Organizations Filed Purposes:
The purpose of this corporation is exclusively charitable, as the term used in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We provide assistance to needy persons and families in the upper portion of Montgomery County, MD and adjacent areas in the form of emergency food, holiday food baskets and gifts, transportation, furniture and emergency financial assistance. No one shall be denied service because of race, color, creed, age, sex, or marital status.
Provide free assistance to needy persons and families in upper Montgomery County, MD and adjacent areas in the form of emergency food, holiday food and gifts, financial assistance, transportation to medical and social service appointments, clothing, furniture and household items.
Financial assistance was given for gasoline, prescriptions, rents, and utilities for a total of 224 people.
There were 601 food deliveries for the 2020 year in the form of at least a three days worth of groceries to help 173 families for 706 people. There were 19 families who received holiday food for both Thanksgiving and Christmas for a total of 45 people.
Volunteers gave transportation to medical and social service appointments for 9 people through March 2020. During the pandemic Damascus Help did not give rides.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Kathy Thornett | Volunteer Committee Chairperson | 2 | $0 |
| Kay Orr | Transportation Committee Chairperson | 2 | $0 |
| Susan Allison | Officer of the Day Chairperson | 14 | $0 |
| Douglas Noble | Food Committee Chairperson | 12 | $0 |
| Jeanne Ruddock | Financial Assistance Committee Chairperson | 15 | $0 |
| Bernardine Beall | Treasurer | 5 | $0 |
| Janet Buckley | Correspondence Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Frank Ierardi | Recording Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Rita Noble | General Chairperson | 30 | $0 |
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