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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>“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>Go Big or Go Home!</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/10/28/go-big-or-go-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Most college students go home during their short fall break, but not the Alpha Kappa Psi (AKPsi) business fraternity members from the University of Toledo. Thirty-nine of them, nearly two thirds of the entire fraternity, had signed up for &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/10/28/go-big-or-go-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Women&#8217;s Collective</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/10/07/the-womens-collective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robin was lovely, with black hair, ebony skin and fingernails that alternated between purple and leopard print. She broke away from her two friends when she saw our white The Women’s Collective van parked on the corner of H and 8th &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/10/07/the-womens-collective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jubilee Jobs</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/29/jubilee-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever searched for a job, you know how important it is to own computer. Imagine how difficult it would be to find work if you didn’t have one. Now imagine trying to find a job if you didn’t &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/08/29/jubilee-jobs/">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>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>A-SPAN: Homeless Soccermania and More</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/06/20/a-span-homeless-soccermania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a soccer class in college nearly, well, never mind, but it was before soccer really caught on in the United states.  I was terrible then and I am terrible now.  And I know I’m terrible now because my &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/06/20/a-span-homeless-soccermania/">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>Jailhouse Art</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/31/jailhouse-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three things I never knew about jails: 1. They need volunteers to do lots of interesting things 2. Jail is not the same as prison 3. Some inmates are incredibly artistic I discovered these factoids last week at the Alexandria &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/31/jailhouse-art/">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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		<title>Computer C.O.R.E. &#8211; Core Competencies</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/computer-c-o-r-e-core-competencies/</link>
		<comments>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/computer-c-o-r-e-core-competencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Computer C.O.R.E.&#8217;s graduating class of June, 2010 JOB WANTED: Master’s degree in economics from prestigious university. Hard working.  Ambitious. Motivated.  Prior government experience. Given the current high unemployment rate, a “job wanted” ad written by someone that qualified is not &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/computer-c-o-r-e-core-competencies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Empowered Women International &#8211; The Artist&#8217;s Way</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/empowered-women-international-the-artists-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteer Dianna Lorenz (left) advises Nadia Janjua on how to start her nonprofit for Muslim women. Do you remember that personality quiz where you walk into an imaginary cocktail party and there are six groups of people?  One group is &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/empowered-women-international-the-artists-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friends of Guest House &#8211; Be the Cred</title>
		<link>http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/friends-of-guest-house-be-the-cred/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 19:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends of Guest House exec director Kari Galloway (right) hugs a house resident who shared her story at a fundraiser. Deborah H. lives at Friends of Guest House (FOGH), a 1920’s vinyl-sided house in the Del Ray part of Alexandria.  &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://getoutandgiveback.com/2011/05/24/friends-of-guest-house-be-the-cred/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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