We believe in giving back to the community. We firmly believe that our society's success depends on the willingness of citizens to care for and serve one another.

Our service and support for community groups includes the following:

• Serving in leadership roles in community groups.
• Doing volunteer work.
• Contributing financially.

Here are some of the things Patrick Malone has done in each of these categories:

Leadership roles:

• Board of Trustees, Loyola Retreat House, Faulkner, Md., 1996-2005; chair: 1999-2001.
• Board of Trustees, Monsignor Smyth Fund, Blessed Sacrament parish, Washington, D.C., 2000-2006.

Volunteer work:

• Volunteer, monthly legal clinic, Bread for the City/D.C. Bar, 1997 to present.
• Volunteer lawyer, Legal Counsel for the Elderly.
• Sunday lector, Blessed Sacrament parish.
• Countless fund-raisers for elementary and high school PTA’s.

Donations to charities:
Here are some of the community groups to which we give regular financial support:

• Ashoka
• Autism Speaks
• Bethesda Cares
• Brain Injury Association of Virginia
• Bread for the City
• Cardinal’s Appeal
• Catholic Charities USA
• Catholic Extension Society
• Catholic Relief Services
• Center for Justice & Democracy
• Childhelp USA
• Children’s Law Center
• Community of the ARK
• CSAAC
• D.C. Prisoners Legal Services Project
• Doctors Without Borders
• Equal Justice America
• FOCUS
• Franciscan Missions
• Guitars Not Guns
• Habitat for Humanity
• Hope House DC
• Josie King Foundation
• Legal Aid Society of D.C.
• Little Sisters of the Poor
• Loyola Retreat House
• Maryland Food Bank
• Public Citizen Foundation
• Salvation Army
• Save the Children
• SEEC
• SOME
• Special Olympics Maryland
• St. Patrick’s Cathedral New York
• St. Martin’s Church D.C.
• Whitman Walker Clinic