The Health & Public Safety Program at Montgomery Community College has received a $2,000 Walmart Community Grant. In receiving this grant, MCC is part a long history of Walmart’s commitment to giving back to the communities where it operates. MCC is grateful to Walmart Store #2908 in Biscoe, and to the Walmart Community Grants team for its support of MCC’s work in Montgomery County. MCC will use the Walmart Community Grant funds to purchase materials to create liquid propane training props for the Health & Public Safety Program. MCC welding students will fabricate metal burn pans and a Christmas tree-like stand from pipes and cylinders to distribute flaming propane gas.

Approximately 90 volunteers came together at Montgomery Community College to package over 10,000 meals in a half-day of service on March 11, 2022. Volunteers from MCC (students, faculty and staff), Communities in Schools, 4-H, Youth Leadership Montgomery, Eckerd Connects, East Middle School, Montgomery County Early College and Troy Rotary participated in the 12th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. “Day On” Challenge. Normally occurring in January, the event was rescheduled due to high COVID cases. The MLK Day On committee is a partnership between the MCC Human Services students, Communities in Schools, Eckerd Connect and Montgomery County Cooperative Extension. It began as a day to honor the legacy of Dr. King through service to