Events in Your Community

Charles County Department of Health and the American Red Cross are hosting an upcoming blood drive.

Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!

Drive Details:
Site: Charles County Department of Health
Address: 4545 Crain Highway, White Plains, MD, 20695
Room Name: Conference Room
Date: Tue Apr 2, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Blood Program Leader Name: Linda Warren
Blood Program Leader Phone Number: 301-609-6759

Click here to make an appointment

The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.

Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!

Download the Red Cross Blood Donor App on the App Store, Google Play or text BLOODAPP to 90999. Schedule appointments, view your blood type and results of your mini-physical, and track your donations.

The Greatest of All Time (GOAT) Mental Health Expo 


On Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Bowie State University, Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolinas, Prince George’s Health Department – Step Forward Program, and Bowie State University Graduate Student Association we will host The G.O.A.T. Expo 2024, our 3rd annual mental health expo for young people, their caregivers and providers, to learn effective ways of managing their mental health & wellness through supports in Prince George’s County, MD. #thegoatexpo



Saturday, May 18, 2024

8:30 AM

Bowie State University

Student Center & Natural Science Building

14000 Jericho Park Rd, Bowie, MD 20715


Registration is FREE, but required. Register online in advance or on-site at https://thegoatexpo.com/

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Walks Maryland!

When you participate in NAMIWalks, you are: Promoting public awareness of mental health to reduce stigma by reaching millions of people through your personal networks.


NAMIWalks is first and foremost about people, inspired individuals reaching out to each other, one authentic story at a time, to form a community of hope. 


 NAMIWalks is the walk that has no finish line…only countless new beginnings for the people we serve – as we raise funds to power NAMI’s life-changing free programs and fuel growing awareness of our cause.  

 NAMIWalks is a celebration, a shining time and place for you to declare: “I will not step down, I will not step away. I will be there with my community.”

Click here to learn more about the Prince Geoge's County NAMIWalk!


Date: June 1, 2024