Small Things Matter

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Small Things Matter Our mission is to serve those in need with our food, literacy, and crafting programs. We primarily serve families in Montgomery County, MD.

Small Things Matter is founded on the idea that small acts of kindness can make a big impact on someone’s life. Our motto is “kid-powered kindness for those in need!” We are committed to helping others in need through our Kokua Foods, Books for Bedtime, and Crafting for Charity programs. Our Kokua Foods Program provides fresh produce, dairy, bread, meat, as well as nonperishable food support to those in need. In addition we offer other needed supplies such as diapers, clothing, and holiday gifts as we are able. Our Books for Bedtime is committed to encouraging reading through our Books for Bedtime literacy program. We distribute brand-new books to at risk-children at our food distributions as well as at community events. Our teens engage with the younger students by reading with them and fostering a lifetime love of reading. Our Crafting for Charity empower kids of all ages to use and share their talents to help others in need whether it be with an encouraging word on a rock, a handmade stuffie, or a card with a hand drawn picture. We lead crafting workshops and charity birthday parties with the resulting handcrafted items donated those in need. Organizations that we support with our donations include The Children’s Inn at the NIH, Children’s National Medical Center, and Pediatrics at Shady Grove Hospital. Our members are made of teens and adults working together and learning from one another. The teens lead by largely planning and run our efforts and in doing so develop strong leadership skills. We also provide encouragement and support for children that want to lead their own project. If you have an idea for a new project please contact us by email or phone. We would love to partner with you and feature your project on our website. Together we will do great things! Lana and Roxanne
Small Things Matter
[email protected]
202-669-8550

Sunday distribution at Hampshire Tower Apts and at the TP Community Purple bins! Our thanks to Wegmans, Trader Joe's, si...
10/20/2026

Sunday distribution at Hampshire Tower Apts and at the TP Community Purple bins! Our thanks to Wegmans, Trader Joe's, site coordinator Doris and Lara, and our team Ken, David, Geoff, Sandra, Andrew!

Thank you to all of the amazing people who came out to celebrate STM's work tonight! Thank you to our amazing team of t...
10/19/2026

Thank you to all of the amazing people who came out to celebrate STM's work tonight! Thank you to our amazing team of tireless volunteers, thanks to our keynote speaker Ethan Shoham for your inspirational words, thanks to high school club leaders Ved Bhise, Andrew Kuan, Bruce Koppel, Eamon Rafferty, Remy Shaw, Luke Fu, thanks to Whitman Brass, thanks to all of our sponsors The Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church, TPSS Co-op, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, CuraCapitol, New Hampshire Car Wash, Wellpoint, People's Book, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Bethesda, MD, Margie Billian, thanks to TP Mayor Talisha Searcy and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, thank you to all of our donors, partners, and friends (too many to list)! Love our family!

Thanks to our friends at Meals on Wheels of Takoma Park for donating 400 meal kits for our families!
10/17/2026

Thanks to our friends at Meals on Wheels of Takoma Park for donating 400 meal kits for our families!

A huge thanks to Harvestsharemd for hosting a gleaning day at Norman's Farm Market for STM! We received 2100.1lbs of tom...
10/17/2026

A huge thanks to Harvestsharemd for hosting a gleaning day at Norman's Farm Market for STM! We received 2100.1lbs of tomatoes, eggplant, okra, and zucchini for the families we serve! Thanks to everyone who came out to help including our friends at Asian Community Relief Association - ACRA!

Great distributions at The Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church drive by distribution, Hampshire Village, Essex Hous...
10/16/2026

Great distributions at The Takoma Park Seventh-day Adventist Church drive by distribution, Hampshire Village, Essex House Apts, Hampshire Tower Apts, and TP/SS/Rockville deliveries! Our thanks to Imperfect Foods, Capital Area Foodbank, Purple Mountain Organics, Montgomery County, MD Government, site coordinators Terri, Doris, Kathi, Woods Academy, and our team Syd, Isabelle, Dennis, Jim, Jimmy, Risa, Chris, Chris, Chris, Barry, Mary, Mary, Margarita, Art, Aga, Pete, Sue, Jay, Nathan, Ethan, Ren, Zuzu, Pam, Peggy, Josiah, Esther, Steve, Ibrihim, Tom, Judy, Roy, Yolanda, Solange, John, Damien.

Great distribution at the TP community pantries blue, purple, and black bins! Thanks to Wegmans, site coordinators SJ, N...
10/15/2026

Great distribution at the TP community pantries blue, purple, and black bins! Thanks to Wegmans, site coordinators SJ, Nyle, Lara, Kirsten, and our team Art and Stephanie!

Great distribution at Hampshire Tower Apts yesterday! Our thanks to Wegmans, site coordinator Doris, and STM's Pete!
10/14/2026

Great distribution at Hampshire Tower Apts yesterday! Our thanks to Wegmans, site coordinator Doris, and STM's Pete!

Great distributions Hampshire Tower Apts and the TP community pantries purple and blue bins! Our thanks to Wegmans, Trad...
10/11/2026

Great distributions Hampshire Tower Apts and the TP community pantries purple and blue bins! Our thanks to Wegmans, Trader Joe's, Norman's Farm Market, Harvestsharemd! Our thanks to site coordinators Lara and Doris and our team Dallas, Claire, David, Sandra, Andrew, Lyndon!

Distributions at Maple View Apts, Park Ritchie Apts, Victory Tower Apts, and deliveries to families in TP/SS/Rockville! ...
10/09/2026

Distributions at Maple View Apts, Park Ritchie Apts, Victory Tower Apts, and deliveries to families in TP/SS/Rockville! Our thanks to Mountain Organics, Imperfect Foods, Montgomery County, MD Government, Capital Area Foodbank, site coordinators Steve, Theo, Doris, and our team Valerie, Alan, Chris, Barry, Jim, Lew, Syd, Karen, Marjorie, Roy, Judy, Steve, Jerome, Josiah, Nelle, Yolanda, Terry, Chris, Zoey, Kent, Solange, Claire, Wabi, John, Damien.

Great distributions at the TP community pantries! Our thanks to Trader Joe's, Licking Creek Bend Farm, site coordinators...
10/08/2026

Great distributions at the TP community pantries! Our thanks to Trader Joe's, Licking Creek Bend Farm, site coordinators Lara, SJ, Nyle, Kirsten, and our team Barry and Art!

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