How We Help - Local Giving For Local Needs
CASA volunteers provide that one constant that children need in order to thrive.
Children of all ages benefit from the care they receive at St. Martin's Ministries.
Many of the United Fund agencies are small with limited resources. As your local charity, the United Fund of Talbot County raises monies to help them make a real difference in our community. In partnership with the United Fund’s many generous contributors, thousands of individual and families benefit annually from the health and human services programs our partner agencies provide.
The American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula is the primary emergency shelter provider for Talbot County, providing relief to victims of disaster and health and safety training for County residents.
Boy Scouts of the Delmarva Peninsula provides programs and services to existing local scouting troops and establishes new outreach units to enable more youth to experience the benefits of scouting.
Building African American Minds (BAAM) provides programs that enrich the academic and social development of young African American boys.
CASA of Talbot County makes a difference in the lives of the community’s youngest victims, who are under court protection because of abuse, neglect or abandonment.
Channel Marker maximizes the healthy school adjustment of children in grades K-3 through its school-based Primary Project.
Character Counts! promotes character development in Talbot County public schools as well as conducting workplace ethics classes in the local business community.
Critchlow Adkins Children’s Centers provide quality educationally-based childcare as well as tuition assistance for eligible local working families.
The medically dependent and frail elderly are able to maintain independent lifestyles within the community with the help of the Delmarva Community Services Adult Medical Day Care Center.
Epilepsy Association of the Eastern Shore helps serve people with epilepsy as well as developmental disabilities, providing counseling, resources and advocacy.
For All Seasons provides therapy, advocacy and education for those needing low-cost, easily accessible mental health services.
Local girls and their families experience the positive difference scouting makes in their lives and learn skills for success through the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay.
One of the most effective measures to alleviate mental illness is prevention and the Mental Health Association helps by promoting mental health through public education and community service in Talbot County.
The MidShore Community Mediation Center provides conflict resolution services for residents, businesses and organizations in the Talbot County community.
As a central access point for assistance on domestic violence, the Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence offers both intervention and prevention support for the traumatized and abused victims of domestic violence.
Mid-Shore Pro Bono provides local low-income families with access to free or reduced fee legal services.
The Neighborhood Service Center serves the total family, addressing the housing, food, utilities, eviction and learning needs of low-income residents in Talbot County.
Saint Martin's Ministries helps to feed, clothe and financially assist impoverished clients, building their self-esteem and self-sufficiency.
St. Michaels Community Center provides numerous services to the Bay Hundred community, including after-school enrichment programs for local youth and teens.
Making a new friend and the start of a longstanding connection is the mission of Talbot Mentors, providing young people with a one-on-one mentoring relationship with a caring adult.
Talbot Special Riders provides a therapeutic horseback-riding program for children and adults with learning and physical limitations.
Upper Shore Aging, Inc. provides services for the frail/elderly including meals-on-wheels, advocacy, education and recreation.