Come bake Hamantaschen and make hygiene kits with us! We will be filling bags to send to Friendship Place, an organization helping support homeless and low-income individuals. We will provide the supplies and the Hamantaschen dough. Join us for a night of fun and giving back. Link for more info: https://friendshipplace.org/

Join us to volunteer with DC Central Kitchen, a close partner organization that uses volunteer help to transform 3,000 pounds of otherwise wasted food into 5,000 healthy meals for schools, homeless shelters, and social service agencies. Volunteers will work in their professional kitchen to chop vegetables, sort fresh produce, mix salads, portion meals, and more!

Please note that DCCK welcomes volunteers ages 12 and older for this opportunity. Teens ages 12-18 are invited to volunteer with the Youth Action Institute. We will meet at the DC Central Kitchen located in southwest DC. The address will be provided with registration.

There is limited space for this program and registration is required for participation. As DC Central Kitchen relies on a specific number of volunteers to be able to produce the meals they need, we ask that you only register if you are committed to showing up to volunteer on this day. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mira at msmith@edcjcc.org.

Join us to celebrate Good Deeds Day with a meaningful morning of learning and service. With Passover around the corner, we will embrace the theme of "welcoming the stranger, for we were strangers," and support organizations serving refugees and asylum seekers.

We will start by hearing from Habib Barra, who fled Afghanistan with his wife and young daughter in the middle of the night as Kabul fell, as well as a member of the HIAS policy team who will discuss the current refugee and asylum landscape. Then, volunteers will assemble toiletry kits and other essential items for immigrants and asylum-seekers in the DC area.

This program is geared towards volunteers ages 12+. We request a registration fee of $18 per person to help offset the cost of supplies for this project. If this cost is in any way prohibitive to your participation or if you have any additional questions, please email Sonya at sweisburd@edcjcc.org. EntryPointDC, the EDCJCC's program for Jewish young adults in their 2

Join fellow knitters and crocheters to make handmade goodies for a great cause! Our goal is to contribute as many warm winter items as possible to distribute to individuals experiencing homelessness in the DC area. All levels of knitters and crocheters are welcome. Don't know how to knit or crochet? We'll teach you!

What should I bring? Please bring your own needles/crochet hooks. If you are not already working on a warm winter item and are looking for a great project or just starting out, please bring #8 or #10 knitting needles (circular or straight) or a size H crochet hook. Don't forget the patterns you're working on or want to start.

What do you supply? We provide lots of beautiful yarn, several patterns including hat patterns using #17 needles or a size N crochet hook, and experienced knitters and crocheters to teach anyone who would like to learn. If you can't join us in person, join us in spirit by knitting or crocheting hats, scarves, gloves and mittens, socks or slippers

Join us for DC Advocacy Day on Wednesday, April 9th to lobby for budget and policy priorities of the District's Jewish community.

The day begins with an issue briefing and breakfast at the Jewish Federation of North America's Washington, DC office, followed by meetings with DC Councilmembers at the John A. Wilson Building to lobby for a range of issues, including the continuation of a new nonprofit security grant program to protect institutions at risk of hate crimes.

We will also advocate in support of preserving funds for preschool teachers' salaries (the Early Childhood Pay Equity Fund), combating antisemitism and expanding access to affordable housing.

Our Advocacy Day will take place one week after DC's draft Fiscal Year 2026 budget is expected to be introduced, so that our advocacy occurs at the most impactful part of the legislative process.

Register by Friday, April 4. All who sign up will be invited to participate in a virtual briefing (date and time TBD) to prepar

Help replenish the blood supply in the DC metro area! It's safe, easy, confidential, and extremely rewarding. The EDCJCC partners with Inova Blood Services to bring skilled technicians and top-of-the-line equipment for our quarterly blood drives.

A few facts about donating blood:
-One blood donation can save four lives
-All donations stay in the Washington, DC area
-Every 17 seconds, someone in the DC area needs a blood donation
-One out of 10 people will need a donation before the age of 70
-The body quickly replaces the amount of blood given during the donation

For more information, please see the eligibility requirements for donating. Please plan on your blood donation to take about an hour from start to finish.

Do you need any additional accommodations for this event? If so, please contact msmith@edcjcc.org

Spend your evening preparing a meal for clients at Calvary Women's Services. Calvary Women's Services offers housing, health, education and employment programs that empower homeless women in Washington, D.C. to change their lives. The meal we prepare together will go to residents at one of their shelters. No cooking skills are necessary!

We request a $8 per person registration fee to help offset the cost of supplies for this project. If this is in any way prohibitive to your participation or you have any questions, please email Mira at msmith@edcjcc.org.

This event is open to volunteers ages 12 and up.

Join the EDCJCC at the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC)'s Drop-In Center garden! Started by the JCC in 2020, we have been helping youth served by the LAYC Drop-In Center grow veggies, herbs, and flowers. LAYC serves youth experiencing homelessness and those who are undocumented. The garden provides both a respite area as well as an opportunity for life-skills training.

No prior gardening experience is necessary! You can come once, twice, or every month. Please note that this opportunity is for volunteers 12+. Questions? Reach out to Sonya at sweisburd@edcjcc.org.

Spend your Sunday supporting the clients of So Others Might Eat! SOME's Dining Room serves over 1,000 nourishing breakfasts and lunches every day to those experiencing homelessness and poverty, with support from nearly 10,000 volunteers annually. Volunteers will assist with plating and passing out meals, refill drinks, help with dishwashing, and clean up and reset the dining room.

This volunteer program has limited spots and is open to volunteers ages 13+. All volunteers ages 13-16 must be accompanied by a chaperone. The SOME dining room is located in NE DC, half a mile from the NOMA Gallaudet Metro. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mira at msmith@edcjcc.org.

We are thrilled to invite you to the Day of Service on Sunday, May 4, 2025, a powerful opportunity to come together as a community to learn, take action, and make a meaningful impact both locally and globally.

We are honored to welcome Tona Boyd, a distinguished civil rights attorney, as our featured speaker. Tona most recently served as the Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where she helped shape and lead the organization's legal programs and strategic direction. Her career has also included serving as Special Counsel to the President in the White House Counsel's Office, advancing racial justice and equity initiatives, and as Chief Counsel to Senator Cory Booker on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Tona began her career in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and continues to be a tireless advocate for justice and equality.

We are equally honored to partner with Homes Not Borders, who will introduce their powerful storytelling initi

Be a part of something bigger! Shalom Bayit, the Bay Area’s only Jewish domestic violence services organization, is having its...

Join WHC in the DMV for this invasive plant removal conservation event in Rock Creek Park. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the Rock Creek Conservancy leaders approximately 48 hours before the event.

SPECIAL NOTES FOR WHC PARTICIPANTS
After registering using the above form, you should receive a confirmation email from Rock Creek Conservancy. Please forward this email to WHC Social Action Coordinator Lauren Lieberman at llieberman@whctemple.org.

Also watch for an email from WHC and 2239 Member JR Ridley for information about an optional, WHC/2239-only, post-volunteerism gathering at The Whale Tea DC. You must forward your registration confirmation to Lauren Lieberman to receive this information.

We live so close to some incredible DC landmarks. Spend your weekend morning walking around the beautiful Theodore Roosevelt Island and cleaning up along the way. Let's hope for some more great weather!

Join us to volunteer with DC Central Kitchen, a close partner organization that uses volunteer help to transform 3,000 pounds of otherwise wasted food into 5,000 healthy meals for schools, homeless shelters, and social service agencies. Volunteers will work in their professional kitchen to chop vegetables, sort fresh produce, mix salads, portion meals, and more!

Please note that DCCK welcomes volunteers ages 12 and older for this opportunity. Teens ages 12-18 are invited to volunteer with the Youth Action Institute. We will meet at the DC Central Kitchen located in southwest DC. The address will be provided with registration.

There is limited space for this program and registration is required for participation. As DC Central Kitchen relies on a specific number of volunteers to be able to produce the meals they need, we ask that you only register if you are committed to showing up to volunteer on this day. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mira at msmith@edcjcc.org.

Food & Friends is the only community-based organization in the D.C. region providing home-delivered medically tailored meals, medically tailored groceries and medical nutrition therapy to our neighbors living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other serious illnesses. Join WHC members on the first Friday of each month as we prepare food for Food & Friend's clients.

Volunteer slots are limited to 10 per month.

Join the EDCJCC at the Capital Jewish Museum to learn about the history and current work of local organization Food & Friends, featured in the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum's special exhibition LGBTJews in the Federal City.

Support their work by making birthday bags for people with life-challenging illnesses. The bags we decorate will hold birthday cakes to send to clients when they are celebrating another year of life.

In partnership with the Capital Jewish Museum and Food & Friends. Program ticket is $12 or $8 for CJM members, and all tickets include day-of access to LGBTJews in the Federal City.

Food & Friends is the Washington region's leading authority on ÒFood is Medicine' and the only community-based organization delivering home-delivered, medically tailored meals and medical nutrition therapy to neighbors living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other serious illnesses._Food & Friends' services are free of charge to recipients who qualify solely based on thei