The Home Interest Club of Sandy Spring Maryland was organized on August 18, 1870. It is one of the oldest social organizations in Maryland and is part of the strong fabric that defines and bonds the Sandy Spring neighborhood. It was based on the Home Interests columns which ran the New York City Weekly Tribune, which included agricultural, horticultural, and family news. It meets on the fourth tuesday of each month except for July and December in the homes of the 16 families who participate. Each meeting supports the neighborhood axiom "We meet to eat" and includes dinner, a speaker, and a meeting. Members share the news of the community and in particular make suggestions for the Annals.
In 1863, Sandy Spring Quakers began compiling The Annals of Sandy Spring, a yearly written record of community events and observations starting in the middle of the Civil War. They committed their accounts to the custody of the Home Interest Society, the unofficial recording body of the Annals information.
The first hundred years of the Annals are published in volumes 1-6, 1863-1992. Now the Home Interest will continue this history of the neighborhood on the web. Each month the Home Interest historian will compile the contributions to be published here for all to share.
If you have an interest in learning more about Sandy Spring, visit the Sandy Spring Museum off Route 108, between Ashton and Sandy Spring, off Bentley Road or via the website: http://www.SandySpringMuseum.org
