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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:09:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>New Member Orientation (Virtual) (Wednesday, April 15, 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;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Meeting (Wednesday, April 22, 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;&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; Residences at Vantage Point - 5400 Vantage Point 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;Caitlin Houck, RN, MS, Executive Director, Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Our Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt; Click &lt;a href="https://cogsmd.org/resources/Caitlin%20Houck_intro_01212026.docx" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; to learn more!&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;&amp;nbsp;2026 Maryland Legislative Update&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;Join COGS for a post-session review of the 2026 Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, presented by Caitlin Houck, RN, MS, of the Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association (MNCHA).&amp;nbsp; Attendees will receive a timely briefing on the top issues affecting seniors and gain key insights on the legislative, budgetary, and regulatory trends shaping the future of senior care in the State. Please plan to attend if you want to feel more empowered to engage in future advocacy on issues that matter most to you or your organization!&lt;br&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;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vantagepointresidences.org/?utm_source=google&amp;amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;amp;utm_campaign=gmb-listing" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://cogsmd.org/resources/Pictures/VPOINT_Logo_TriColor_CMYK_Tag.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="103"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6397299</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Meeting (Wednesday, May 27, 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;&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;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;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;More Info to Come!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank You to Our Breakfast Sponsor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://carepatrol.com/howard-montgomery-counties/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://cogsmd.org/resources/Pictures/Care%20Patrol.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="64"&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;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Annual Membership Meeting (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;Wilde Lake Interfaith Center -10431 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia, MD 21044&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;COGS Annual Membership Meeting&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This meeting will feature our annual elections to our COGS Board of Directors.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Matthew D. Castner, DrPH, MHA,&amp;nbsp;Director of Population Health - Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic&lt;/strong&gt;: To Be Announced&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Note:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Registration IS required for the Annual Meeting, and tickets are available for $50 per person. If your membership level includes free tickets, please register for the meeting but do not submit payment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank You For Your Support!&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please note that your registration fee is donated to the COGS HCC Scholarship Program!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank You to Our Breakfast Sponsor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://elegantrestoration.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://cogsmd.org/resources/Pictures/Copy%20of%20logo_final%20(5)%20Color.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="219"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thank You to Our Beverage Sponsor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>New Member Orientation (Virtual) (Wednesday, September 16, 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;

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      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6540939</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Meeting (Wednesday, September 23, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&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 style=""&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 style=""&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 style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Lato" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Networking Extravaganza.&amp;nbsp; Join us as we kick off our Fall Programs with an event devoted entirely to networking.&amp;nbsp; Be sure to bring plenty of business cards!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Thank you to Our Event Host:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://cogsmd.org/event-6590235</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;

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