Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Georgetown Ministry Center serves D.C.'s homeless.
Every day this week, Patch is profiling a local nonprofit agency. If there's a nonprofit that you think your neighbors need to know about, email Doug Tallman or Lauren Sausser. Mission: Georgetown Ministry Center operates a winter shelter that offers a safe haven for withdrawn and vulnerable homeless neighbors, according to its website. "GMC's unique presence in Georgetown makes us an essential part of the 'net' of services cast to the city’s homeless population," the website says. Contact information: Phone - 202-338-8301; E-mail - info@gmcgt.org; 1041 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007. Financials: According to the organization's 2010 tax filing, Georgetown Ministry Center raised about $469,000. It spent about that much in 2010 as …
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The annual event will take place this Saturday.
Start working up an appetite, because the 18th Annual Taste of Georgetown is this Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “This is a great way for us to recognize that we’re all one community and be able to support a great event,” said Stacy Kerr, a spokeswoman for Georgetown University, one of the Taste’s local sponsors. The event will be held on Wisconsin Avenue, between M and K streets, and will feature over 30 restaurants. All the profits will be donated to Georgetown Ministry Center, a neighborhood charity that facilitates homeless assistance programs. “It’s a great way to raise money for a local community charity,” said Debbie Young, marketing manager for the Georgetown Business Improvement District. The Taste will include a wine, ale and …
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Laura Amico is the editor of the website Homicide Watch.
When Viola Drath was found murdered in her Georgetown home in mid-August, the violent crime shocked the neighborhood. But this is exactly the kind of story that Laura Amico deals with every day. Amico is the editor and founder of Homicide Watch, a D.C.-centric website that is dedicated to building "one of the nation’s most comprehensive public resources on violent crime." She and her husband Chris Amico combine primary source documents, social networking and original reporting to "track homicide cases from crime to conviction, building the area’s most complete public resource for the people who need it most: victim’s families, suspects’ families, and all others affected by violent crime in D.C." Laura Amico recently took time to answer a …
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The new facility unites the neighborhood.
Fourteen months ago, the Stoddert Recreation Center in Glover Park consisted of a single room. Today, Stoddert Rec has settled into a new home, a significantly larger space that has given the Glover Park community plenty of room to grow. “It’s becoming more and more of a meeting place where people are coming together,” said Ricky Davenport-Thomas, Stoddert Rec’s site manager. “This is like my home away from home.” The rec center shares its new space with Stoddert Elementary School. Both Stoddert Rec and Stoddert Elementary are located in a recently constructed facility on Calvert Street, which includes a gym, stage, lunchroom, cafeteria and several meeting rooms. The facility cost $34 million to build and opened its doors on Aug. 16, 2010…
Monday, September 19, 2011
Erin Kuykendall brings an expertise in American material culture to the historic house.
Tudor Place Historic House and Garden recently appointed Erin Kuykendall as curator of collections. “I feel so fortunate to be here and to have such a wealth of resources at my disposal,” said Kuykendall. “This house strikes me as really special.” Tudor Place was home to six generations of direct descendents of Martha Washington. It is a National Historic Landmark and contains a collection of over 10,000 objects dating from 1795 to 1983. The collection includes one of three surviving letters that George Washington wrote to Martha, as well as a waxwork made by Samuel Fraunces for the first lady. As curator of collections, Kuykendall will maximize the historic potential of these objects through research, historically accurate presentation …
The outdoor classroom will serve to connect students to their environment and the school to the community.
Plans for a new wetland and gardens at Hardy Middle School will provide an outdoor classroom for students and could serve to better connect the community with the school. Through the District Department of the Environment, Hardy received a grant to build a new wetlands area, butterfly garden and vegetable garden in a marshy patch of grass next to the tennis courts. Maya Garcia, the Chair of the Science Department, first came up with the idea for an outdoor classroom at the school after she was “inspired” by a trip to Costa Rica. She initially proposed a green roof— a roof partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane—but when it was clear there would be no good way for the kids …
Saturday, September 17, 2011
The 'Stuff the Bus' campaign will benefit the D.C. Central Kitchen.
If you see a bus parked in front of Clyde's on M Street Sunday, stop by to make a donation or drop off fresh produce to benefit the D.C. Central Kitchen (DCCK). Venga is organizing its first ever "Stuff the Bus" campaign to collect food and money to support the D.C. non-profit that provides food and job training for needy residents. From noon until 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 Venga will park its 1975 Ford Superior bus, which the company bought off of Craigslist for $1000, at Clyde's. In addition to donations you could get the chance to meet Clyde's Chef Salvatore Ferre as well as other supporters, including Ryan Zimmerman, Darrell Green, Cokie Roberts and Jose Andres. "Were excited about this," said Amy S. Bridges, a spokesperson for Clyde's. …
deborah george
2:21 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
a great organization and a fun event....this group is well managed and operated...funds really do go toward serving the homeless population...little is used for administrative costs... more ›