Hey! I am still looking for a place to hold the year-end celebration. If you know of someone with a philanthropic heart who would like to be a part of this special day, please shoot me an email at reed@yearofgiving.org! On Sunday after a weekend visiting friends in southeastern Pennsylvania, we headed to Philadelphia Premium [...]
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Day 314 – Mario H.
Posted in Church, tagged $10, family, immigrants, international, Limerick, pa, sacrifice, shopping, Spanish on November 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Day 269 – Doris S.
Posted in Church, tagged $10, at work, cars, church, Falls Church, VA on September 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I told you recently that my car has had a bunch of problems. Well, I finally bit the bullet and took my car to VolksWerks, a VW/Audi mechanic in Falls Church, VA. I needed to get some work done in order to pass DC’s emission tests. I dropped the car off early Friday morning. [...]
Day 201 – George A.
Posted in Church, tagged $10, Donation, economy, Gainesville, health, holidays, jobs, VA on July 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I spent the Fourth of July weekend at my friend Tom’s house out in Manassas, VA. Our goal was to gut his bathroom and put in a brand new one and surprise his wife when she returned from visiting her parents on Tuesday. Well, let’s just say that she was surprised alright when she got [...]
Day 106 – Ivory T.
Posted in Church, Gave the money to someone else, tagged $10, Arlington, Ballston, Iraq, military, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, veteran, Virginia, war on April 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Last Wednesday I met a friend for lunch out near the Ballston Metro stop in Virginia. After lunch I saw Ivory sitting on a bench in front of a large office complex. His story is one that really touched me. The 26-year-old Dallas, TX native now lives in Virginia and is an Iraq veteran. Ivory’s [...]
Day 2 – Paulina
Posted in Church, Refusals, tagged U Street on December 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Today I spent most of the day trying to get Year Of Giving up and running. This blogging software is pretty user-friendly, however, like many things some tasks have somehow taken longer than expected. So today I went searching along the U Street corridor of DC. I first approached a woman who was waiting for the [...]
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