The Yoga Center of Columbia is committed to serving and to supporting our local community as well as our greater intellectual and spiritual community near and far. We strive to uplift others by offering service in many ways. One of the ways that we express our community values is through our offering of donation-based workshops to benefit charitable organizations, such as our upcoming all-levels workshop Giving for Thanksgiving to benefit the Howard County Food Bank!
In 2025, the Yoga Center community donated 661 pounds of food and our donation-based Giving for Thanksgiving event led by YCC’s Director Kelly raised $600 for the Howard County Food Bank.
The HoCo Food Bank is operated by the Community Action Council (CAC), an organization that has served as Howard County's primary non-profit anti-poverty organization for over 60 years. The mission of the CAC is "to diminish poverty and enable self-sufficiency for all Howard County individuals, families, and children in need."
Since 2020, the need for food assistance in our community has increased greatly, and the HoCo Food Bank has answered the call to provide healthy food and necessities "sourced from local farms and grocery stores, and from our own community garden" in addition to direct shelf-stable food and hygiene donations from other community members.
The Yoga Center of Columbia’s yearly Giving for Thanksgiving event (formerly Giving on Thanksgiving) invites participants to enjoy a 90-minute in-person or online all-levels yoga class on Sunday, November 15th, with 100% of your registration donation going directly to HCFB.
Every dollar goes a long way.
$10 = one case of soup
$15 = one case of milk
$25 = one case each of soup and milk
$50 = five days of food for one person
Click here to register on our Workshops page! Your $10 or greater donation to this fundraising effort is greatly appreciated: we believe that we all benefit from giving the gift of our time and support, and in return, receiving the uplifting treasures of a generous community.
Thank you to all who have joined and supported our donation-based initiatives in the past, and we invite you to join us in the future to “be the change” and become a vibrant part of our caring YCC community!
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