much fun today meeting new families – playing cornhole – giant Jenga – and painting rocks to check off #frederickrocks! stop on our PLAY Trail map! Nice to meet all of

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Spring Swing Auction and Raffle Items!

Join us for an afternoon of music, dancing, and fun. We will have an amazing DJ, light fare, sweet treats, a photo booth, a raffle with unique family friendly items, crafts, kid friendly activities and more. It’s a beautiful day to bring the whole family, dress up in your most fantastical attire and be swept

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