The Driver – Volunteer Newsletter – March 2024

by neighborride | Apr 1, 2024 | Volunteer Newsletters

YOU ARE INVITED!!

Volunteer Appreciation Event!!

Tuesday, April 16th

10:00-12:00 pm

Cedar Lane Park

This will be a special celebration of YOU – our VOLUNTEERS!

Coffee and Donut Truck

Volunteer Hall of Fame Announcements

Please RSVP by email to volunteer@neighborride.org

Thanks to our volunteer program sponsor BWFA

and our event location sponsor Right at Home.

Thank you sponsors:

NEW PORTAL LAUNCH

We want to thank you all for your patience as we migrated to the new portal last week. Your willingness to work through the required password reset and the new portal look and not miss a beat taking rides is so appreciated. We also thank those of you who called or sent your feedback.

We are working on a few system bugs that have cropped up and will hopefully have them remedied soon.

PURCHASE TICKETS

A limited number of tickets are still available. Contact Colleen at community@neighborride.org to register.

Volunteers are needed to lend a hand during the event. Please click below to sign up for a shift or call the office. We guarantee that you’ll have blast being a part of the Neighbor Ride BINGO crew!

SPONSOR A BASKET

PLEASE JOIN US IN THANKING OUR

20th ANNIVERSARY YEAR SPONSORS!

Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics – Orthopaedic Associates of Central MD

The Columbia Association

Community Action Council of Howard County

Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny – Attorneys at Law

Edelman Financial Engines

The Hearing Aide

The Hutt Company, LLC

Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center

Residences at Vantage Point

Senior Placement Navigators

February Statistics:

Rides Requests filled 711

Rides Cancelled for No Driver: 25

Ride Completion percentage: 97.4%

Different Volunteers Providing a Ride: 169

WELCOME NEW VOLUNTEERS!

Alex Rose

Alicia Oro

Michael Stein

Mindy Brandon

Sharon Schwemin

Diane Schwartz

Obituaries

Our heartfelt condolences to the families of:

Former Volunteer – Jim (Dutch) Madachy

Former Volunteer – Clinton Edwards

Our friends at the Candlelight Concert Society are hosting an evening that promises to be a blast, featuring three young talents of classical music, Geneva Lewis (violin), Gabriel Martins (Cello), and Evren Ozel (piano).

Date & Time: Saturday, April 6 | 7:30 PM

Venue: Smith Theatre HCC

Candlelight Concert Society is delighted to offer all Neighbor Ride audiences an exclusive 25% discount on ticket purchases with the code: NRide25. Just click below and use the promo code for your purchase.

TICKETS

Eager for a preview of what’s in store? Click below and enjoy!

PREVIEW

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Live at the Sands (Before Frank) | Fri., April 19th, 2024 at 7:30 pm)

This great 1966 recording captured the Count Basie Orchestra in all its swinging glory. With such Basie hits as One O’Clock Jump, I Can’t Stop Loving You, Whirly Bird, and Jumpin’ at the Woodside, you’ll want to grab a beverage and pull up a seat as the CJB swings you through this great Basie recording.

Taste the music of the Kentucky Derby FUNDRAISER

Friday, May 3rd- 7:00 pm

Tickets: $125.00

The Gathering Space

Includes Derby favorites