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What a $100 Donation Buys |
What a $1,000 Donation Buys |
What a $10,000 Donation Buys |
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Education |
A tutor’s stipend for a month through Reach Incorporated, in which DC teens who have had academic trouble train as tutors to help elementary-school kids with reading comprehension |
Twenty college-application fees for students from Northern Virginia through Kids R First |
Funding for a reading center for 40 students in one of 12 DC elementary schools for a year, through Reading Partners |
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Hunger |
Assistance for five eligible District families applying for food stamps through DC Hunger Solutions |
Backpacks full of kid-friendly food—called Smart Sacks—for 250 children in Montgomery County through the Manna Food Center |
Ten days’ worth of healthy dinners for the 4,000 chronically homeless people who rely on Miriam’s Kitchen in the District |
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Homelessness |
Lunch for 25 homeless women through Rachael’s Women’s Center in the District’s Mount Vernon Square |
Three “matching grants” for security deposits, through DC’s Jobs Have Priority |
Scholarships for two mothers to return to school through Carpenter’s Shelter in Alexandria |
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Nature |
Supplies to remove 7,500 pounds of trash from the Anacostia River banks through the Anacostia Watershed Society |
Education for 40 area landowners about river-friendly landscaping, through Potomac Conservancy in Silver Spring |
A school year’s worth of FreshFarm Markets’ FoodPrints classes, which serve 550 kids by creating edible gardens at DC schools and integrating them into the curriculum |
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Animals |
Three heavy-duty bungees for tiger toys or four mirrors for the zebras at the National Zoo |
Spaying/neutering and vaccines for four animals through the Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation in Arlington |
Support for one horse and one rider for a year through Circle of Hope Therapeutic Riding, which uses horseback riding to encourage development in children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities |
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People in Crisis |
Emergency foster-care bag for one abused DC child through Safe Shores, an advocacy center for District kids |
Four months’ worth of food and supplies for a victim of human trafficking who is building a new life, through the DC-based Polaris Project |
Financial aid for ten families adopting special-needs kids from foster care, through the Barker Foundation in Bethesda |
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Veterans’ Assistance |
A day of grief camp for a fallen servicemember’s child through the Arlington-based Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors |
Ten nights in a hotel for families visiting loved ones at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, through the Yellow Ribbon Fund |
Ten days of operations for Fairfax’s Lamb Center, which provides the homeless, including veterans, a place to eat, shower, seek counseling for addiction, and pursue employment |
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Health and Wellness |
Diapers for one child of a struggling family for one month through the DC Diaper Bank |
Sixteen hepatitis A inoculations for underserved residents of Arlington County through the Arlington Free Clinic |
120 hours of suicide-prevention hotline training for up to 40 volunteers through Arlington’s CrisisLink |
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Sports |
Balls, cones, and jump ropes for three District schools through Playworks |
Running shoes for 30 low-income Maryland girls through Girls on the Run |
After-school programs that teach soccer and writing to ten elementary-school students for a year through DC Scores |
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The Arts |
A year’s worth of art classes for one low-income DC child through Project Create |
Sheet music for a year for two 45-student ensembles through the Children’s Chorus of Washington |
A one-year, in-school playwriting program at a DC public school through Young Playwrights’ Theater |
This article appears in the December 2013 issue of Washingtonian.
