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

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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

Every day, blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. It is likely that you or someone you know will need a blood transfusion in your lifetime.

Due to recent drastic shortfalls of donations over the last several weeks, donors of all blood types are critically needed, especially those with type O blood.

The blood donation process from the time you arrive until the time you leave takes about an hour. The donation itself is only about 8-10 minutes on average. In order to qualify for whole blood donation, you must be in good health and feeling well, at least 16 years of age (with signed parental consent) and weigh at least 110 lbs. Additional eligibility criteria apply, including certain medications, medical conditions, travel to certain countries, and personal history.

Pre-registered participants only. No walk-ins.

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

Celebrate the start of the school year with Housing Up! We'll play games and distribute school supplies to celebrate the new school year. This Housing Up site serves 10 families who are overcoming homelessness, and volunteering is the perfect way to build community with the residents.

Please note that program is open only to volunteers ages 18+ and is geared toward volunteers who love working with kids. This program will be held in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC, and the exact address will be provided upon registration. The apartment is accessible by bus and is located .6 miles from the Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro station. Street parking is available.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mira Smith at msmith@edcjcc.org.

Join fellow knitters and crocheters to make handmade goodies for a great cause! Our goal is to contribute as many...

Join fellow knitters and crocheters to make handmade goodies for a great cause! Our goal is to contribute as many...

Cancer has deeply affected our community and we want to come together to support the American Cancer Society. Over the...