Rapid Response Team / Diakonia INC.

08/24/2026

✨ IT’S OFFICIAL — SAVE THE DATE! ✨

💜 RECLAIM YOUR POWER 💜
A Women’s Empowerment Event in Recovery

We are excited to invite women in recovery to a special day created to celebrate strength, encourage hope, build connections, and empower women as they move forward in their recovery journey.

📅 November 11, 2026
📍 Venue 111
⏰ Doors open at 11:00 AM

🌸 Come spend the day with us and enjoy:

✨ Inspiring guest speakers
🤝 Local recovery & community resource partners
🍽️ Lunch provided
📓 Journaling & empowerment activities
🎨 Vision-board activities
💆🏽‍♀️ Self-care & wellness opportunities
🎁 Gift bags & giveaways
💜 Connection with other women in recovery

Whether you are new to recovery, rebuilding your life, or continuing a journey you’ve already begun, this day is for YOU.

Come as you are.
Connect. Be encouraged. Celebrate how far you’ve come — and envision where you’re going next.

💜 Your story isn’t over. Your next chapter is yours to write.

✨ RECLAIM YOUR POWER. ✨

Please share this post and help us spread the word to women in our community who deserve a day of encouragement, connection, resources, and celebration!

07/02/2026

Outreach stopping by to remind everyone to stay hydrated during rising temperatures!

06/18/2026

RECLAIM YOUR POWER. 💙 Diakonia's Rapid Response Team and Mobile Outreach Team were honored to attend the 15th Annual Women's Fund Grant Reception, where we proudly accepted a $5,000 grant award from the Women's Fund of the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore in support of our upcoming initiative, Reclaim Your Power: A Women's Empowerment Retreat in Recovery.

This funding will help create a safe, supportive, and empowering space where women in recovery can connect, build confidence, access resources, and continue their journeys toward healing and personal growth.

The initiative was created by Jessica Collins, Diakonia's Crisis Specialist and Peer Support Specialist, whose passion for helping others inspired the vision behind Reclaim Your Power.

We are deeply grateful to the Women's Fund and the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore for investing in opportunities that uplift and empower women throughout our community.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support this important work. We look forward to bringing Reclaim Your Power to life this Fall and creating meaningful opportunities for hope, healing, and transformation. 💙

Give Hope Today, visit: www.diakoniaoc.org or Venmo
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06/10/2026

HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! 💙 Diakonia is partnering with the Maryland Food Bank and the Atlantic Club for a FREE FOOD Share & Community Resources event on Thursday, June 18, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Atlantic Club, 11827 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City, MD.

Whether someone needs FREE FRESH FOOD, information about local resources, or simply a reminder that their community cares, this event is here to help. Families, individuals, and Veterans are ALL welcome!!

If you know someone who could benefit, please share this post. One simple act of kindness can help connect a neighbor with the support they need.

Together, we are bringing 💙

Give Hope Today, visit: www.diakoniaoc.org or Venmo
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05/28/2026

05/28/2026

We would sincerely like to thank Debra Messick Rossi and Meagan Donophan for allowing us to be a part of her wonderful resource fair today!

The weather was beautiful, the resources were incredible, and the turnout was amazing. What a wonderful event to be a part of!

Today, our Rapid Response Team / Diakonia INC. was proud to provide Narcan distribution and training, shelter resources, and many additional supportive resources for those in need. We were also excited to hand out lots of free goodies from a previous donation.

Thank you again to Deb, the staff, and all the volunteers of HOPE Help and Outreach Point of Entry for welcoming us and allowing us to be part of such a special day. We truly appreciate all that you do for the community and cannot wait to do this all again soon!

05/28/2026

Great weather for outreach today! 🌞🌞🌞

05/26/2026

FREE FOOD! 💙 Help us make sure everyone hears about this. Share this post!

Diakonia is partnering with the Maryland Food Bank and the Atlantic Club for a FREE FOOD Share & Community Resources event on Thursday, May 28 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Atlantic Club | 11827 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City, MD 21842

Neighbors can stop by for fresh food and connect with organizations offering health information, recovery and peer support resources, reentry services, legal information, and SNAP sign-up assistance.

Know someone who could use a little extra support right now? Tag them, text them, or share this post so we can help as many people as possible.

When our community shows up for one another, hope grows stronger. 💙

Give Hope Today: www.diakoniaoc.org | Venmo
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05/20/2026

“Outreach looks a little brighter with friends like Max 🐾💛

Today our Rapid Response Team / Diakonia INC. had the pleasure of meeting Max on the Ocean City Boardwalk — a firefighter support dog who brings comfort, support, and smiles to victims, survivors, and first responders every day.

Certified professional good boy? Absolutely. 😁🐶
Thank you, Max, for the love and healing you bring wherever you go.”