Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, Councilmember Gabe Albornoz and Community Partners Will Remember Homeless Individuals at Memorial Service on June 5 in Rockville

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Thursday, June 5, 9:30 a.m.

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and County Councilmember Gabe Albornoz, along with Councilmember Evan Glass and community nonprofit organizations, will join together at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 5, to honor the lives of individuals who died while experiencing homelessness in 2024 and 2025.

The Community Homeless Memorial Service, hosted by the Interagency Commission on Homelessness, will take place at the Veterans Memorial Plaza, outside the Isiah Leggett Executive Office Building (LEOB), located at 101 Monroe Street, Rockville.

The solemn gathering will commemorate the lives of 56 individuals who died and will reinforce the County’s continued commitment to ensuring that every resident has a safe and stable place to call home.

According to the 2025 Point-in-Time survey published by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 1,510 individuals were experiencing homelessness in Montgomery County on the night the annual count was conducted in January. 

WHAT:  Montgomery County Community Homeless Memorial Service

WHEN:  Thursday, June 5. 9:30-11 a.m.

WHERE: Veterans Memorial Plaza, outside the Isiah Leggett Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street in Rockville. 

Parking information can be found here.

WHO:

• Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich
• Montgomery County Councilman Gabe Albornoz (chair, HHS Committee)
• Pastor Darryl A. Burton, Converted Heart Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
• Patrick Sugrue, an individual with lived experience
• Christine Hong, chief of Services to End and Prevent Homelessness, Montgomery County Health and Human Services
• Shatara Rolle, People’s Committee member, Interagency Commission on Homelessness
• Lisa Lowe, awardee, Terence Hill Memorial Award

***Note to editors: Individuals with lived experience of homelessness and representatives from local nonprofit organizations working to end homelessness will be available for interviews.***

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Media Contact: Mary Anderson 301-529-7669