Support CSS

Thank you for your interest in partnering with CSS to support children and adults with autism and other complex developmental delays. Monetary and in-kind contributions from private donors help CSS deliver quality, innovative programs and services, including the Annual Fall Festival, Annual Consumer Olympics, Annual Ocean City Beach Vacation, Annual Children's Summer Camp, and end-of-year holiday activities, not funded by state and local government but that elevate our consumers' quality of life. CSS welcomes your service, time and financial support.

All donations to CSS are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Please make all financial contributions payable to: "Community Support Services, Inc." and mail them to:

ATTN: Accounts Receivable Dept.
Community Support Services, Inc.
9075 Comprint Ct.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

CSS is a nonprofit charitable organization under Maryland law and Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please call or write for more information.

Monetary Support

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION FUND
CSS' Specialized Transportation Fund helps finance the acquisition of new-model, seven-passenger minivans, which CSS uses to deliver a range of both vital and quality-of-life services to children and adults with significant developmental disabilities. In addition to keeping the agency's fleet current, the fund disburses dollars for protection and maintenance, in keeping with State law and safe practice.

Also, please consider donating the proceeds from your recently sold used vehicle to CSS. All funds donated will be used to help CSS purchase a brand new automobile.

ANNUAL OCEAN CITY, MD, BEACH VACATION FUND
Assistance is needed to rent 23 four-to-eight-person bay and beachfront homes at Ocean City, MD, this year for the annual one-week summer retreat we plan for our adult residential consumers. Assistance is also needed to help pay -- in part or in full --the expenses, which this year total $600, of vacationers. Your donation will be used to offset the costs of food, rentals, transportation, and activities either for an individual of your choice or for the program in general. In your check made payable to “Community Support Services, Inc.” please indicate “Beach Trip 2007” on the memo line. Please indicate also either “General Vacation Fund” for a general donation to the program or the full name of the individual(s) you specifically wish to support.

UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA
CSS is a member agency of the 2007 United Way of the National Capital Area federation. Our agency designation code is 8394. To contribute or to learn more about how you or your workplace may donate to CSS through the United Way, visit www.unitedwaynca.org/website/index.cfm. CSS is also a member of the Combined Federal Campaign. Our charity code is 78048. Thank you for remembering us in your workplace giving program.

Our partner employers include: American Dance Studio; AMF Bowling; Burger King; Chuck E. Cheese; Clements International Insurance Company; Courtesy Chrysler Jeep Dealership; Fitzgerald AutoMall; Floral Designs; The Gazette; Gelico Café & Pizzeria; Giant; Goodwill Retail Industries; Great Strides Therapeutic Riding, Inc.; The Groomery; Houston’s Restaurant; The Inn at Brookeville Farms; Kohl’s; Mary’s House; McDonald’s; Meals on Wheels; Metropolitan Ballet Theatre & Academy; Montgomery County Public Library; The National Institutes of Health; North Potomac Children’s Center; The Party Store; PetsMart; Pizza Hut; Shadowland Laser Adventures; Starvin’ Marvin’; St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church; Target; Wendy’s; Whole Foods; and Women's Cancer Control, among others.

To learn more about the benefits of hiring an individual in our supported employment program, click here.

JOB LEADS
Do you work in or know of a Montgomery County organization that could use help with filing, shredding, stocking shelves, cleaning, sorting mail, entering data, or getting set up? If you know of a business that could benefit from these as well as any other service, please contact CSS. We are seeking both paid and volunteer part-time work for our consumers.

Gift-in-Kind Wish List

TICKETS
To movies, concerts, sporting events, local plays, and holiday shows.

If you would like to donate any of these or other similar items to CSS, please contact our office. A letter of receipt for your donation will be given upon request.

Public school students needing volunteer community service hours to meet graduation requirements are encouraged to volunteer at any of our holiday programs, special events, and/or in our children's Saturday camp.

Please contact Craig Roberts, Activities Coordinator, to request a volunteer opportunity.

Support the vocational, educational, habilitative, residential, and recreational work of CSS and help the children and adults we serve achieve their desired outcomes by purchasing a mosaic tile. Each tile costs $150. Simply return to us the tile-shaped paper form you receive at purchase with your completed graphic design. We will take care of the rest. We will have your design imprinted onto a tile and placed onto our mosaic wall.

For more information about designing a tile as a CSS supporter or to visit the Resource Center to see the mosaic wall, contact Craig Roberts, Activities Coordinator.