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KZ-Now is now the parent company of Germantown Assist.
http://germantownassist.org
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Important KZNow is an asset to our community of Germantown, MD. We are a locally owned non-profit outreach and referral service supporting our ever growing homeless population and single parent families along with just about anyone in need in Germantown. We offer clothing, food, and other help to the people in need. Our volunteers monitor our community and make sure struggling people get the help they need through direct referrals and one on one support. We are also a growing community activist group and are here to help you make our town a cleaner and safer community. If you have a concern that you think needs to be addressed in Germantown, but you're having trouble getting something done in our community, please use our CONTACT PAGE to let us know what issue or need you are trying to address. You submissions through our contact form are 100% private and the only personal information that we collect is just any that you provide. Need Help? Homeless? Call Us 24/7 For Whatever You Need. 240-400-1300 |
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KZNow is a non-profit organization currently awaiting it's 501(c)3 status from the IRS. KZNow is dedicated to helping the homeless population in Germantown, MD and also extends a helping hand to anyone in need of anything in Germantown. All you have to do is ask, and if we cannot do it, we will guide you to who can.
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| Homelessness in Our Community Exists (A note from the founder of KZNow, Dave Monroe) |
| I know you've seen them. We all have, right here in our neighborhoods, on the 'islands' at traffic lights, in front of grocery stores and sleeping at the Public Library. We don't make eye contact and we carry on our way to our comfortable home, plop down on our couch in our climate controlled home, turn on the TV and tune to our favorite channel while we wait for our significant other to prepare our meal. Then we go to Church on Sunday and ask God for a better, more comfortable life. That's a heck of a statement I just made. Some may disagree. But I'm living on both sides of the fence. I get to know each homeless person in OUR COMMUNITY personally. I hear their stories. I give them food, take them out to lunch or something. I give them clothes, even if it is the actual shirt off my back because I have more. I work with people that work with organizations that help the homeless people find shelter and eventually an actual roof over their head, a place they can call 'Home', a place like the ones we have but take for granted every day. I help the homeless find employment so they can become a viable member of OUR COMMUNITY. I don't judge anyone because of their story or how they got where they are today. I don't discriminate because I believe that all people on this planet are equal. I believe in Co-Existence. I have been in the Germantown Community for over 15 years now, not counting when I was a little child and lived many years in Fox Chappell when it was a brand new middle-class community. I also spent a chunk of my childhood in Gaithersburg, MD at Fireside, and in Montgomery Village and Diamond Farms, etc. This is my home, this whole area and I'm not stopping at helping the homeless in Germantown. I am like a train, and this train has no scheduled stops, it is going to keep rolling until I personally make sure everyone in OUR COMMUNITY, homeless or not, is in a good place. I have been doing what I am doing right now, here, for going on 3 years. But I have been helping people, in general, all my life. I bring into this community a wealth of knowledge and experience in dealing with the homeless, people with disabilities, people with mental illness and substance abuse problems. I myself am a recovering alcoholic. I am also ex-military, I have completed some college with a general study of psychology, I have been all over this country and have met everyone twice. I've even been homeless myself for a short period of time in Charlotte, NC and lived in an old warehouse by the railroad tracks. I made my way into town every morning and hung out on Tryon St. waiting in front of Charlotte's homeless shelter to pick up some day labor job. One thing I bring into this picture is Experience. I earn the trust of people because I've been where they are and I keep it real. In the past 3 years or so though, I've become in high demand by a lot of people including the homeless, single parents, people in their own recovery asking me how I'm doing it, and addicts asking me basically the same. But it pains me that I have to grow old. It pains me that as much as I want to, I can't do this by myself anymore. I need help. I need the help of OUR COMMUNITY, friends, family, my Church, volunteers, etc. I need non-perishable foods (single serving containers preferably), clothing (mostly men's), money through donations either through GoFundMe, I could also use prepared meals from restaurants that I can distribute to the people living outdoors, or even for the family or elderly that have a place to live but are short on funds to feed themselves and/or their children. I think it's apparent that I'm not stopping. I refuse. I have owned a computer repair company right after I left IBM and said: "I can do this." I have owned 2 restaurants, (franchises), one here in Germantown, and one in Tyler, TX. I still own a website design/marketing company, but I'm just letting that drift off because I don't have time to do sites now while I'm doing what I'm working for the benefit of OUR COMMUNITY. I'm also a published author. My qualifications are endless and so is my heart. My heart, my caring for everyone that I come in contact with is just me. Please help me, and most of all please help OUR COMMUNITY. -Dave Monroe-
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