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 […]
The DC Diaper Bank needs your help, Capitol Hill: Starting this Saturday, September 12, the Capitol Hill community is kicking off a Diaper Drive to benefit the DC Diaper Bank! Whenever I volunteer at the DC Diaper Bank, surrounded by mounds of 25-diaper bundles ranging in size from newborn to adult, I give thanks to whoever listens […]
It’s almost auction season for schools around the Hill. Auctions are a great way to party with current and future parents, as well as a chance to get great items. Most Hill businesses donate all manner of great goodies, so it pays to attend one of these many soirees. Watch this space for information, tickets, […]
It’s time for the DC Diaper Bank’s Annual Capitol Hill Diaper Drive again, and local merchants are providing enticing incentives for you to stop by with a pack of Huggies. Or Luvs or Pampers or whichever expensive paper bum cover is your preference. Metro Mutts, ShawaFel and the Playseum, will express their gratitude for your donation with […]
The presents are unwrapped and the trash bin has been emptied. You might have even hit the stores for your exchanges and returns. And now your mind turns to the fun that awaits in 2012. And on the list of worries, the Visa bill is second only to the impending tax bill that might just […]