The Dish: Chefs for Equality
D.C.’s hottest toques and tipplers team up to raise money for marriage equality.
Charity Spotlight: Honoring Wounded Warriors
Celebrate Memorial Day with classical music and family-friendly activities.
Get Out and Give Back: Dedicate to Insulate
Help insulate a low-income family’s home and save them up to 30% off their next utility bill.
Get Out and Give Back: For Boys & Girls
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW) is 125 years young and still going strong.
The Dish: Chefs for Equality
11 October 2012
D.C.’s hottest toques and tipplers team up to raise money for marriage equality.
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Charity Spotlight: Honoring Wounded Warriors
25 May 2012
Celebrate Memorial Day with classical music and family-friendly activities.
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Get Out and Give Back: Dedicate to Insulate
22 December 2011
Help insulate a low-income family’s home and save them up to 30% off their next utility bill.
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Get Out and Give Back: For Boys & Girls
16 December 2011
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW) is 125 years young and still going strong.
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Get Out and Give Back: Decorative Charity
12 December 2011
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington offer a variety of programs to keep you in and get you out of your comfort zone.
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Get Out and Give Back: The Neighborhood Dish
08 December 2011
For hundreds of nonprofits in greater Washington, a little donation goes a long, long way.
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Get Out and Give Back: Wrap It Up
05 December 2011
Gift wrapping is an awesome way to get into the holiday spirit, especially if the donations go to charity.
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Get Out and Give Back: “A” for Achievement
01 December 2011
This nonprofit inspires excellence in both the students and the volunteers.
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Get Out and Give Back: Chefs for a Cause
01 December 2011
Washington's top chefs share their favorite nonprofits.
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Get Out and Give Back: Dining for Good
28 November 2011
Good food, good wine, good friends, great cause-Dining for Women has it all
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Get Out and Give Back: Healing Foods at Smith Center
21 November 2011
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts brings in a chef who serves up a raw, vegan, organic menu.
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Get Out and Give Back: Soaring with Luke’s Wings
15 November 2011
The Veterans’ Day gala raised funds to bring military families together over the holidays.
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Get Out and Give Back: Catalogue for Philanthropy Gala
11 November 2011
It was an emotional evening for the Catalogue for Philanthropy as they welcomed their new “Class of 2012" nonprofits.
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Get Out and Give Back: Give to the Max
09 November 2011
Greater Washington’s first online 24-hour fundraiser is just around the corner.
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Get Out and Give Back: Circle of Compassion
01 November 2011
It’s not just A Wider Circle’s free furniture and classes that move families out of poverty. It’s creating a community.
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Get Out and Give Back: Go Big or Go Home!
27 October 2011
When a business fraternity from an Ohio university wanted to give back, they went big.
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Get Out and Give Back: To the Rescue!
19 October 2011
Volunteers from the Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue rescue their beloved dogs from overcrowded shelters or unsafe homes.
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FYIDC: Race to Representation
11 October 2011
November 5th will mark the first ever "Race to Representation"--a daring 5k promoting women's equality in the fraternity we call government.
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Get Out and Give Back: On Stage with MetroStage
11 October 2011
Volunteering with your community theater supports the beauty of the arts, and you get a free pass to see some incredible plays.
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The Dish: Fresh Food Drive Soars
10 October 2011
First-ever mobile fresh food drive more than doubles ambitious goal, collecting over 11 thousand pounds of food to benefit DC Central Kitchen.
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Get Out & Give Back: Chevy Salutes D.C.
10 October 2011
GM Motors honors service men and women in contest for honorary home town celebration.
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Get Out and Give Back: Supporting The Women’s Collective
06 October 2011
This Washington, DC nonprofit cares for 300 women living with HIV/AIDS, and educates an advocates for thousands of others
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Charity Spotlight: Jen Aniston Rallies the Survivors
05 October 2011
Jennifer Aniston rallies D.C. support for Breast Cancer research and her new Lifetime TV series, FIVE.
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Get Out and Give Back: Say Cheese with FACETS
04 October 2011
It's easy to smile with the Fairfax County nonprofit FACETS, whose services include dentures for its poor and homeless clients
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Get Out and Give Back: Advocates for Good
26 September 2011
A CASA (court appointed special advocate) volunteer shares what it’s like to advocate for a child in the justice system.
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Get Out and Give Back: Lorton Community Action Center
20 September 2011
A successful service project is never as simple – it takes a partnership of nonprofit staff, volunteers and business. Here's the perfect example.
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Get Out and Give Back: Down on the Farm
14 September 2011
This colonial, organic and heritage farm lets you live a farmer’s life in the city–barn cleaning included.
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Get Out and Give Back: What will you do on 9/11?
06 September 2011
Most people remember exactly what they were doing ten years ago next Sunday morning. How will that influence what you do on 9-11-11?
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Get Out and Give Back: It’s About Jobs
29 August 2011
Since 1981, Jubilee Jobs has found employment for 19,000 of metro DC's most hard-to-place citizens
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Get Out and Give Back: Lucky Days for Lucky Dogs
22 August 2011
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue is an all-volunteer nonprofit that rescues homeless dogs and finds loving homes for them through weekly adoption events
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Get Out and Give Back: Lodging Good Deeds
16 August 2011
Community Lodgings transitions nearly 25 families each year from homeless to self-sufficiency
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Get Out and Give Back: Gleaning for Good
08 August 2011
It's all about picking corn right off the stalk when volunteering with Bread for the City's "Glean for the City" program.
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Get Out and Give Back: Zen Volunteering
04 August 2011
Nonprofit Borromeo Housing helps young mothers and their children live independently
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Get Out and Give Back: Cooking with Miriam’s Kitchen
01 August 2011
It’s easy to see why this nonprofit has won so many awards-it’s organized, fun and the food is five-star!
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Get Out and Give Back: Reading PALs
26 July 2011
This local nonprofit has the cutest mission ever-pairing dogs with kids who need practice reading
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Get Out and Give Back: Beacon House’s Great Leap
19 July 2011
This nonprofit’s summer camp is a tornado of activity for kids ages 5 - 13
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Get Out and Give Back: Generation Hope’s Hope for Teen Parents
20 June 2011
This brand new nonprofit supports teen parents who want to complete college.
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Get Out and Give Back: World Children’s Festival
13 June 2011
The International Child Art Foundation "Olympics," unleashes children’s creativity and empathy through art, creating hope for a non-violent world.
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Get Out and Give Back: Rainbows for All Children
03 June 2011
This non-profit provides support for kids working through the grieving process.
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Get Out and Give Back: On Angels’ Wings
26 May 2011
Luke’s Wings purchases airline tickets for the families of service members who are recovering from war injuries.
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Get Out and Give Back: Passion for Fashion
13 May 2011
Pulitzer-Prize winner Robin Givhan keynotes Suited for Changes’ Suited for Spring annual luncheon.
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Get Out and Give Back: Fast Food with the Assistance League of Northern Virginia
10 May 2011
So much good is done in so little time when preparing weekend food bags for hungry kids.
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Get Out and Give Back: Not your Father’s Rotary
28 April 2011
Rotary International has changed over the decade but one thing remains the same-they still do great things across America and across the world. Here are six reasons to consider joining.
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Get Out and Give Back: Alexandria in ACTion
18 April 2011
ACTion Alexandria does some fierce civic engagement in the country’s most online giving city.
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Get Out and Give Back: National Volunteer Week
06 April 2011
If you could just clone yourself on April 16, you’ll find dozens of service projects throughout the greater DC area.
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Get Out and Give Back: It’s All Fore Brian
31 March 2011
There's no better excuse to call in sick and play golf on April 18 than to support the Brian and Emily St. Louis fund.
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Get Out & Give Back: Women Veterans Resource Center Needs You!
24 March 2011
Meet 103-year-old WWII veteran Corporal Alyce (yes, Alyce) Dixon at their open house this Saturday.
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Get Out & Give Back: Investing in the Food Bank
14 March 2011
Food supply is so low that the Capital Area Food Bank has had to cut back its volunteers. But nearly one in two of the District’s kids under age 18 is still at risk for being hungry.
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Get Out and Give Back: A “Do Good” Expo
10 March 2011
Thirty nonprofits gather in Falls Church this Saturday for the second annual Service Expo.
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Get Out and Give Back: Passion for Paws
04 March 2011
Fashion for Paws’ executive director Tara de Nicolas shares some surprising facts about herself. Here’s one: Her uncle works for the Pope.
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Get Out & Give Back: Social Entrepreneur Defined
01 March 2011
A panel of experts define what it is, who it is and how live in the constant tension it requires.
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Get Out and Give Back: Teamwork for Alexandria’s Children
18 February 2011
Teamwork at its best-city government and private interests communicate and collaborate through the Center for Alexandria’s Children.
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Get Out and Give Back: Service & Academics at GW
04 February 2011
GW’s Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service integrates academic and co-curricular service-learning with internships.
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Get Out and Give Back: Glamorous Giving
26 January 2011
Finally, a jewelry line for charity that’s gorgeous, original and made from consciously-selected sources. And the creator is starting a social revolution through her solutionary gifting circles (read on).
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Get Out and Give Back: Catalogue for Philanthropy
24 January 2011
Five reasons why small, local nonprofits need to apply.
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Get Out and Give Back: Tips for MLK Day of Service
11 January 2011
Between websites and nonprofits promoting MLK events on January 17, there’s something for everyone
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Get Out and Give Back: DC Pee Wee Power
22 December 2010
The DC community raised nearly $60,000 to send the Junior Pee Wee football team to the Pop Warner nationals in Florida. And the team won.
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Get Out and Give Back: Giving Circles Made Easy
09 December 2010
Philanthropy is the new black as women (and an increasing number of men) form giving circles to strengthen their communities.
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WL Sponsored: Wings of Hope’s Healing Hands
01 December 2010
Friends gather to remember a friend and support Melanoma research at the Wings of Hope Gala.
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Fashionable Life: GNO with Carmen Marc Valvo
30 November 2010
Designer Carmen Marc Valvo and the Everything But Water store collaborated to create Girl's Night Out for a good cause.
