4 Season Giving Tree

03/24/2026

📢 Family 599 Community — We Need Your Support

We are reaching out for Montgomery Village Middle School with an urgent request to help one of our families facing a devastating crisis.

Yesterday, a townhouse fire completely destroyed a student’s home, leaving the family displaced with almost all belongings lost. They currently only have enough funds for a few nights in a hotel, and the family has been temporarily separated while trying to find safe housing. Heartbreakingly, they also lost both of their cats in the fire.

This family is navigating major challenges, including:
• A parent who works on an on‑call basis with unstable income
• A 24‑year‑old daughter with a disability who uses a wheelchair
• Loss of critical medical equipment (a specialized bed and protective helmet), which the family had been paying for out of pocket and was not covered by insurance

💛 How You Can Help
We are asking our Family 599 community to come together and assist with urgent essentials:
✅ Clothing & Shoes (new or like‑new)
✅ Gift cards (grocery, gas, Uber Eats, Visa, etc.)
✅ Shelf‑stable, microwavable, or ready‑made meals
✅ Basic household supplies (paper plates, plastic utensils, etc.)

Clothing/Shoe Sizes Needed:
• Mom: Adult XL | Women’s 7.5 shoes
• Sister 1: Adult M | Women’s 7 shoes
• Sister 2: Adult M | Women’s 7 shoes
• Brother: Adult S/M | Men’s 8.5 shoes

💛 Direct Support
The family’s GoFundMe is here (this is vetted by the MCPS Parent Community Coordinator (PCC)):
👉 https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mylcen-after-tragic-house-fire

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER NEEDED to be the local point person for donated items to be dropped off to in 20878, PLEASE LET ME KNOW if anyone is available to do this!

Otherwise, items can be delivered directly to
Montgomery Village Middle School
Carla Patiño (Parent Community Coordinator)
19300 Watkins Mill Rd.
Montgomery Village, MD 20886

Thank you for always showing up for our community. Your kindness and partnership truly matter — especially in moments like this. 💛🙏

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12/11/2025

✨ Feeling honored and grateful! ✨
A huge thank you to County Executive Marc Elrich and Montgomery County for recognizing the work of the 4 Season Giving Tree team with this unexpected award!

Your support means the world and inspires us to keep striving for excellence in serving our community.

We’re proud to be part of such a vibrant county that values empathy, collaboration, and impact.

Here’s to continuing the journey of making the world a better place, together! 💙

12/16/2024

12/13/2024

Hello all! We have just been notified there are 10 more families who need holiday help!

If you want to help fill wish lists by next weekend, please fill out the below to help a family in need!!!!

Alternately, if you have NEW toys that you can donate, please drop off to the front porch of Sherry Rubin who will be helping to collect!

We have kids ages 3-17 in need of holiday support!

Send a message to learn more

12/03/2024

Help us help an entire classroom of 37 students in need. We are hoping to provide each family with a $100 Giant Food Gift Card. Erica Tappis

Send a message to learn more

07/15/2024

Tonight!!!

07/15/2024

Instead of making dinner, order out tonight and help us help others! Remember to mention us at checkout.

11/30/2022

Holiday Program Update as of today

-478 individual people supported for holidays in 2022
-278 unique families supported overall by this nonprofit
-120 Holiday Stockings to be distributed to kids most in need
-100 Families=2022 holiday support goal
-91 families to be supported in 2022 Holiday Program to date:

Please join our efforts to help local families in need by filling out our form here to help us reach the goal of 100: https://www.4seasongivingtree.org/volunteer

-79 wish lists have been sent to donors to fulfill
-12 wish lists still to be distributed; more will be added to reach 91 when we confirm the 12 lists can be filled with remaining donors
-26 local schools supported
-13 official team members
-11 local businesses that are partners/sponsors: https://www.4seasongivingtree.org/partners-sponsors
-4 Silver Sponsors
-4 Holiday Support Partners
-2 FB Volunteer Groups (20878 and Frederick)
-2 Holiday Fundraisers (100% of the money raised will go towards filling any wish lists not fulfilled or by providing Target gift cards to additional/new families that the counselors refer closer to the holidays)
-2 Platinum Sponsors
-1 Diamond Sponsor

This community is inspiring, and you are making the holidays special, for these families in need. THANK YOU.

11/25/2022

Special thank you to Nathan B. Dart (https://www.darthomes.com/) for being a 4 Season Giving Tree platinum sponsor and for volunteering to deliver gifts to the families for our holiday program.

His contribution and volunteer efforts will impact so many, and we are so thrilled he is joining our volunteer team on giving day!

THANK YOU!

Please visit our partner/sponsor page for more information on how to be a business supporting our efforts to help local families!

11/23/2022

Special thank you to Great Kids Events (http://www.greatkidsevents.com) the Ross Family for being a Diamond Platinum Sponsor. Their contribution will help so many families and we are so grateful to them.

Please visit our partner/sponsor page for our growing list of local businesses working together to help those in need in our own community.

In Lifting Others, We Rise.