Benefiting Organizations
The DoGood-er Awards will recognize individuals who support our community, but the event itself will help to support local non-profit organizations. For the upcoming event, we have chosen two worthwhile organizations, that are serving the youth in our community in multiple capacities. One is helping with support for kids dealing with grief. One is providing mentorship, life skills and more for underserved youth.
These two organizations were selected based on the choices of our 2023 DoGood-er Winners and the committee chose from there.
The 2024 beneficiaries are:
Heartly House, Inc.
Since 1979, Heartly House has been the only organization in Frederick County, MD that provides comprehensive services, free of charge, to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and child abuse.
The mission of Heartly House is to end domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and child abuse and to provide victims with safety, shelter, and supportive services.
Heartly House staff walk alongside survivors without judgment, offering support, education, and counseling through a trauma-informed lens. Our goal is to increase the safety and well-being of survivors, and empower them to make the best choices for themselves and their families. Through supportive services, victims can better understand the nature of their situation and develop positive strategies to make changes for the better.
In addition to supportive services, Heartly House develops community awareness programs and prevention education in an effort to end domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and child abuse.
Special Olympics Frederick County
Special Olympics is founded on the belief that people with intellectual disabilities can, with proper instruction and encouragement, learn, enjoy, and benefit from participation in individual and team sports. These must be adapted only as necessary to meet the needs of those with mental and physical limitations.
Special Olympics believes that consistent training is indispensable to the development of an individual’s sports skills. In addition, competition among those of equal abilities is the most appropriate means of testing these skills, measuring progress, and providing incentives for personal growth.
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This gives them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
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To support this event and these organizations, corporate sponsorship is necessary. If your business is interested in being a sponsor, please consider becoming one.