The holidays bring out the kid in most of us, and it’s no wonder. But many area kids don’t get to experience the holidays in the same way. However, the city is home to numerous social service organizations that seek to fill these children’s needs. If you’re planning on doing some year-end charitable giving of your […]
Giving Tuesday is here!!!! Why Giving Tuesday? Let’s make a list of abundance: On Thanksgiving, I gave thanks for excellent food, a warm home and love from friends and family. On Black Friday, I gleefully disdained consumerism– who needs shopping? However, Small Business Saturday was spent patronizing my beloved corner store, for which I can never […]
Are you a bus or rail commuter? Would you like to have a say in how Metro is run? Why not become part of the all-volunteer Riders’ Advisory Council? From the WMATA press release: The 21-member Council includes six individuals from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, two at-large members, and the head of the […]
More than 200 volunteers came out over the last two weekends to help make today’s big day at DC General a reality. It started with the passion of the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project (HCPP), a group dedicated to nurturing healthy child development and reduce the effects of trauma among children living in temporary housing programs in Washington […]