Philanthropy

We love our community!

We are so grateful to be able to support
the following charities:

Course for the Cause – Benefits Autism Speaks

The Paul J. Kelley Jr. Charitable Foundation, Inc. – Benefits
Gilchrist Hospice

The Jim O’Malley Foundation – Benefits Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Special Olympics of Maryland – Mike Waschak’s Plunge Team

Marcie and Ellen Foundation (ME Foundation)

The River Hill Department of Music – An Evening At The Circus

Laps for Lexi benefiting the LEXI SPEIGHT Chair in Pediatric Oncology at Children’s National Medical Center

The Great Lisbon Farmers Feed the Hungry Christmas Parade

Herb Gordon Foundation for Gastrointestinal Cancers

St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth, and Families

Animal Allies Rescue Foundation

Buddies, Inc. – Benefits Inner City Youth

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Howard County Food Bank

Carroll County Food Sunday

HHF/CUTS Against Cancer

Lisbon Volunteer Fire Company

Reservoir High School Baseball

River Hill High School Baseball

West Friendship Elementary School

Dayton Oaks Elementary School

Clarksville Elementary School

Clarksville Middle School

St. Louis School

Neighbor Network, Inc.

Voices for Children

and more!!!!!

Release Date: October 29, 2015

Dear Terri,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a sponsor for the St. Louis School 2015-2016 folders. The folders are a helpful tool for our students.

Please know that my faculty, staff, and I truly appreciate your generosity. May God bless you and your family.

Sincerely,

Terry Weiss Principal

St. Louis School

Release Date: April 30, 2015

We are writing to express our gratitude for your generous donation to the Paul J. Kelley, Jr. Charitable Foundation, Inc. This official receipt is for your records, but cannot adequately express the depth of our appreciation.

The funds raised through the St. Patrick’s Day Gala honor Paul Kelley by supporting Gilchrist Hospice Care. Thanks to everyone’s generous contributions, we were able to present a check for $25,000 this year. To date, our total donation to Gilchrist Hospice Care exceeds $125,000.

Thank you for including Gilchrist Hospice Care in your charitable giving this year.

Sincerely,

Paul J. Kelley, Jr. Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Release Date: February 23, 2015

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a sponsor for the St. Louis School 2014-2015 folders. The folders are a helpful tool for our students.

Please know that my faculty, staff and I truly appreciate your generosity.

Sincerely,

Terry Weiss

Principal

St. Louis School 

Release Date: January 16, 2015

THANK YOU for your generosity and your friendship!

More importantly Thank You for supporting Mike and me over all these years. Kathy & I have worked very hard at giving Mike a great Life and he has given us so many great memories. But it is our friends that make our journey through life so meaningful and gives us the strength to love him.

Thank you sometimes just does not convey the real feelings we have

Special Olympics of Maryland – Mike Waschak’s Plunge Team

Release Date: January 15, 2015

On Behalf of Gilchrist Hospice Care, I want to thank you for the sponsorship for the Taste of Howard County.

We are pleased to announce, with your generosity, we brought in over $230,000 to benefit the Gilchrist Center Howard County, which provides the highest quality inpatient hospice care which is crucial to our mission of providing the finest in end of life care for terminally-ill Central Maryland residents and for their families, regardless of ability to pay. your generosity, and the generosity of other donors like you, will ensure that we are able to offer this important service for years to come.

Release Date: November 19, 2014

On behalf of the Marcie and Ellen Foundation (ME Foundation), I would sincerely like to thank you for your contribution to our second annual Breast Cancer Ends with ME Benefit Dinner. The event was a large success because of the generous support we received from our community. We are a small non-profit organization with very big aspirations, and your donations contribute to our very large goal of finding a cure for breast cancer.

Release Date: November 14, 2014

Thank you so much for your donation and ad.  This is a special concert not your typical and more for fun but I hope you can join us!

The River Hill Department of Music – An Evening At The Circus

Release Date: September 10, 2012 

Thanks to Le Reve and Terri Westerlund for the gorgeous centerpieces and for their generous support of The Course for the Cause, yet again!!

“The Course for the Cause” Autism Fundraiser is a non-profit organization established in 2008. Our mission is to raise funds for medical research and awareness and to wipe out all types of Autism.

Release Date: September 5, 2012 Take a break from the kitchen and sit down together for a family meal knowing it is for a good cause! Be our guest at Twist and Turn Tavern on the Course for the Cause Restaurant Night on Wednesday, September 5th from 6:00-9:00pm. Twist and Turn Tavern will happily donate 15% of sales (including dine-in or carry-out purchases) to the 3rd annual Course for the Cause Autism Fundraiser. Pop in to the bar to meet our guest bartenders including members of The Westerlund Group!!

Release Date: July 19, 2012 The Westerlund Group supported Living in Recovery.

Release Date: July 10, 2012 

Look for The Westerlund Group at CUTS Against Cancer, the annual Hair Cut-a-thon benefiting the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource Center, and featuring some of the best stylists in Howard County!

Release Date: May 11, 2011

Le Reve’s golf tournament fundraiser, The Course for the Cause, raised $15,000 for Autism Speaks. So proud of Terri WesterlundMelissa Westerlund and the rest of the people who help put Course For The Cause ~ Golfing For Autism together!

Release Date: October 4, 2010 The Westerlund Group Supports the Jim O’Malley Memorial Golf Tournament Benefiting the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Release Date: September 30, 2010
The Westerlund Group Sponsors the Western Howard County Fever fast-pitch softball team!

Release Date: March 17, 2010

Le Reve Sponsors St. Paddy’s Day Bash “Sharin’ of the Green”

Paul J. Kelley Jr. Charitable Foundation, Inc.

For the benefit of

Gilchrist Hospice Care