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    <title>Coalition of Geriatric Services upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:31:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Meeting (Wednesday, November 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for an IN-PERSON Membership Meeting!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;Please note that this meeting is one week earlier than our normal schedule due to the holidays.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; Wilde Lake Interfaith Center - 10431 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia, MD 21044&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To be Announced&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; To be Announced&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About this Event:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;More info to come!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;Thank You to Our Breakfast Sponsor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.nextdayaccess.com/columbia-md/residential/stair-lifts/?utm_term=stairway%20chair%20lifts&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Stair%2BLifts&amp;amp;utm_source=adwords&amp;amp;utm_medium=ppc&amp;amp;hsa_acc=8952277973&amp;amp;hsa_cam=760677336&amp;amp;hsa_grp=191192338719&amp;amp;hsa_ad=793747065542&amp;amp;hsa_src=g&amp;amp;hsa_tgt=kwd-149790683&amp;amp;hsa_kw=stairway%20chair%20lifts&amp;amp;hsa_mt=p&amp;amp;hsa_net=adwords&amp;amp;hsa_ver=3&amp;amp;gad_source=1&amp;amp;gad_campaignid=23481878573&amp;amp;gbraid=0AAAABCicQ1lJTjKVrVHV79XCvAte8APo8&amp;amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwgJHXBhBGEiwAHohJq3E_Z1t7YYfLnv_3sme9DM2UF75W6m7i3ankedjrzIyEejJy9UfcfxoC9iMQAvD_BwE" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://cogsmd.org/resources/Pictures/NDA_Logo.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="78"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6898297</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>New Member Orientation (Virtual) (Wednesday, November 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Attention All New COGS Members!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Our membership committee cordially invites you to join us for our New Member Orientation!&amp;nbsp; We invite you to join us to learn more about our organization and how to make the most of your membership!&amp;nbsp; This orientation is also open to anyone who is considering joining COGS and is interested in learning more!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration is Required.&lt;/strong&gt; Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link to attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6540941</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Meeting (Wednesday, December 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join us for some festive holiday fun at our December Membership Meeting! This meeting will feature some networking, holiday entertainment, prizes and more! We will also be presenting the proceeds of our Howard Community College CNA Scholarship Fund as well as drawing the winner of our 50-50 Raffle!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Got an ugly sweater?&lt;/strong&gt; Members are encouraged to attend the meeting wearing their favorite holiday attire!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Support The Vivian Reid Fund!&lt;/strong&gt; We will be drawing our 50-50 Raffle Winner at this event with proceeds going to support the Vivian L. Reid Community Fund! Tickets will be available to purchase at our December Meeting (Cash Only) or you may buy them online &lt;a href="https://cogsmd.org/donate" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank you to Our Host:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6898328</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2027 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Meeting (Wednesday, January 27, 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for an IN-PERSON Membership Meeting!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nonprofit Collaborative of Howard County*, 9770 Patuxent Woods Drive,&amp;nbsp;Columbia, MD 21046&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Enter building through Atrium Doors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To Be Announced&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;To Be Announced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Our Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;More info to come!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;Thank You to Our Breakfast Sponsor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://moveforwardmd.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://cogsmd.org/resources/Pictures/Move%20Forward%20Black%20-CopyrightLogo-F-01-sm.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="175" height="167"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Not a Nonprofit Collaborative Event&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6898609</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2027 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Meeting (Wednesday, February 24, 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for an IN-PERSON Membership Meeting!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nonprofit Collaborative of Howard County*, 9770 Patuxent Woods Drive,&amp;nbsp;Columbia, MD 21046&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Enter building through Atrium Doors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;To Be Announced&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;To Be Announced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Our Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;More info to come!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;Thank You to Our Breakfast Sponsor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Not a Nonprofit Collaborative Event&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6898611</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2027 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Meeting (Wednesday, March 24, 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join us for an IN-PERSON Membership Meeting!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;: Heartlands Senior Living Village at Ellicott City - 3004 North Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD 21043&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;No Speaker&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Connections That Matter!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Spring is just around the corner, making it the perfect time to refresh your connections and grow your network! Join fellow COGS members and guests for a morning of networking, conversation, and relationship-building.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No speaker, no formal presentation – just plenty of time to connect, exchange ideas, share resources, and build meaningful relationships with others who are passionate about enhancing the quality of life of older adults in our community.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whether you're a familiar face or joining us for the first time, there's always someone new to meet and a connection waiting to be made. Come ready to mingle, make introductions, and make the most of your COGS connections!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Members are encouraged to bring a guest!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thank you to Our Event Host:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="https://cogsmd.org/resources/Pictures/Heartlands_Ellicott_cityColorLogo.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="87"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6898614</link>
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