January 20, 2010 at 9:01 PM
The rest of the non-profits around the metro area — you know, the ones that don’t have their hand in Haitian earthquake relief — must feel like the location scout for Avatar. Really damn underappreciated.
January 6, 2010 at 7:55 AM
Here’s a terrific opportunity to eat magically delicious local, organic food, prepared by some of the world’s greatest chefs in support of a great cause. If only I had $500 and lived in Washington D.C.! But maybe you do?
December 23, 2009 at 8:08 PM
No, Virginia, 2009 was not a great year for corporate philanthropy. The $10,000 and $25,000 gifts that once arrived almost like clockwork at local nonprofits came this year in denominations of half that size, if they came at all.
December 21, 2009 at 12:02 PM
If you didn’t know that spinach tastes sweeter when it’s grown in cool temperatures, it’s likely you haven’t been digging around in a winter garden. The White House has just planted a slew of cold-weather vegetables, and a group of students from an after-school cooking class in Washington, D.C., were among the first to visit.
November 26, 2009 at 1:35 AM
President Barack Obama handed out Thanksgiving meal supplies to needy families on Wednesday afternoon at Martha’s Table, a soup kitchen in Northwest Washington, D.C. Obama was joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, their daughters Sasha and Malia, First Grandmother Marian Robinson, and his half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng and her family.
November 25, 2009 at 9:01 PM
The Obama family passed out turkeys, stuffing and other Thanksgiving favorites to people at a food pantry organization.
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