Events
The King Farm Neighbors Village (KFNV) has the following full slate of events scheduled for March.
- Please meet up with the KFNV Walking Club Monday through Thursday at 4 pm sharp at the park across from Fontina’s Grill at 801 Pleasant Dr, Rockville, MD 20850. If you haven’t joined before and plan to, please send a message to kfnvinfo@gmail.com letting the Walking Club know you want to be on the Walking Club Mailing List. The Walking Club does not meet when the weather is inclement.
- Movie Club members will meet in the Community Center on Thursday, March 5, 2026 from 2:00-3:00 pm to review the film, Minari, a 2020 drama/comedy, about a Korean American family’s move to an Arkansas farm in the Ozarks in search of their American dream.
- On Thursday, March 12, 2026 from 12:30-2:00 pm, Book Club members will meet in the Community Center to discuss the non-fiction book, In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson about the American ambassador to Germany, William Dodd, and his family in Berlin during the Nazi era. The book is described as a history of “love, terror, and an American family in Hitler’s Berlin.”
- On Thursday, March 19, 2026, the KFNV Friends will meet for lunch at Nagoya Sushi, 402 King Farm Boulevard, Ste 130, Rockville, Md from 1:00-3:00 pm. Please note: this is a meet-up event and everyone is responsible for the cost of their own meal. Come and enjoy lunch with your KFNV friends at this first lunch of spring.
- On Monday, March 23, 2026, the Metro club will visit the Planet Word Museum, an immersive language experience that is located at the historic Franklin School in Washington, D.C.
The particulars of the visit are:
• The KFNV Metro club will meet on the Shady Grove Metro platform at 9:15 am to take the 9:22 am train to Metro Center. The museum is a short 4-minute walk from the station.
• While you may purchase a ticket at the museum, we recommend reserving tickets online to save time at the museum. Each person is responsible for reserving their own pass to the museum. While the museum visit is free, a $15 donation is recommended.
o Click on Planet Word link: https://planetwordmuseum.org/
Then click on Reserve Passes on the right corner of the Planet Word page. Select the 10 am to 1030 am time slot.
• After touring the museum, you are welcome to join the group for lunch at the Immigrant Food Cafe in the Planet Word building.
• Metro back with the group or on your own to Shady Grove. We plan to return by about 2:30 pm to the Shady Grove Station.
Please note you must be a member of the KFNV to participate in this event; however, membership is as easy as filling out an on-line or mail-in form with residency in the King Farm community being the only membership requirement. Please see below under “Contacting the KFNV” for how to become a member.
- On Tuesday, March 24, 2026 from 7:00-9:00 pm, the KFNV Board of Directors (Board) will host its Annual Board Meeting and Reception in the Community Center, The KFNV Board welcomes all King Farm residents to learn about the KFNV’s missions, what it has been undertaking this past year, and the KFNV’s future plans. More importantly, the KFNV hopes this meeting will serve as a reception for residents to meet and mingle with the KFNV Board as well as with each other. The KFNV hopes to see you all there.
- On Wednesday, March 25, 2026 from 10:00-11:30 am, the KFNV will host Coffee & Conversation in the Community Center where the discussion topic will be: What do you miss from the old days? (however, you define old days). Please join your fellow King Farmers for an engaging conversation.
- The KFNV’s monthly highlight event will be held in the Community Center on Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 4:00-5:00 pm where Joan Green will present: 10 Tech Tips for Getting Started with AI. Ms. Green, a speech language pathologist and a technology specialist will explore:
• How AI can support independence, productivity, learning, and creativity.
• The ways that AI can help people with reading, writing, memory, or organizational challenges.
• What to watch out for –including, privacy, bias, and overreliance.
This presentation will be a wonderful introduction into the new AI world. We hope to see many King Farmers at this event, as the event is open to all members of the King Farm community.
Services
The KFNV continues to support King Farm residents with its community services: transportation to appointments, simple household tasks, some pet services, friendly phone calls/texts, and friendly visits. Please feel free to avail yourself of all of the community services that the KFNV offers. If you are in doubt about whether a task could be performed by one of the KFNV volunteers, go ahead and fill out the service form on the KFNV website. Our Operations Team will get back to you to determine if the task is under our umbrella of tasks. Also, please note that services are open to KFNV members only; however, membership is free and an easy process. See below on how to contact the KFNV to schedule any of the services or with any questions that you may have about the services as well as how to become a KFNV member.
Contacting the KFNV
For most of the KFNV monthly events as well as all the services, membership is required; but membership is as easy as filling out an on-line or mail-in form with residency in the King Farm community being the only membership requirement. We are a multi-generational Village; therefore, the KFNV welcomes all adult King Farm residents of all ages.
Although there is no fee to become a KFNV member, the KFNV does, however, accept and welcome donations; for these donations help defray the cost of KFNV services and events.
For information on how to register for any of the events, to request a service or a ride, to become a KFNV member or a volunteer, or to make a donation, please contact the Operations Coordinator by calling (301) 799-8104 to leave a voicemail, emailing the KFNV at kfnvinfo@gmail.com , or viewing the KFNV website at www.kfnv.org.