Ladders to Leaders

05/08/2025

Went out shopping for more book bags and school supplies for our the Back-to-School Bash happening August 23rd!! 📚✏️

We’re excited to support local students but we could still use your help!

If you’d like to volunteer or donate school supplies, please reach out. Every bit helps make a difference! 🙌

Let’s work together to give our kids the strong start they deserve! 💛

27/07/2025

Major thanks to Lead Don't Follow Foundation for the amazing car show they hosted to benefit our program. It was a fantastic event with a great turnout, awesome cars, and all for a wonderful cause. Definitely a hot one, but totally worth it. Appreciate all the hard work that went into making it a success!

14/07/2025

🌱 **Our Recovery Garden is Thriving!** 🌿

We’re excited to share that our recovery garden is bursting with fresh, nourishing produce! From vibrant veggies to flavorful herbs, all kinds of goodies are growing strong and they’re headed straight to the community.

Stay tuned as we harvest and share the abundance. This is just one way we’re growing together in healing, health, and hope. 💚🌻

09/07/2025

Thank you to the amazing ladies at the Smithsburg Barbershop for your generous donation to the women at the Shaw House! 💜
The items you donated will be used and greatly appreciated by the women we support. Your kindness truly makes a difference in our community!

08/07/2025

🎒📚 Back-to-School Supply Drive! 📚🎒

Ladders to Leaders is partnering with amazing community organizations to host a Back-to-School Event, and we need YOUR help to make it a success!

We're collecting school supplies to ensure local students start the year confident and prepared. ✏️📓🖍️

What we need:

Notebooks
Pens & pencils
Backpacks
Crayons & markers
Folders, binders, and more!

Every donation makes a difference. Let's come together and support our future leaders! 💪❤️

📩 Message us if you'd like to donate or volunteer.

01/07/2025

**Fresh from the Recovery Garden! 🌱🥒🥬**

We’re thrilled to share that the first round of produce from our Recovery Garden is making its way into the community! After weeks of care and cultivation, we’ve harvested zucchini, cucumbers, cabbage, and cauliflower and they’re already being shared with those who need them most. 🧺❤️

This garden is more than just soil and seeds — it’s a symbol of growth, healing, and giving back. Grateful to everyone who’s had a hand in making this vision a reality. Here’s to many more harvests ahead!

30/06/2025

This is going to be something you don’t want to miss.

30/06/2025

Had the absolute pleasure of helping build a Super Mario themed playhouse through Project Playhouse, hosted by Habitat for Humanity! 🎨🔨

This awesome house will soon bring joy to a child in our community and we couldn’t be prouder of how it turned out. Huge shoutout to our incredible team for bringing the vision to life! 👏🍄⭐

26/06/2025

🎉 Huge shoutout to United Way of Washington County, MD for awarding us a generous $20,000 grant! 🙌

This support helps cover rent and utility expenses for our recovery houses and provides vital funds to maintain our recovery garden, aspace that nurtures healing and growth. 🌱🏡

And a special moment we won’t forget our Executive Director was surprised and honored to receive the Nonprofit Impact Partner Award! 🏆💙

Thank you, United Way, for believing in our mission and making a real impact in our community.

25/06/2025

I would like to thank our amazing board president Alicia Turner Divens for making her dream a reality with the Ladders to Leaders Recovery Benefit Concert. I want to give a huge shout out to Brad Divens, Bob Paré, Brian Forsythe, and Shannon Larkin for putting on an amazing concert. Bob Ranalli thank you for covering all the sound elements. Becki Alcorn Barabas you are amazing and we appreciated your support and the opportunity to be featured in this magazine and the others. Also, a big thanks to everyone else that took part in making this happen.

A JBL VTX A Series rig powered the Ladders to Leaders JBL recovery benefit concert, delivering a powerful, musical performance for this heartfelt community ...

27/03/2025

Hagerstown Magazine covered our Ladders to Leaders Recovery Benefit Concert!! It was such a special night celebrating recovery!!

Maryland rock 'n roll musicians turn it up to help others recover. To read more about Ladders to Leaders, tap the link below!⁠ 🎸

https://www.hagerstownmagazine.com/featured-articles-1/2025-03/27-maryland-rockers-turn-it-up-to-help-others-recover

18/03/2025

I would like to extend my deepest thanks to all past, present, and future residents, volunteers, and staff who generously give their time and energy to assist with loading and unloading donations. Your hard work and dedication make it possible for us to share valuable resources with our partner nonprofits and the wider community. Your unwavering support truly makes a difference, and I am deeply grateful for each of you.

(This picture is from our recent truck)