-Blog post by Reed Sandridge of Washington, DC This post was supposed to be put up yesterday – sorry. I was out volunteering and got behind. Yesterday was Memorial Day – a day when we remember those who have served our country. I took some time to think about my family members who have served [...]
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Week 19 of Reed’s Year of Volunteering: Bike DC
Posted in Food & Beverage, Volunteering, tagged bicycles, bikes, biking, cycling, DC, holidays, Memorial Day, nonprofits, remembering, volunteering, washington on May 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
HandsOn Network
Posted in Volunteering, tagged Greater DC Cares, helping others, national, NCVS, nonprofits, service, volunteer, volunteering on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Blog post by Reed from Washington, DC. HandsOn Network is a very impressive organization. As the volunteer-focused arm of Points of Light Institute, they claim to be the largest volunteer network in the nation comprised of more than 250 HandsOn Action Centers in 16 countries. Where these guys really get traction is by digging into their [...]
Week 17 of Reed’s Year of Volunteering: Brent Elementary School
Posted in Volunteering, tagged DC, donating, fun, schools, volunteering, washington, worldwide day of giving on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Blog post by Reed from Washington, DC If you live in DC and are not familiar with Hands on DC, check them out today! Founded back in 1994 by a small group of friends who wanted to make a difference in DC public schools, this all-volunteer organization leads a variety of improvement projects at more [...]
Week 16 of Reed’s Year of Volunteering: Francis-Stevens Education Campus
Posted in Volunteering, tagged environment, helping others, landscaping, outdoors, projects, schools, students, volunteering, volunteers on May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Blog post by Reed from Washington, DC Thanks for all of the nice comments I received about yesterday’s post about my mother. Although she passed away more than four years ago now, Mothers Day continues to be a day where I honor her and remember what a wonderful person she was. To shift gears a [...]
Mothers Day
Posted in Not recorded, tagged family, joy, love, memories, mom, mother, remembrance, sad on May 8, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Blog post by Reed from Washington, DC A couple of days ago I sat down to brainstorm about the subject of my blog post for today. As I have been focusing on volunteering with my posts, I thought I would highlight a national nonprofit that gave opportunities for mothers to volunteer. To my surprise, I [...]
Week 15 of Reed’s Year of Volunteering: Servathon 2011
Posted in Volunteering, tagged DC, helping others, schools, service, volunteering, volunteers, washington, weather on May 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Blog post by Reed from Washington, DC Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much. ~Helen Keller The above quote is particularly relevant to today’s post. As you know every Monday I bring you a blog post of my weekly volunteer activities. Today’s service project was one that I took part [...]
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