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.
Get Out and Give Back: Decorative Charity
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.
Get Out and Give Back: The Neighborhood Dish
For hundreds of nonprofits in greater Washington, a little donation goes a long, long way.
Get Out and Give Back: Shopping for Literacy
15 November 2010
A Capital Collection of Holiday Shops and the Junior League of Washington support literacy and other good works through three days of shopping and special events.
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Get Out and Give Back: Inspiration to Action
12 November 2010
Small, high-impact charities do big things for Washington’s residents.
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Get Out and Give Back: Companies for Causes Kicks Off
01 November 2010
Writing checks is not enough. This new organization is challenging companies to collaborate and align with nonprofits to solve social problems throughout the Washington Metro region.
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Get Out and Give Back: The KEEN Community
25 October 2010
The bond between some KEEN volunteers goes beyond their time giving back to the community.
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Get Out and Give Back: Alexandria ACTs Up
15 October 2010
Nearly 300 nonprofit directors gathered for the sixth annual ACT for Alexandria’s Annual Nonprofit Excellence Forum to hear about the benefits of using social media.
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Get Out & Give Back: Walk This Way
13 October 2010
The second annual "Walk This Way" charity event fights domestic violence with fierce fashion.
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Get Out and Give Back: Friends of Guest House
06 October 2010
The Alexandria-based nonprofit provides structure, supervision, support and assistance to women who want to break the cycle of incarceration.
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Get Out and Give Back: An Evening with Greg Mortenson
27 September 2010
The subject and author of the best-selling Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School At A Time and Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Get Out & Give Back: Choosing a Charity- Do Ratios Matter?
20 September 2010
Data point or dealbreaker? Is the percent of a nonprofit’s revenues that support direct programming more important than its impact?
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Get Out & Give Back: Visionary In Our Midst
10 September 2010
An interview with the author of the award-winning Visionaries in our Midst: Ordinary People who are Changing our World.
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Get Out and Give Back: Meet A Super Leader
31 August 2010
Vickie Braxton, a Super Leader advisor, took in and mentored eight at-risk youth in her Sterling, VA home. Now, those same kids are playing it forward.
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Get Out & Give Back: Street Soccer USA Cup Coming to DC
14 July 2010
Twenty soccer teams, comprised of homeless men from across the country, compete for the national title at the Washington Kastles Stadium from July 30 – 1 August.
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Get Out & Give Back: Talking “Catalytic” Philanthropy
25 June 2010
The Community Foundation's philanthropic guest speakers advocate change, not charity.
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Get Out & Give Back: DC Cares Summit and Awards
17 June 2010
Business and nonprofit leaders discuss partnerships and collaboration, and recognize the best of the best
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Get Out & Give Back: Sport for Social Change Awards Gala
24 May 2010
The second annual Sport for Social Change Awards Gala honors top-area philanthropists and raises awareness for Street Soccer USA, a non-profit that uses soccer to help homeless persons build the life skills needed to get off the streets.
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Get Out & Give Back: Seven Tips to Raise Generous Kids
05 May 2010
Experts weigh in on easy ways to get kids in the habit of giving at an early age.
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Get Out & Give Back: Saturday Morning With DC Cares
29 April 2010
Volunteers complete service projects for over 100 area schools and non-profit organizations.
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Get Out & Give Back: LLS Man and Woman of Year Announces Candidates
17 April 2010
Twenty contestants compete to raise $1 million to fight blood cancer.
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Get Out & Give Back: Puppy Love at Fashion for Paws
02 April 2010
Chip McFly went from homeless to having his own Facebook fans when he met MIX 107.3FM's Tommy McFly at last year’s Fashion for Paws.
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Get Out & Give Back: Daniel Mayers – A Lifetime of Service
29 March 2010
Daniel Mayers reflects on 50 years of service in Washington D.C. as he steps down as the chair of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region's board of trustees.
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Get Out & Give Back: Greater Washington Catalogue for Philanthropy
24 March 2010
The Greater Washington Catalogue of Philanthropy takes the guesswork out of finding a small, local high-impact charity.
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Get Out and Give Back: Give a Click
17 March 2010
A new website allows you to do good while you travel
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Get Out and Give Back: Honoring the Greatest
12 March 2010
The Honor Flight Network flies World War II veterans, free of charge, to Washington, DC to visit the memorial built in their honor.
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Get Out and Give Back: Golfing Fore Good
08 March 2010
The First Tee uses golf as its platform to teach children its nine core values
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Get Out and Give Back: A Non-Profit Strategy For Haiti
26 February 2010
Panel members from non-profits that work directly with Haitian relief efforts share their plans to support Haiti, and the best ways to give.
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Get Out and Give Back: ALIVE’s Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call
17 February 2010
It takes a team to make Alive's last-Saturday food drive work.
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Get Out & Give Back: Ted Leonsis’ Business of Happiness
09 February 2010
Ted Leonsis is happy. He wants you to be happy too in his new book "The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work"
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Get Out & Give Back: Successful Private/Public Partnerships
01 February 2010
Five secrets to creating successful private and public sector partnerships.
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Get Out & Give Back: Cal Ripken, Jr. Honored
21 January 2010
Major League baseball’s Iron Man and Hall of Fame member, author and State Department Special Envoy Cal Ripken, Jr., received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Super Leaders on Thursday evening, January 14, during a VIP reception and dinner held at the Canadian Embassy.
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Get Out & Give Back: Connecting With Haiti
18 January 2010
Thirty years ago my Dad sponsored the village of Calvaire, located on the northwestern coast of Haiti. I've been thinking about the villagers nonstop since the earthquake struck.
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Get Out & Give Back: How to Make a Charitable Resolution
15 January 2010
Tips to make sure your 2010 philanthropic goals have been built on solid ground.
