Santa Ride to Benefit The Children's Inn at NIH

Date and Time

• Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025  3pm - 3:20pm

Location

Details

On Wednesday, December 10, families staying at The Children’s Inn at NIH will have a special visitor, as Santa Claus will take time out of his busy holiday schedule to visit The Inn. The visit will be part of the annual Santa Ride conducted by the Montgomery County Police Department. The Department invites residents of Montgomery County to stop at any of the predetermined locations along the route to visit with Santa and his motor officer elves and to drop off donations of holiday gifts for residents of The Children’s Inn.

WHAT: SANTA RIDE TO BENEFIT THE CHILDREN’S INN AT NIH

Santa and his elves (aka: motor officers) will travel throughout the county on their motorcycles as they make their way to bring gifts and donations from the local community to the children and families at The Children’s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health) Bethesda campus. Officers will greet Inn families so that Santa can say a few words to patients and provide a photo opportunity. The ride will conclude with a trip around the NIH property.

The Children’s Inn at NIH is a residential “Place Like Home’’ for families with children participating in leading-edge research studies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIH Clinical Center is the nation’s premier biomedical research hospital, providing an opportunity for our residents to be partners in advancing medical discoveries and improving the health of people all over the world. While the NIH takes care of the child’s medical needs, The Inn tends to the child’s heart, soul and spirit.

WHEN: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

WHERE: Officers will leave the 5th District Police Station located at 20000 Aircraft Drive in Germantown at 10:00 a.m., making their way through the county with stops to collect donations for The Inn. A full itinerary of the day’s stops is as follows:

• Tractor Supply in Poolesville: 10:20 a.m.
• Weis Supermarket in Damascus: 11:05 a.m.
• Harris Teeter at Fair Hill Shopping Center in Olney: 11:40 a.m.
• Target in Cherry Hill: 12:15 p.m.
• Target Rio in Gaithersburg: 12:50 p.m.
• Rockville Town Center in Rockville: 1:25 p.m.
• Pike and Rose in North Bethesda: 3:10 p.m.

HOW: There are several ways to support children and families served by The Inn: Take an on-site donation to Santa on his route, donate online by clicking the Donate button at www.childrensinn.org or support our Holiday Wish List at https://childrensinn.org/holiday-wishlist/. On-site donations can be monetary gifts of any amount or gifts of new, unopened toys for the children staying at The Inn to open this holiday season.