Johanna Dolan

01/14/2026

If you have not seen the latest, here it is.

Please call 202.224.3121 and ask Congress to reinstate these crucial funds. It's up to us to make some noise about how important these funds are to our community!

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.

01/13/2026

We are selling out quickly! Make time to sign up today!

Want to be a vendor at Frederick Pride 2026?
VENDOR REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!!

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

Frederick Pride 2026 will be held on June 26th and June27th. The second annual Frederick Pride Parade will be on Friday, June26th with the Frederick Pride Festival at the Carroll Creek Linear Park on Saturday, June 27th!

Vendors have a unique opportunity to get directly involved with the LGBTQIA+ community of Frederick County and beyond at one of the largest pride celebrations in Maryland. Last year, we estimated over 50,000 attendees joined us on the creek!

Special discounts for vendors who sign up for both events!
Questions? Email us at pride@thefrederickcenter.org!

We can't wait to see you in June!

12/13/2025

Getting ready to walk in the annual Kris Kringle Parade!

12/11/2025

🚨 Next Monday! 🚨

Join us for the last Peer Parlay Workshop Series of the year with Dolan & Opioid Response Network !

🎯 Topic: The Importance of Storytelling
🗓 December 15 | 12-1:30 PM EST

🔗 Save your spot now: https://danyainstitute-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/8FiJhFEcRSanvwunFTDx9w

12/02/2025

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday! 💛🏳️‍🌈

As Board Chair of The Frederick Center, I witness every day how deeply this community supports one another. Every person we serve and every program we offer is made possible because of you: the volunteers, donors, advocates, and neighbors who believe that LGBTQIA+ people deserve to feel safe, supported, and at home.

Giving Tuesday is a day when people across the world come together to uplift the nonprofits that mean the most to them. If The Frederick Center has impacted you, your family, or your community, I’m asking you to join Juno & me in supporting them.

✨ Ways to support on Giving Tuesday:

• Share The Frederick Center’s stories and help widen our reach�
• Invite a friend or two to follow along�
• Make a gift - whether it’s $5 or $500 - to ensure our services remain free�
• Spread the word so we can keep building the Frederick we all deserve

Whether you can give a little or a lot, your support helps us provide life-changing LGBTQIA+ programming at no cost to those who rely on us.

Together, we create the community we want to see.�

Thank you for supporting The Frederick Center this Giving Tuesday! 💜

11/20/2025

Tuesday’s fashionably late ribbon-cutting at The Frederick Center was a moment I won’t forget. As Board Chair, I’ve watched our team of staff and volunteers pour their hearts, sweat, tears, and countless hours into creating a true home for our LGBTQIA+ community. Seeing everyone feeling so at HOME was everything. 🏳️‍🌈💕

I couldn’t be prouder of our staff, volunteers, and Board. I am so grateful for Kris’s leadership as executive director. The Frederick Center is growing, grounded, and ready for what’s next. 🧡

Our mission has always been simple: everyone belongs. And now, with this new Center open, we are living that mission with even greater impact.

Thank YOU to EVERY volunteer, donor, staff member, partner, and community member who helped make this possible. You’re part of every story of courage, connection, and celebration that walks through our doors.

Here’s to growth, joy, and another year of showing Maryland what belonging looks like. 🌈✨

11/12/2025

It's that time of year again!! Please, take a moment to support The Frederick Center.

Please support us in becoming a part of the Best of Frederick and vote for us in the following categories:

Best Charity Event: The LGBTQ+ Prisms Award Gala
Best Festival: Frederick Pride
Best Non Profit: The Frederick Center

To vote... head over to ....
Best Non-Profit: The Frederick Center
https://www.frederickmagazine.com/bof-voting

10/21/2025

Go Vote!!

Our Mobilize Recovery Across America 2024 Bus Tour is being recognized across both Awareness and Community Engagement categories in Health, celebrating the incredible passion, unity, and action of the recovery movement.

Now we need your help to bring home the Anthem Community Voice Award!
Your vote helps amplify the message of recovery and recognize the work of changemakers nationwide.

🗓️ Vote before October 30th!

Here’s how to do it!

Visit: https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting #/2025/health/awareness-categories/non-profit

✅ Search “Mobilize Recovery Across America 2024”
✅ Click “Sign Up & Celebrate”
✅ Verify your email so your vote counts!
✅ Vote for us in BOTH categories:
• Health – Awareness (Nonprofit)
• Health – Community Engagement (Nonprofit)

Thank you for standing with us, and for helping the recovery movement shine among the world’s top changemakers. 💙💛

09/15/2025

A great big THANK YOU to for making space for Andrew & I to present today!