This weekend we had a snapshot of the cold that awaits us this winter. This morning it was near freezing when I went to the gym. Today’s post took place during a really busy work wise. Long days followed by work related events in the evening. After an event at the Brazilian embassy, I headed across town to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘nonprofits’
Day 310 – Tekele H.
Posted in Donation, tagged $10, DC, Ethiopia, food, immigrants, international, nonprofits, taxi, washington on November 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Day 305 – David D.
Posted in Something for themself, tagged $10, DC, events, ex-con, Golden Triangle, jobs, night, nonprofits, poetry, prison, Street Sense, video, washington on November 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
You know that I love the Street Sense organization. Not only do I love what the paper and the organization stand for but I also have got to know many of their vendors and am honored today to call many of them my friends. So when I heard about the Silent Auction benefit that Street [...]
Day 303 – Bonnie B.
Posted in Donation, tagged actors, DC, Donation, Golden Triangle, nonprofits, television, washington, writing on November 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I recently learned about a local writing workshop. I thought, heck, I should have seen something like this 303 days ago! When I started this I had no idea how MUCH writing I would do. I’ve also never really stopped to think about my writing style or how I can improve it. Hopefully I have [...]
Day 300 – Maggie O.
Posted in Donation, Food & Beverage, tagged $10, amazing, Breast Cancer, charity, DC, disease, donations, events, giving, inspiration, nonprofits, Tennessee, washington on October 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Giving is the theme of this post! I found myself swallowed up in a sea of pink on Connecticut Avenue. I ended up walking south forced by the inertia of the mass of walkers in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure, a 60 mile trek that begins in Maryland and finishes with a spectacular [...]
Day 291 – Jacy D.
Posted in Donation, tagged $10, college football, Maryland, MD, mom, night, nonprofits, plays, restaurants, Rockville, sports, Terps, theatre on October 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
67 years ago today my mother was born in the small coal mining town of Richlands, Virginia. She died 3 years and 307 days ago. An extremely generous woman herself, she was a tremendous inspiration for the Year of Giving. This entire journey is dedicated to her, but I want to take a special moment today [...]
Day 286 – Ryan F. and Samantha S.
Posted in Donation, tagged $10, Cleveland Park, college, DC, night, nonprofits, sports, university, washington on October 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was in Cleveland Park here in DC at the Giant grocery store on Wisconsin Avenue. I hadn’t given away my money yet and it was getting late. I had had some wine earlier that day on a picnic and was honestly not looking forward to giving my $10 away. At the entrance of the [...]
Day 281 – Jessica M.
Posted in Donation, tagged $10, Africa, arts, ballet, Cleveland Park, dancing, DC, first, international, nonprofits, washington on October 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I sat down next to Jessica at a Starbucks in Cleveland Park. Originally from Memphis, TN, she lives with her husband in Virginia and works in development for a DC arts organization. She herself was a dancer for many years. “I started when I was four,” she said. “I stopped when I was 25. It [...]
Day 280 – Read H.
Posted in Something for others, tagged $10, DC, Dupont Circle, helping others, night, nonprofits, past recipients, public health, volunteering, washington on October 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What are the chances that I choose a guy named Reed (or Read as today’s recipient spells his name) to receive my $10? It appears to be 1/280! It was a beautiful night and I took a walk over to Dupont Circle to see who I would find. On the way over there I saw [...]
Day 277 – Michelle B.
Posted in Food & Beverage, tagged $10, Alcohol, DC, drugs, food, homeless, homelessness, nonprofits, poor, shelters, sobriety, volunteering, washington on October 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Volunteering is an integral part of society. It helps ensure that essential public services are provided, builds social capital and fosters cohesive communities all while benefiting the volunteer as well by giving them opportunities to acquire new skills, have sense of purpose and integrate them into their community. I encourage everyone to find some volunteer [...]
Day 260 – Vincenzo D.
Posted in Donation, tagged $10, bad days, cars, Chinatown, gallery place, helping others, jobs, nonprofits, stress, washington on September 15, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I often tell people that it’s much more meaningful to give of your time than your money. So why am I giving away $10? Good question. I wanted to make a year-long altruistic commitment that I could quantify with relative ease. A monetary amount lends itself very well to this. Having said that, I probably [...]
Day 254 – Christina C.
Posted in Donation, tagged $10, charity, DC, Golden Triangle, health, hope, nonprofits, travel, washington on September 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Wow…I am still thinking about Bob from Day 251, aren’t you. I wish you could have been there with us for the entire conversation. He was really amazing. Today’s recipient is equally impressive. Read on! Day 254 started with two refusals. First two guys who were sitting on the grass in front of an office building at [...]
Day 252 – Heather M.
Posted in Donation, tagged $10, DC, dogs, Donation, nonprofits, pets, washington on September 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Americans love dogs. The Humane Society reports that there are more than 77 million dogs in the United States. From other sources I found that this is more than twice the number of the second largest dog populated country, Brazil. I grew up around dogs. We had a little mutt named 99 until I [...]
Day 241 – Eric M.
Posted in Refusals, Something for others, tagged $10, DC, Dupont Circle, international, media, nonprofits, Russia, TV, washington on August 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
On Day 241 I met up with the Russian Channel One team again. They came to my apartment and filmed a little and then we headed over to Dupont Circle to find a recipient. The first person I stopped was a young guy named Oliver. He said “no” originally and then he said something that [...]
Day 225 – Robert E.
Posted in Transportation, tagged $10, DC, economy, food, helping others, homelessness, jobs, nonprofits, unemployed, video, washington on August 10, 2010 | 9 Comments »
I have hit the streets every single day for the past 225 days searching for someone to give my $10 to. This journey started out during a difficult time for me. For the first time since I was 12 (stop calling the Department of Labor, I was a paper boy!) I was out of a [...]
Day 224 – Julia P. & Lucas B.
Posted in Food & Beverage, Transportation, tagged $10, abuse, cruelty, DC, enslavement, farmers, farms, Florida, labor conditions, legal, nonprofits, slavery, washington on August 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Were you aware that there are people enslaved in the US today? Unfortunately this is all too common occurrence in the agriculture business; eight cases in Florida alone in the past 12 years and many more that go undocumented. Recently I was walking home from work when I passed a truck parked up on the [...]
Day 220 – Mike B.
Posted in Food & Beverage, tagged $10, charities, DC, health, homelessness, nonprofits, poverty, washington on August 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Year of Giving has given me a renewed appreciation for so many organizations in the DC area that provide tremendous social good. Several people who have been daily recipients of the Year of Giving have sung the praises of organizations such as: American Coalition for Fathers and Children, Bread for the City, DC Cares, DC [...]
Day 207 – Catherine A.
Posted in Transportation, tagged $10, banks, DC, Dupont Circle, international, money, nonprofits, washington on July 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It seems like I am fighting an endless battle to get caught up on my blog posts. I have some video to show of Anthony getting more items that I need to get edited and share with you and I also have some items for Garrett. I saw him again today and agreed to meet [...]
Day 192 – Cassandra & Zack
Posted in Donation, tagged $10, DC, Donation, environment, food, nonprofits, Penn Quarter, students, washington on July 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
First of all thank you so much for all the kind notes, emails and comments about my new job here and on Facebook. I am very excited about this opportunity! Summer time is a great time to get outside and visit a farmer’s market. I was walking downtown on Day 192 when I came across [...]
Day 189 – Darrold H.
Posted in Food & Beverage, tagged $10, arts, culture, DC, donations, Dupont Circle, events, music, nonprofits, washington on July 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I met Darrold at the SoHoTea & Coffee Café at the corner of 22nd and P in DC. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on June 29, 1941. The son of a construction worker and an electronics factory worker, he comes from a modest family with a strong affinity for the arts. His mother and older brothers [...]
Day 99 – Emily H.
Posted in Food & Beverage, Something for others, tagged $10, begging, charities, donating, Dupont Circle, homeless, hunger, nonprofits on March 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I am still behind on posting my giving experiences. Today’s post is from last Tuesday! I’m going to try to start ‘posting two a day until I get caught up. I was walking home from a meeting and noticed a large line outside of the Ben & Jerry’s scoop shop south of Dupont Circle on [...]
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