March 16, 2026 |  | 🏆 Churchill Grad Wins National ALS Award | | Good morning, Potomacker!
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| | | | 🏆 Potomac's Brooke Eby wins ALS Advocate of the Year. |  ALS Network and Brooke Eby @LimpBroozkit | Brooke Eby, a Churchill grad who returned to her family's Potomac home after her 2022 ALS diagnosis, has been named the 2026 Dean and Kathleen Rasmussen Advocate of the Year by the ALS Network.
Eby built a following of more than 350,000 through candid, funny social media posts about life with ALS and founded ALStogether, a peer support community now 1,700 members strong.
She'll be honored at the Champions for Cures and Care gala in San Francisco on June 20. More on Brooke's award |
| | 🎶 Glenstone summer concert series expands to 16. The Summer Music Series expands to 16 Saturday evening performances this year, running May 23 through September 5 on the Patio from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with tickets dropping on the 15th of each month for the following month. Get ticket details |
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