Join the Capitol Lounge and DC Brau Brewing Company TONIGHT for a beer tasting to benefit Brainfood, which happens to be one of my favorite local charities. Brainfood is a non-profit youth development organization that uses food and cooking to teach life skills to DC teenagers. At Capitol Lounge, from 6pm until 9pm, you can [...]
Tags: Charity·Events·restaurants
If you’re in town this weekend and want to swing by Eastern Market for some last minute holiday shopping (why wouldn’t you?!), buy yourself a treat at Crepes at the Market. They have generously agreed to donate all proceeds on Saturday to the Capitol Hill Community Foundation. Take a break from your holiday preparations and [...]
Saturday December 10th the new Indie Hill Pet Collective will hold its first-ever winter pet supply collection. They will set up in front of Port City Java between 9am and 1pm. This a great place to take your old towels and blankets. The CollectIVE is collectiING on behalf of local animal shelters and organizations including Washington [...]
Folks: make a difference by reaching to the back of your coat closet, or the front, and taking out a couple of items you no longer really wear. (Though check the pockets first for spare keys, jewelry and anything else you are not quite ready to donate.) Now’s the time to take inventory of all [...]
Tags: Boy Scouts·Charity·clothing drive·Neighbors·volunteering
For the past 8 or 9 years, Moms on the Hill has done a big collection of donations of Thanksgiving Baskets. The effort has been led most of that time by local business owner Meg Shapiro. She and her husband Seth own the Marvelous Market on 7th Street. Each year Meg puts out a call [...]
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