Welcome to Circle of Angels!

We are celebrating our 10th anniversary!  The Circle of Angels Initiative, Inc., a faith-based community initiative incorporated in 1999, works through policy and advocacy to prevent risky behaviors, to eliminate poverty, to prevent bullying and domestic violence, and to create opportunities for affordable housing.

Circle of Angels is getting updated!

We are in the process of getting a whole new look. We appologize if some of the pages you are searching for are no longer published on the internet. For updates please visit our facebook. Updating begins November 2010 & ends January 2011...

Volunteer & Event Forms!

If you have filled in any of the forms as of July 22nd you must refill them out. They were not working properally up until 3 pm Thursday afternoon. Thanks!

August 11th we added a word copy of our form so that you can fill in the form and e-mail us a copy of the filled in form. Thanks for your help!

What we do

The Circle works in the fields of teen pregnancy, domestic violence and chemical addiction prevention and will work, as called, to help people who are in crisis because of these situations. We are faith-based, pointing to Jesus as the only One who is reliable to help people in their crisis. We work with the aged, mentally ill, and have mentored adults from other countries.

Because of our interest in youth and their unique challenges, we were instrumental in the creation of a mentoring partnership and in the program started with Calvert County’s Sheriff Evans. Sheriff Evans created, through our direct efforts, opportunities for the deputies of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office to mentor youth. In addition, there have been other programs implemented by other important community leaders in our area.

We have been recognized for our efforts by the Offices of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives on both the federal and state level. The Circle was invited as one of 250 to the 50th anniversary of the Small Business Administration where President Bush was the keynote speaker; more recently, the Circle has been privileged to be invited by the Governor and Lt. Governor of the State of Maryland to attend the Heroes in Our Midst luncheon and invitees only conferences on housing initiatives, community empowerment initiatives and women’s issues.

 

 

 

“We befriend the lost, bring our strengths to initiatives, promote solutions, work to empower people, mentor in community initiatives and entrepreneurship and always ROAR (Resources Or Aid Referral).”

*Spring 2010: The Circle wants to promote reenacting to educate the public about history.  We have found that gathering people together builds community and gives a natural setting for mentoring.  In the future, we will schedule encampments in the area and bring back a popular WWII reenactment event.   For more information about reenacting, visit www.wereenact.net

*August 6,2010: WWII USO Remembrance Day.  6p to 9p at the Solomons, MD boardwalk pavilion.  Live and original music from the era.  Dance.  Donuts and coffee.  Wreath laying ceremony.  This family-friendly, free summer evening event is to honor those who served this country in WWII as well as other periods. We believe it is important to educate the public, especially our youth, about the importance of WWII to our history.  We also want to honor all those who have served and are serving our country in uniform and as home front heroes and heroines.

*Ongoing:  Videotaping and audio taping for the Library of Congress Veterans Living History project.  Email or call to make an appointment.  We want to film veterans and home front heroes and heroines who served at any time.  Appointments will be made at the WWII USO Remembrance Day August 7, 2009.  See above.

*Future:  The Circle is developing two new projects which have the working titles of Web for All and Mutual Aid Housing.  Watch for more information on these two exciting innovative programs.

*Future:  Formatting the handbook called the Daughters of Abraham, Luke 13:10.  This book will be for groups of women overcoming issues of domestic violence.

Circle of Angels Initiative, Inc.
P.O. Box 7 Friendship, MD 20758
Phone (301)778-3848 or info@circleofangels.org