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	<title>Get Out And Give Back &#187; Children</title>
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		<title>Sasha Bruce Youthworks &#8211; Touched by an Angel</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2012/03/19/sasha-bruce-youthworks-touched-by-an-angel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Sasha Bruce Youthworks (SBY) has been an angel to thousands of Washington DC’s most vulnerable kids, including those who run away from home since it opened its doors in 1974. The angel experience I had on my way to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2012/03/19/sasha-bruce-youthworks-touched-by-an-angel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Running with Running Brooke</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2012/03/09/running-with-running-brooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now Brooke Snyder Curran is in Antarctica, running 26 miles across snow, ice, mud and rock. While this is pretty spectacular all by itself, Brooke runs a marathon every month to raise funds for five local charities.  This latest &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2012/03/09/running-with-running-brooke/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Busting a Move with CityDance</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2012/01/11/busting-a-move-with-citydance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2012/01/11/busting-a-move-with-citydance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (or anywhere)</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/12/16/boys-girls-clubs-of-greater-washington-or-anywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boys &#38; 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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/12/16/boys-girls-clubs-of-greater-washington-or-anywhere/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boys &amp; Girls Clubs</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/12/12/boys-girls-clubs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The girls from the Dunbar Alexandria-Olympic site of the Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Greater Washington rock their handmade napkin rings. &#160; Good news! The Dunbar Alexandria-Olympic site of the Boys &#38; Girls Club of Greater Washington (BGCGW) in Old &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/12/12/boys-girls-clubs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“A” for Effort with Higher Achievement</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/12/01/%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-for-effort-with-higher-achievement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/12/01/%e2%80%9ca%e2%80%9d-for-effort-with-higher-achievement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Catalogue for Philanthropy&#8217;s Class of 2012!</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/11/14/welcome-to-the-catalogue-for-philanthropys-class-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hors d&#8217;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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/11/14/welcome-to-the-catalogue-for-philanthropys-class-of-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates for Good</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/09/26/advocates-for-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/09/26/advocates-for-good/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lorton Community Action Center</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/09/20/lorton-community-action-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/09/20/lorton-community-action-center/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community Lodgings</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/16/community-lodgings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/16/community-lodgings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get Out and Give Back: A Zen Volunteer Morning with Borromeo Housing</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/04/get-out-and-give-back-a-zen-volunteer-morning-with-borromeo-housing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/04/get-out-and-give-back-a-zen-volunteer-morning-with-borromeo-housing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>People Animals Love</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/07/26/549/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/07/26/549/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beacon House&#8217;s Great Leap</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/07/19/530/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/07/19/530/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Reading Connection – Read On!</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/06/06/the-reading-connection-%e2%80%93-read-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/06/06/the-reading-connection-%e2%80%93-read-on/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Girls on the Run &#8211; Running for Greatness</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/26/girls-on-the-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 10:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/26/girls-on-the-run/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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