Citywide Community Service Fair Wednesday, December 2, 2009 2 PM – 6 PM McKinley Tech High School 151 T. Street N.E., Washington, DC (Close to NY Ave-Florida Ave Metro) The Community Service Fair is a connecting point for all high school students in the Nation’s Capital to: ÞLearn about volunteer opportunities to fulfill community service … More Citywide Community Service Fair
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE MEETING When: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009, 6:30PM-7:30PM Location: 1703 North Capitol Street N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 Calling all Volunteers! All hands on deck! Volunteers needed for the following: WINTER BLUES BASH AND SILENT AUCTION PLANNING * Winter Blues Chair/Co-Chair * Securing Corporate Support * Silent Auction Planning/Implementation o Site Logistics — Planning/Implementation o … More North Cap Main Streets Organization Meeting
Winter Blues is back… and we don’t mean the cold weather doldrums! You can help North Capitol Main Street improve your local business district. Get involved by helping us plan the fifth annual Winter Blues Party and Silent Auction. You can join us at the home of NCMS President Pat Mitchell, At 12 R Street … More NCMS Call for Volunteers
The Office of Youth Programs (OYP) is now accepting applications for the Council’s Youth Internship Program (CYIP), which is scheduled to begin this fall. Slots are very limited! The Pre-Screening Application must be submitted no later than Friday, September 4, 2009. For more information regarding the program: http://www.dccouncil.us/officeofyouthprograms If you have any questions, please don’t … More DC Council’s Youth Internship Program
Nice to see Yoga District — which has a studio on Bloomingdale’s 1st Street NW business strip — and its owner, Jasmine Chehraz — get mentioned in this 8/6/2009 Washington Post article. (Caryn adds: Also to see the philosophy behind Yoga District, see this WP article from 2008). Activists Aim to Make Yoga an Exercise … More WP mentions Yoga District activists
Common Good City Farm, the community vegetable garden at the old Gage School, is having a “farm workday” this Saturday [March 21, 2009] from 10 am – 1 pm. We’ll be shoveling soil to prepare the farm, we may plant some seeds and paint signs. Kids welcome if accompanied by an adult. We have gloves … More Community farming event
Common Good City Farm (formerly 7th Street Garden) is garden grown and cared for by the community, whose members then have access to fresh produce. Its new host is the Gage School in Bloomingdale. It has a job training program among other things. What a great idea. They’re holding a fundraiser on Monday. For more … More Community Garden Mar 16 fundraiser
The Fifth District Police Citizens’ Advisory Council (5D CAC) is collecting food items in support of the DC Food Bank today, March 14, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the Fifth District MPD Headquarters, 1805 Bladensburg Road, N.E. Participants are being asked to bring non-perishable food items and I am told that monetary … More 5DCAC holding food drive
Bates Area Civic Association 