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Category Archives: Children
Busting a Move with CityDance
You have got to love a nonprofit that teaches dance, conflict resolution and self-esteem–and performs at the Verizon Center. When Sarah Levy, the CityDance Community Programs Coordinator, asked me to help out at a DREAM rehearsal–where nearly 150 3rd –5th … Continue reading
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (or anywhere)
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington ICON 11 Talent Showcase winners Question: What do District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Georgetown University Men’s Head Basketball Coach JohnThompson III and Roy Hibbert Jr. of the Indiana Pacers have … Continue reading
Boys & Girls Clubs
The girls from the Dunbar Alexandria-Olympic site of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington rock their handmade napkin rings. Good news! The Dunbar Alexandria-Olympic site of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington (BGCGW) in Old … Continue reading
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“A” for Effort with Higher Achievement
Chana Rabiner needed a substitute mentor for the three fifth grade girls she tutors with Higher Achievement. When she emailed me the lesson plan, all preconceived notions of substitute teachers as babysitters dissolved. The lesson plan was detailed, structured … Continue reading
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Welcome to the Catalogue for Philanthropy’s Class of 2012!
Hors d’oeuvre, wine and black-and-white clad waiters circulating among elegant guests are standard for most VIP receptions. Leave it to the Catalogue for Philanthropy to include inner city underserved boys, standing proudly and nervously next to their Life Pieces to … Continue reading
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Advocates for Good
SCAN Executive Director Sonia Quinonez, Jose Quinonez, Joyce Bliss, board member Jeff Bliss at the 2010 Toast to Hopes event. Linda Franz was at a crossroads. Her daughter had graduated from college and her son was about to start. … Continue reading
Lorton Community Action Center
Some nonprofit projects are more complicated than others, yet even the simplest among them require the cooperation and teamwork of dozens of people. Take, for example, backpack assembly, a project of the Lorton Community Action Center (LCAC) and several other … Continue reading
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Community Lodgings
Not long ago I wrote a story about kids who read to puppies. When Community Lodgings asked me to help with Read Aloud, their reading program created for toddlers whose parents attended evening life skills classes, I was ready for … Continue reading
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Get Out and Give Back: A Zen Volunteer Morning with Borromeo Housing
Normally volunteer work entails lots of activity, people, energy and more often than not, chaos. What a nice change of pace it was to help out in Borromeo Housing’s infant care supply center, established to support young mothers, where … Continue reading
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People Animals Love
My granddaughter Annabelle reads fearlessly to her baby dolls and stuffed animals. Surrounded by her silent and adoring audience, her storybooks propped up in her hands (sometimes upside down) she reads to them with confidence and ease. Click here … Continue reading
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Beacon House’s Great Leap
The email from Stacey Erd, Beacon House’s executive director, read like an order of battle. With precise start and end times, I was to read to kindergarteners, discuss self-esteem, careers and confidence with preteen girls, serve lunch, then help … Continue reading
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The Reading Connection – Read On!
What’s not to love about a nonprofit that gives kids a book to read each week? The Reading Connection does that, and more, and last week I found out just how much good can be done in one hour. The … Continue reading
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Girls on the Run – Running for Greatness
When I retired from the United States Air Force in September of 2009, I was most excited about never, ever having to run again. Running is part of the mililtary culture, and even though the Air Force only requires one timed 1.5 mile … Continue reading
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Discovery Riders – Horse Play
Love horses? Therapeutic equestrian programs are all over the country and always need help. These kids learn teamwork and cooperation by leading a horse through an obstacle course. Animals are so much more non-threatening that people. I guess that’s why … Continue reading
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PLTI – Don’t let the title fool you!
A recent PLTI class, who’s now making great changes in the community. Gotta admit, I had no idea what the Parent Leadership Training Institute of Alexandria (PLTI) did. Their website says their mission is “to enable parents to become leading … Continue reading
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