Fundraiser

Photo by PoPville flickr user Mr. T in DC

Dear PoPville,

I’m not sure if you’re familiar with Holiday Helpings, but it’s our annual push to provide 9,000 low income DC residents with the ingredients they need to have a holiday meal in the sanctity of their own homes. So far, we’ve distributed over 4,100 Holiday Helpings meals, and we expect to reach our goal by the end of the campaign on December 24th.

Holiday Helpings is a longstanding annual tradition at Bread for the City. From the start of November right up through the end of the year, we provide a turkey and all the trimmings to struggling families throughout Washington, DC.

This holiday season, our goal is to make the holidays happen for 9,000 residents. It costs just $29 to provide a plentiful and healthful holiday feast to a family of four.

More info here:

Holiday Helpings 2012 Brochure

Well first the lunatics at Boundary Stone convinced me to shave my head for charity and now they’re making me grow a moustache for the movember charity. I’m terrified of what they will ask me to do next. But these are great causes so I hope you’ll consider donating if you are able. Every dollar helps. Just click the Donate to Me tab under the frog logo. Thanks everyone! And of course I promise to share a photo of my moustache that I can only dream will look as cool as the one above.

From an email:

On Monday, Aug 20, several restaurants around the country will donate ALL proceeds from the sale of lemonade (and, in some cases, spiked lemonade drinks & lemonade-inspired desserts), to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), which raises money to fight childhood cancer (more details below).

Hill Country Barbecue and Carmine’s will go head to head in a STAND-OFF ON 7th STREET on Monday from 11 AM to 4 PM with dualing lemonade stands in front of each restaurant. Both locations will be serving $1 lemonades with all sales going to ALSF.

The following local restaurants are confirmed to participate in the multi-city fundraiser on Monday:

Hill Country Barbecue Market (410 7th Street, NW)

In addition to the lemonade stand detailed above, which will offer Classic, Strawberry and Blueberry Lemonade for $1 each on the street, HCDC will be selling all three variations of lemonade inside the restaurant all day in their signature mason jars ($2.50/16 oz; $4/32 oz), as well as Tito’s-Spiked Lemonade for $6. 100% of all lemonade sales sold throughout the day on Monday (11 AM – 11 PM) will go to ALSF. Please note: Both Hill Country Hospitality locations in NYC (Hill Country Barbecue and Hill Country Chicken) will be doing similar fundraisers for ALSF on Monday.

Carmine’s (425 7th Street, NW)
Carmine’s DC on 7th Street NW, will be running a lemonade stand outside of their restaurant with $1 lemonade for the cause from 11 AM to 4 PM. In addition, Louis Lemonade (an adult beverage for $5) will be available inside from 11 AM to 7 PM.

Rosa Mexicano (All 3 DC-area locations – 575 7th Street, NW, 5225 Wisconsin Ave, NW, and National Harbor)

Inspired by their ongoing partnership with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, Rosa Mexicano pastry chef Jai Kendall has crafted the Gelatina de Limonada (Lemonade Jello): Horchata-lemonade “jello”, meyer lemon-basil marmalade with raspberry-rose granita ($8.50). The sweet and refreshing flan-like treat “tastes like a creamy raspberry lemonade,” and will be available for the month of August, including National Lemonade Day. (Photo available upon request) www.rosamexicano.com (Available at all Rosa Mexicano restaurants; cities include NYC, LA, Atlanta, Boston, Miami, Minneapolis, Washington DC)

Granville Moore’s (1238 H Street, NE)

Granville Moore’s will be making a special batch of refreshing lemonade on Monday ($3 each), as well as donate all proceeds from the sale of GM’s Lemonade Cocktail, which is a blend of lemonade, bourbon, ginger beer and mint ($7 each). Both drinks will be available throughout the dinner service starting at 5 PM.

Photo courtesy of Dupont Underground

From a press release:

On Friday, September 7th, the Arts Coalition for the Dupont Underground (ACDU) will be throwing a giant fundraiser/buzz builder. The event will be held “Aboveground” at Eastern Market’s North Hall.

All net funds collected from the event will go to help push ACDU and the Dupont Underground project forward. Money raised will help fund an international architectural competition that will bring world-wide attention to the efforts of ACDU. It will also fund the re-opening of one of the “underground” entrances for special events, pop-ups, shows, incubators, and whatever new ideas the group can test out as part of a phased plan to re-open the entire site.

Sponsors, Bombay Sapphire (who have created two specialty drinks for the event), Star Hill Brewery, Stella Artois and Veritas Vineyard will be filling cups. KIND Snacks and Popchips will be supplying the munchies. A giant raffle with thousands of dollars worth of goods will be on display. Raffle sponsors include: Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design, The Pinkline Project, Our City Film Festival, KIND Snacks, Urban Style Lab, Bombay Sapphire, Marc by Marc Jacobs, local artists’ works and more.

Dupont Underground is an ambitious project that will invigorate the city’s art scene by reclaiming this ideally-sited piece of subterranean infrastructure — a streetcar station last used 50 years ago. We seek to establish a world-class center for arts, design, and innovative entrepreneurship. Powered by creative pursuits and social networks, this former transit space at the head of a key urban axis will serve as a civic focal point for Washington.

You can purchase tickets here.

Photo by PoPville flickr user quemac

Dear PoPville,

We are hosting a baby shower for a wonderful friend who has decided that instead of receiving gifts she would like to collect donations (clothing, diapers, etc) for a local women’s/children shelter in the area. Does anyone have any suggestions for worthy causes in the area we could contact?

Many Thanks!

Chipotle Metro-Area Fundraiser for Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture:

DC Area Chipotle Locations
Monday, July 16th, 2012
5:00pm – 8:00pm |

Visit one of the 59 Chipotles in the metro DC area, mention the Arcadia fundraiser and 50% of the sale will go to Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Chipotle will donate up to $15,000 of that evenings sales to support Arcadias programs including eight scholarships to deserving kids to attend Arcadias Farm Camp this summer.

See all of tonight’s and all the week’s events here.  To add your event, click the events tab up top and then click “add an event”.  You can add concerts, museum/gallery exhibits, fundraisers, sporting events, bike rides etc. You can add anything you think will be of interest to PoPville.

RaiseDC Presents: Three to One–A Benefit for Perry Center, Inc.

Lost Society Dc
2001 14th Street Northwest
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
6:00pm – 9:00pm | $10

Come join us for rooftop drinks at our second official event!

Well be gathering in support of the Perry Center on Thursday, July 12th from 6 9PM for an extended happy hour at Lost Society at the corner of 14th and U St. NW.

Perry Center, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Northwest Washington, DC and cares for thousands of our own residents every year. Their mission? To apply the THREE approaches of social services, economic empowerment, and youth development to eradicate ONE critical issue in our citychronic poverty.

The organization provides services ranging from prenatal care, preschool and teen programs, basic adult education and GED programs, job readiness, training and placement, tax support, emergency assistance, family mentoring, father initiatives, elderly care and more.

Its beautiful and historic building has transitioned from the first high school for black students constructed from public funds, to a shelter and food distribution center, and now to the largest human services center in DC serving 5,000 people per month.

http://www.perryschool.org/

See all of tonight’s and all the week’s events here.  To add your event, click the events tab up top and then click “add an event”.  You can add concerts, museum/gallery exhibits, fundraisers, sporting events, bike rides etc. You can add anything you think will be of interest to PoPville.