Neighbor Ride has been on a volunteer recruitment roll this month—but we could use your help spreading the word! You might have seen our videos on social media with clients, volunteers, and friends of Neighbor Ride sharing their stories.

Here are a few easy ways to help:

⇒ Like and share Neighbor Ride’s volunteer posts—and add a quick note about why you love volunteering

⇒ Tag a few friends and challenge them to join you as volunteers

⇒ Post a photo of yourself behind the wheel or showing off your car magnet

⇒ Share this recruitment image with your own personal message. Just click and it will open in a new window so you can save it as a jpg for your feed.

Extra credit (totally optional, but could be fun!)

⇒ Record a short video sharing why you volunteer with Neighbor Ride

Need inspiration? Here’s a sample post:

Join me as a Neighbor Ride volunteer! This organization means a lot to me because [add your reason here]. Come make a difference with me — sign up today! ➡️ neighborride.org/join-our-team 

Optional comment to add:

Tag, you’re it! I’m challenging [tag three friends] to join me as a volunteer driver. Let me know when you sign up!

Find Neighbor Ride on social media:

Facebook: facebook.com/NeighborRide

Instagram: @neighborride

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/neighborride

Thanks for helping us grow the Neighbor Ride community—one post (and one ride) at a time.

Mark your 2026 calendars for Magnet Days!

On the 17th of each month, we ask that all volunteers display their magnet on their car throughout the day. 

If you are comfortable driving, make a second call to the passenger the day of the ride to confirm that they still want to go.

If you are not comfortable driving, please call the NR office (Emergency Line is available 24/7). The office will notify your client.

Neighbor Ride does NOT follow the Howard County School or Government cancellation policy, but if your ride destination is a school, library, or a government office, they will follow any delayed opening/cancellation. 

If the ride is to a 50+ Center, call the Inclement Weather/Emergency Status Line (410) 313-7777 for status updates regarding the Howard County 50+ Centers. 

If the ride is canceled, be sure to email NR and let us know, so we can take the ride out of the Ride Match system.

We are currently looking for a Bingo Event Chairperson for our popular event on Saturday, May 2nd.

If you have experience with silent auction baskets, we have the job for you! Stipend will be paid, and last year’s chairperson is available to consult.

Please reach out to Patrice at volunteer@neighborride.org if you’re interested or for more information. It’s a really fun event!!!!

Mikio Manuel

Join us for an evening of musical connections that ripple across centuries! Like waves lapping against distant shores, this program traces how ideas, inspirations, and musical innovations flow from one generation to the next. We’ll follow the currents from a poet’s opium dream to a composer’s namesake, from Scottish seas to Bach’s Resurrection, proving that in music, what goes around comes around—  sometimes in gloriously unexpected ways.

February 7th, 2026 – 7:30 pm Rouse Theatre

We are saddened by the passing of passenger:

Sandra Hines
Judith Rivkin
Allen Robinson

Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this time.

Check out our latest stats from December. We appreciate our volunteers for helping us be out there on the roads each and every day for our clients!

• Ride requests filled: 947
• Rides cancelled for no driver: 18
• Unfilled ride request rate: 1.9%
• Ride requests completed 753
• Clients served: 254
• Different volunteers providing a ride: 173

Volunteer mileage can be deducted on both federal and state taxes.

You can obtain a spreadsheet of rides by following these steps:

1. Log in to your driver portal

2. Click on “History” from the blue banner at the top of page

3. Change the date field to select 1/1/2025 – 12/31/2025

4. Click on the blue Export button; you can print the report or download it as .csv file.

Great news! Our annual appeal hit its $115,000 goal, made possible by your generosity. We’re so grateful to everyone who supported us with their time and donations.

We’re also proud to share: Neighbor Ride has earned the 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency — the highest recognition from Candid, the organization that tracks and shares information about nonprofits across the United States.

What does that mean? It means we don’t just talk about what we do — we openly share how we do it, who leads us, and how we measure our impact.

20 Cars for 20 Years! We accept all vehicles of any age or condition. Anyone can donate, no matter what state you live in!