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Overview
All of our resources are allocated to activities that provide mental health, juvenile justice, and other social services aimed at cultivating healthier life styles and enhancing communities. By investing resources in GUIDE through your financial contributions, in-kind donations and/or volunteer and internship activities, you will be joining with GUIDE in its mission to be of help to individuals, families, and communities in need of assistance. Generally all financial and in-kind donations are tax deductible and will be acknowledged by GUIDE.
Contributions may be made at any time on-line on our secure donations web page.
Monetary contributions also may be made directly to GUIDE or by designating GUIDE for a gift or pledge through several workplace-giving campaigns. GUIDE participates annually in the United Way Campaign of the National Capital Area (#8822), the Combined Federal Campaign (#8822), and the Maryland Charity Campaign (#7243). Direct contributions may be mailed along with a completed Contribution Information Form - pdf to:
GUIDE Program Inc.
8643 Cherry Lane
Laurel, Maryland 20707
If you have an interest in considering GUIDE for a memorial donation, bequeath, or other special gift, please feel free to call us at 301.549.3602, Ext. 203 to discuss your particular interests or questions. If you have other questions about making financial contributions to GUIDE, please contact us by e-mail at Donations@GuideProgram.org.
In-Kind ContributionsFrom time to time gifts of appliances, equipment, and furniture that are in serviceable and good working order are very helpful to our organization and are most appreciated. At times the donation of clothing for boys and adults is also helpful to particular programs. Gift certificates that can be utilized in major clothing and department stores are also very helpful. Organizations and commercial establishments have also provided group admission tickets to various recreational and cultural events. The need for particular gifts will vary from time to time and program to program. To find out more about in-kind gifts that are needed at this time please contact us at Donations@GuideProgram.org.
Volunteer and Internship Opportunities
GUIDE looks forward to working with individuals, schools, or companies who are interested in volunteering services. At times volunteers may be individuals involved in formal internships and practica through area colleges and universities. Other volunteers have included individuals with skilled trades, mental health professionals, sororities, and fraternities. Below is a brief description of how you might be of service to GUIDE through volunteering your time, effort, and skills.
Internships and Practica
GUIDE maintains relationships with a number of graduate and undergraduate academic programs through which structured internships, field experiences, and/or practica may be arranged. Most typically internships involve graduate students in social work, counseling, psychology, and pastoral counseling. Typically interns work under agency supervision providing direct clinical services and receive academic credit. If you are interested in participating in an internship, fieldwork experience, or practica, you may speak with your field placement office or internship advisor at school, or contact GUIDE at Volunteer@GuideProgram.org.
Other Volunteer Opportunities
A wide variety of individually arranged volunteer opportunities exist at GUIDE. In some areas we are often in need of tutors and others who can offer academic assistance. We have utilized individuals with skilled trades and professions to perform volunteer activities and services as well. Clubs, religious groups, sororities, and fraternities have provided such activities as diverse as an interior painting project or landscaping project at a group home, weekly mentoring of youth in a youth center setting, and providing transportation and participation opportunities for resident youth or adults in Alcoholics Anonymous and other community programs and religious experiences. If you are interested in learning more about volunteering at GUIDE please contact us at Volunteer@GuideProgram.org.