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“The timing was really right,” said Jamila Larson, co-founder and executive director of the program. The Homeless Children’s Playtime Project partners with area homeless shelters and transitional housing programs to provide a place for children experiencing housing insecurity to socialize, play and learn. They’ve been exclusively in D.C., but they found a need to expand into nearby Prince George’s County. “As D.C. moves away from large congregate care shelters by closing D.C. General and the overflow hotel shelters into smaller neighborhood-based shelters, they don’t always have...

Here’s How to Volunteer in DC This Spring Thrillist 4 hrs ago © Courtesy of Potomac Conservancy As the cold recedes and the fight to control the COVID-19 pandemic continues to show progress, DC is finally beginning to look and feel like its old self. But as we move forward to a new normal, we’re still looking for ways to give back.  Recent headlines may catalyze you to donate to causes that will stop hatred and violence against Asians, or the warming weather may encourage you to find causes that will allow you to spend time outside. Of course, there is an ongoing need to support emer...

A moratorium on evictions and other protections have kept hundreds of families from the streets.

Tiffney Laing launched Bevy and Dave to help parents and educators explore Black history through the lens of leadership.

USA TODAY NETWORK and The Gannett Foundation Announce 2020 National Grant Recipients for “A Community Thrives” By Staff 4 months ago MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), and the Gannett Foundation today announced 16 non-profit organizations that will receive national grants from the company’s A Community Thrives program. Now in its fourth year, A Community Thrives awards grants to worthy causes in communities across the U.S. to help create positive change. Supported by the Gannett Foundation, the program also enables non-profits to...