From an email:
“It’s in the heart of Columbia Heights, at the Josephine Butler Parks Center, and there’s open bar for a pretty reasonable ticket price. And, of course, for a more-than-good cause. More info here: http://www.indegoafrica.
Raz previously wrote about the organization here.
From an email:
“We will be having two benefit events on Oct 28th at 458 New Jersey Avenue, SE (Capitol Hill) and and 29th at the Big Bear Cafe at 1700 First Street, NW to fund raise for the Center. Please attend one of the events depending on your schedule!! It will feature a short documentary film and a talk by Ebenezer in addition to Liberian music, food and drinks. The tickets are $40 per person and $20 with a student ID and all donations are tax-deductible. Please see www.peaceedu.org for more information.”
I am humbled to relay that I will be listed as an auction item (free dinner with me at Social Restaurant). From an email:
“Reminder for the JMML Childhood Leukemia Fundraiser this Friday, October 23rd from 6-9pm!! Come one come all! Invite all of your friends!
The Mott House
122 Maryland Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002
(Between the Supreme Court and the Senate Hart Building)
$25 at the door, or online here: www.teamkam.org/donate (scroll to the very bottom, under Other Fundraisers – Mott House, October 23)
Program:
6:00pm Silent Auction begins, drinks are served, appetizers are enjoyed
7:00pm Remarks from the Hostess and Kamran’s family
7:30pm The Sarah Brightmans perform and blow your socks off
8:30pm Silent Auction Ends, recipients are announced
From an email:
Hosted at Social
1400 Meridian Place, NW
Columbia Heights
October 8, 2009
6:30PM – 9:00PM
Tickets $50 per person
All proceeds from tickets benefit the DC Arts & Humanities Education Collaborative to ensure that underserved DC public school students benefit from the region’s rich array of arts amenities. In the 2009 school year, more than 32,000 students and teachers will visit cultural institiutions through their program.
From an email:
“Think you could help us out? I am the Legal Director at a great local non-profit called WEAVE, Women Empowered Against Violence. WEAVE providers legal, counseling, and emergency services to survivors of domestic violence. It is one of the few organizations in the country that provides all of these services within one organization. We have one of four attorneys in the country who specializes in working with LGBTQ survivors of domestic violence. Sadly, WEAVE is on the verge of closing its doors. There has been some recent media coverage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://www.nbcwashington.com/
Also, there is a happy hour fundraiser tomorrow night:
http://www.facebook.com/home.
Please do what you do best and help spread the word so that we can keep doing what we do! www.saveweave.org.”
One of my favorite things about living in Cleveland Park, back in the day, was going to the semi-annual CP Library Book Sale. I am delighted to announce that the Petworth Library will have its very own sale this Saturday. I hear there are “tons of good books” so I am eager to check it out. Hopefully I’ll be able to pick up some of these great recommendations.
At the Red and the Black, 1212 H Street, NE. Doors open at 8pm.
From a reader:
“The Red and the Black will host a fund raiser to benefit the production of On Your Mark, Get Set, MOW! – a Tale of Hope, Redemption, and Lawnmower Racing at the Red and the Black on September 2. Performing will be Pup Tent, Olivia Mancini, and Neon. The Red and the Black is at 1212 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Doors open at 8pm. Proceeds will enable filmmaker Mike Ratel to finish his documentary on lawn mower racing.
Can lives be saved through lawn mower racing? There is a family in Michigan who hope so. Sparta, Michigan is home to a lawn mower racing family who have lost five members of their family to Huntington’s disease, a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder which 200,000 Americans are at risk for. Washington, DC filmmaker Mike Ratel has followed the sport for two years and is currently in production of a documentary film which will tell the story of lawn mower racing and how it is used to raise research funds and awareness of the deadly disease. Every year in Sparta the family organizes a United States Lawn Mower Racing Association (USLMRA) national points race to raise funds for and awareness of the disease. Congressman Bob Filner of San Diego has appeared on camera for the documentary film as he and fellow Californian Brian Bilbray are the sponsors of the Huntington’s Disease Act of 2009 (HR 678) which if passed will eliminate the two year wait that those diagnosed with the disease currently have to wait before they get Medicare benefits. Through the use of interviews with congressmen, health care professionals, and Huntington’s disease advocates the path of the bill will be documented as part of the film. Additionally, medical professionals will provide a clinical definition of the disease and explain what research is underway to bring an end to it.
Entitled On Your Mark, Get Set, MOW! The documentary film is a tale of hope, redemption, and lawn mower racing. Ratel has spent two years traveling to over ten states documenting the sport of lawn mower racing and the community of racers who are involved in the sport. During this time he has discovered that there is much more to the sport than winning and losing. There are racers who have redeemed their lives though the sport and those who have had the satisfaction of using the sport to raise money to fight diseases such as Huntington’s disease.”
Sounds awesome!
From an email:
“Run, Don’t Walk to the field at 11th and Kenyon to donate your used athletic shoes. Donations are accepted today between 5-7pm and will be used to help build new playgrounds.”
Back in July I posted a Dear PoP requested computers and books for Sacred Heart Middle School Kids. The teacher, Ms. Kullberg, just sent the following email:
“Thank you from Ms. Kullberg’s class at Sacred Heart School!
Thank you to all of you who so generously donated everything from computers and printers to books and digital cameras to our class! We received books from as close as down the street and as far away as Texas.
My kids and I were so excited when the first computer arrived, and now we’re even more excited as we are gearing up for a new school year with a brand new writing center. We are SO touched by the outpouring of generosity from the Petworth and DC communities, and the biggest thank you I can offer doesn’t even seem like enough.
My student helpers and I have spent countless hours eagerly revamping my library shelves (evidently the books I had before weren’t as “AWESOME” as some of the donations) and hooking up monitors and keyboards. The look on my kids’ faces when they see all that you have donated is priceless and I can’t wait for the rest of my kids to join in on the excitement this September. As the school year moves along, we’ll be happy to always take your old books off your hands. Just come on by!
Thank you, PoP, for everything!
Love,
Ms. Kullberg’s Class
Sacred Heart School
1625 Park Road NW
Washington, DC”
This is fantastic! I am so amazed that readers from Texas donated. I’m so amazed that I have readers in Texas… But seriously, this is all you guys, I just posted the info. The thanks goes to PoPville. You guys really are the best.
Tina wrote about this great organization, located at 733 Euclid Street, NW, back in September ’08. It seems they’ve had a “minor setback” (from an email):
“We had a break-in last Friday evening which has left me without a laptop or backup drive (lesson learned – don’t keep them together). There were a number of valuables taken, but nothing that really was at the heart of what we do, and for that I am grateful.
Between the losses and funds needed to secure the doors, we will have about $2,000 worth of unexpected expenses. If you would like to help out with a tax-deductible donation, we would greatly appreciate it. You can donate online at http://www.ecacollective. Alternatively, if you would like to donate any of the following items, please contact me at (202) 462-2285.
Laptop Computer
Backup Hard Drive
Digital Camera
Digital Audio Recorder
Cordless Phone set
Power Tools (drill, jigsaw, sander)
Stereo
Fortunately, the list of things that weren’t taken is much longer. Many thanks to Jo Strowder and Dr. Ernest Quimby who jumped in with last minute loaner equipment so we wouldn’t have to cancel our children’s Summer Heritage Program today, and to those who have been helping me reconstruct the last six months.
Your patience is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sylvia”