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Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland (formerly Kessler Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital)

9909 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

Teams work with clients and therapists to accomplish rehabilitation goals, including speech, mobility, and motor skills.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Burton Goldstein - (301) 548-9555

Now visiting by appointment only. No openings for additional teams at this time.

Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland

Chevy Chase Elementary School

4015 Rosemary Street
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

As part of NCTD's CAPITAL R.E.A.D. program, children read to therapy animals to improve their reading skills and confidence.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Jeanette Golden - (301) 984-1960

Now visiting on Thursday mornings.

Chevy Chase Elementary School

The Children's House at Johns Hopkins

1915 McElderry Street
Baltimore, MD 21205

Visiting children and their families in a home-like environment.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Annie Bavar - (410) 598-7988

Now visiting weekly on alternating Tuesday evenings.

Children's House

Copper Ridge

710 Obrecht Road
Sykesville, Maryland 21784

An assisted-living facility.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Harriet Meyers - (410) 381-4755

Now visiting on Saturday mornings.

Copper Ridge

Faith Baptist Christian School

12700 Claxton Drive
Laurel, MD 20708

As part of NCTD's CAPITAL R.E.A.D. program, children read to therapy animals to improve their reading skills and confidence.


NCTD Facility Coordinator/On-Site Facility Coordinator: Michelle Cohen - (301) 585-NCTD (6283)

Now visiting weekly on Tuesday mornings.

Faith Baptist Christian School's CARE program

Garrett Park Elementary School

4810 Oxford Street
Kensington, MD 20895

As part of NCTD's CAPITAL R.E.A.D. program, children read to therapy animals to improve their reading skills and confidence.


NCTD Facility Coordinator: Harvey Eisen - (301) 530-5463

Now visiting Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Raccoon

George Washington University Medical Center

2300 Eye Street N.W.
Washington DC 20037

NCTD teams currently visit various units, including rehabilitation, psychiatric, cardiac and oncology for both AAA and AAT.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: John Burrows - (301) 840-8046

Now visiting every Wednesday and Saturday morning.

George Washington University Medical Center

Good Shepherd Center

4100 Maple Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21227

The Good Shepherd Center provides a continuum of services that combines treatment, residential and educational services for adolescent girls and their families who are experiencing personal, family and societal conflicts.


NCTD Facility Coordinator: Laura Rubin - (301) 570-3775

Now visiting first and third Tuesday mornings.

Good Shepherd Broken Heart

Greater Baltimore Medical Center ACE Unit

6701 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21204

The ACE Unit (Acute Care for the Elderly) is a unique inpatient unit at GBMC, dedicated to the care of geriatric patients.


NCTD Facility Coordinator: Sandra Lumpkin - (410) 357-5051

Now visiting each Monday from 2-4 PM. Mentoring is available for new teams. We are flexible on additional days and hours.

GBMC

Holy Cross Hospital

1500 Forest Glen Road
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-1484

Visiting the pediatric ward.


NCTD Facility Coordinator: Beth Ann Kyle - (301) 588-0947

Now visiting one Wednesday per month in the evening.

Holy Cross Health, a member of Trinity Health

Hospice of Baltimore (Gilchrist Center)

6601 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21204
(443) 849-8200
Hospice of Baltimore helps people with life-limiting illnesses make the most of each day, on their own terms, in familiar surroundings.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Sandra Lumpkin - (410) 357-5051

Now visiting 2nd and 4th Thursdays and every Friday.

Hospice of Baltimore

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287

Visiting a variety of client populations.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Michelle Cohen - (301) 776-4742

Now visiting Monday evenings, Tuesday mornings, alternating Tuesday evenings, and Thursday evenings.

Johns Hopkins Health System

Betty Ann Krahnke Center

Montgomery County, MD

The Betty Ann Krahnke Center is a Montgomery County shelter for women and children that have become victims of domestic violence. Teams interact with women, children or families as required by the staff. Teams also make several READ visits each month.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: John Quarantillo

Now visiting one Wednesday evening per month.


National Center for Children and Families

6301 Greentree Road
Bethesda, MD 20817

The Center comprises two entities: an emergency shelter that helps homeless families recover and return to the community, and a residence for behaviorally and emotionally challenged youth, ages 12-20. Our teams interact with the children in the emergency family shelter.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Harvey Eisen - (301) 530-5463

Now visiting alternate Tuesday evenings.

National Center for Children and Families

National Institutes of Health

Building 10, Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center (CRC)
Bethesda, MD 20892

Evening visits are to a large number of units, including pediatric oncology, adult oncology, alzheimers, neurological disorders, pediatric schizophrenia, and general surgery.
Daytime visits are to the Children's Clinic (outpatient follow-up treatment center) and the pediatric oncology, adult oncology, pediatric mental health, and neurology units.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Harvey Eisen - (301) 530-5463

Now visiting weekly on alternating Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings.

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National Institutes of Health

National Lutheran Home

9701 Veirs Drive
Rockville, MD, 20850

A large assisted-living facility. As a low impact facility, this is particularly suitable for newly-qualified teams to gain experience and mentoring.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: John Burrows - (301) 840-8046

Visits can be made weekdays, evenings or weekends, with the agreement of the Home.

NLH

Potomac Community Resources

9200 Kentsdale Drive
Potomac, MD 208540

Potomac Community Resources promotes the full inclusion into community life of teens and adults with developmental differences by providing dynamic therapeutic, social, recreational, and educational programs.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Tomoko Kitazoe - (301) 309-8840

This is a new facility. We are now enlisting visiting teams.

PCR

Quince Orchard Public Library

15831 Quince Orchard Road
Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20878

As part of NCTD’s Capital READ program, children selected by the Thurgood Marshall Elementary School read to the dogs of READ-qualified teams at the Quince Orchard Public Library to improve their fluency and confidence.

Now READing every Thursday evening during the school year

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Melanie Lilliston - (202) 550-8801

Quince Orchard

Rockville Public Library

21 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD,20850

As part of NCTD's Capital READ program, children selected by the Beall Elementary School read to the dogs of READ-qualified teams at the library to improve their fluency and confidence.

Now READing Monday and Thursday evenings during the school year Rosemary Bennett - (301) 946-2277

Quince Orchard

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital

9901 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

The Adventist Center for Children at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital encompasses a 25 bed pediatric facility, a 5 bed pediatric intensive care unit, and an 11 bed antepartum ward. The child units serve children with a variety of medical diagnosis.  The antepartum ward serves pregnant women who must remain on bed rest for several weeks before delivery.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Burton Goldstein - (301) 548-9555

Now visiting on alternating Wednesday mornings. No openings for additional teams at this time.

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital

Sibley Memorial Hospital

5255 Loughboro Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016

Visiting patients and their families on a variety of units.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Burton Goldstein - (301) 548-9555

Now visiting on alternating Tuesday mornings and one Tuesday evening a month. No openings for additional teams at this time.

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Washington Grove Elementary School

8712 Oakmont Street Street
Gaithersburg, MD 20838

As part of NCTD's CAPITAL R.E.A.D. program, children read to therapy animals to improve their reading skills and confidence.

NCTD Facility Coordinator: Barbara Murgo - (301) 330-4012

Now visiting on Tuesday mornings.



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