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• 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: Wrap It Up Gift wrapping is an awesome way to get into the holiday spirit, especially if the donations go to charity.
• Get Out and Give Back: “A” for Achievement This nonprofit inspires excellence in both the students and the volunteers.
• Get Out and Give Back: Chefs for a Cause Washington's top chefs share their favorite nonprofits.
• Get Out and Give Back: Dining for Good Good food, good wine, good friends, great cause-Dining for Women has it all
• Get Out and Give Back: Healing Foods at Smith Center Smith Center for Healing and the Arts brings in a chef who serves up a raw, vegan, organic menu.
• Get Out and Give Back: Soaring with Luke’s Wings The Veterans’ Day gala raised funds to bring military families together over the holidays.
• Get Out and Give Back: Catalogue for Philanthropy Gala It was an emotional evening for the Catalogue for Philanthropy as they welcomed their new “Class of 2012" nonprofits.
• Get Out and Give Back: Give to the Max Greater Washington’s first online 24-hour fundraiser is just around the corner.
• Get Out and Give Back: Circle of Compassion It’s not just A Wider Circle’s free furniture and classes that move families out of poverty. It’s creating a community.
• Get Out and Give Back: Go Big or Go Home! When a business fraternity from an Ohio university wanted to give back, they went big.
• Get Out and Give Back: To the Rescue! Volunteers from the Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue rescue their beloved dogs from overcrowded shelters or unsafe homes.
• Get Out and Give Back: On Stage with MetroStage Volunteering with your community theater supports the beauty of the arts, and you get a free pass to see some incredible plays.
• Get Out and Give Back: Supporting The Women’s Collective This Washington, DC nonprofit cares for 300 women living with HIV/AIDS, and educates an advocates for thousands of others
• Get Out and Give Back: Say Cheese with FACETS It's easy to smile with the Fairfax County nonprofit FACETS, whose services include dentures for its poor and homeless clients
• Get Out and Give Back: Advocates for Good A CASA (court appointed special advocate) volunteer shares what it’s like to advocate for a child in the justice system.
• Get Out and Give Back: Lorton Community Action Center A successful service project is never as simple – it takes a partnership of nonprofit staff, volunteers and business. Here's the perfect example.
• Get Out and Give Back: Down on the Farm This colonial, organic and heritage farm lets you live a farmer’s life in the city–barn cleaning included.
• Get Out and Give Back: What will you do on 9/11? 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?
• Get Out and Give Back: It's About Jobs Since 1981, Jubilee Jobs has found employment for 19,000 of metro DC's most hard-to-place citizens
• Get Out and Give Back: Lucky Days for Lucky Dogs Lucky Dog Animal Rescue is an all-volunteer nonprofit that rescues homeless dogs and finds loving homes for them through weekly adoption events
• Get Out and Give Back: Lodging Good Deeds Community Lodgings transitions nearly 25 families each year from homeless to self-sufficiency
• Get Out and Give Back: Gleaning for Good It's all about picking corn right off the stalk when volunteering with Bread for the City's "Glean for the City" program.
• Get Out and Give Back: Zen Volunteering Nonprofit Borromeo Housing helps young mothers and their children live independently
• Get Out and Give Back: Cooking with Miriam's Kitchen It’s easy to see why this nonprofit has won so many awards-it’s organized, fun and the food is five-star!
• Get Out and Give Back: Reading PALs This local nonprofit has the cutest mission ever-pairing dogs with kids who need practice reading
• Get Out and Give Back: Beacon House’s Great Leap This nonprofit’s summer camp is a tornado of activity for kids ages 5 - 13
• Get Out and Give Back: Generation Hope’s Hope for Teen Parents This brand new nonprofit supports teen parents who want to complete college.
• Get Out and Give Back: World Children’s Festival The International Child Art Foundation "Olympics," unleashes children’s creativity and empathy through art, creating hope for a non-violent world.
• Get Out and Give Back: Rainbows for All Children This non-profit provides support for kids working through the grieving process.
• Get Out and Give Back: On Angels’ Wings Luke’s Wings purchases airline tickets for the families of service members who are recovering from war injuries.
• Get Out and Give Back: Passion for Fashion Pulitzer-Prize winner Robin Givhan keynotes Suited for Changes’ Suited for Spring annual luncheon.
• Get Out and Give Back: Fast Food with the Assistance League of Northern Virginia So much good is done in so little time when preparing weekend food bags for hungry kids.
• Get Out and Give Back: Not your Father’s Rotary 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.
• Get Out and Give Back: Alexandria in ACTion ACTion Alexandria does some fierce civic engagement in the country’s most online giving city.
• Get Out and Give Back: National Volunteer Week If you could just clone yourself on April 16, you’ll find dozens of service projects throughout the greater DC area.
• Get Out and Give Back: It’s All Fore Brian 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.
• Get Out & Give Back: Women Veterans Resource Center Needs You! Meet 103-year-old WWII veteran Corporal Alyce (yes, Alyce) Dixon at their open house this Saturday.
• Get Out & Give Back: Investing in the Food Bank 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.
• Get Out and Give Back: A "Do Good" Expo Thirty nonprofits gather in Falls Church this Saturday for the second annual Service Expo.
• Get Out and Give Back: Passion for Paws Fashion for Paws’ executive director Tara de Nicolas shares some surprising facts about herself. Here’s one: Her uncle works for the Pope.
• Get Out & Give Back: Social Entrepreneur Defined A panel of experts define what it is, who it is and how live in the constant tension it requires.
• Get Out and Give Back: Teamwork for Alexandria’s Children Teamwork at its best-city government and private interests communicate and collaborate through the Center for Alexandria’s Children.
• Get Out and Give Back: Service & Academics at GW GW’s Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service integrates academic and co-curricular service-learning with internships.
• Get Out and Give Back: Glamorous Giving 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).
• Get Out and Give Back: Catalogue for Philanthropy Five reasons why small, local nonprofits need to apply.
• Get Out and Give Back: Tips for MLK Day of Service Between websites and nonprofits promoting MLK events on January 17, there’s something for everyone
• Get Out and Give Back: DC Pee Wee Power 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.
• Get Out and Give Back: Giving Circles Made Easy Philanthropy is the new black as women (and an increasing number of men) form giving circles to strengthen their communities.
• Get Out and Give Back: Fundraisers Honored on National Philanthropy Day Winners showcase the impact of giving back.
• Get Out and Give Back: Shopping for Literacy 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.
• Get Out and Give Back: Companies for Causes Kicks Off 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.
• Get Out and Give Back: The KEEN Community The bond between some KEEN volunteers goes beyond their time giving back to the community.
• Get Out and Give Back: Friends of Guest House The Alexandria-based nonprofit provides structure, supervision, support and assistance to women who want to break the cycle of incarceration.
• Get Out and Give Back: An Evening with Greg Mortenson 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
• Get Out & Give Back: Choosing a Charity- Do Ratios Matter? Data point or dealbreaker? Is the percent of a nonprofit’s revenues that support direct programming more important than its impact?
• Get Out & Give Back: Visionary In Our Midst An interview with the author of the award-winning Visionaries in our Midst: Ordinary People who are Changing our World.

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