DC Charity Events                                                 

www.americanheart.org

Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question.

8550 Arlington Boulevard
Fairfax, VA 22031
(703) 584-8400
(703) 573-0503 Fax
www.redcrossnca.org

The American Red Cross of the National Capital Area, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people in our community prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters and other life-threatening emergencies.

1101 Sixth Street SW
Washington, DC  20024
(202) 554-9066
(202) 488-4056 Fax
arena@arenastage.org
www.arenastage.org

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith, Arena Stage has become the largest theater in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights. Founded in 1950 by Zelda Fichandler, Thomas Fichandler and Edward Mangum, Arena Stage was one of the nation’s original resident theaters, and has a distinguished record of leadership and innovation in the field. With the opening of the new Mead Center for American Theater in 2010, Arena Stage will have emerged as a leading center for the production, development and study of the American theater. Now in its sixth decade, Arena Stage serves a diverse annual audience of more than 200,000.

www.afacinfo.org

At AFAC, we provide supplemental groceries to Arlingtonians who cannot afford to purchase all the food they need. You might not think that hunger is a problem in Arlington, but the high cost of living here means that many families simply cannot make ends meet. AFAC helps solve this problem by distributing groceries – milk, eggs, bread, canned goods, produce and other foods – to Arlington families and individuals in need. Supplemental groceries from AFAC mean that families can remain in their homes, workers can stay on the job, children are ready to learn, and mothers and babies get the nutrition they need. We have grown from being a small food provider with no permanent location to a major food pantry. We now distribute groceries to over 800 families each week.

BBBS of the National Capital Area
1763 Columbia Road, Suite 175
Washington, DC  20009
(301) 794-9170
ENROLL@bbbsnca.org
www.bbbsnca.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring organization in the United States. We have been the leader in one-to-one youth service for more than a century, developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting impact on the lives of young people. Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors children, ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country - including yours.

11606 Brandon Hill Way
Reston, VA 20194-1215
(571) 281-3117
www.bookwish.org

Book Wish Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN: 26-1285319) with a mission to provide reading relief for people in crisis. In partnership with organizations that work on the ground in some of the most distressed places around the world, we support reading to improve education, mental health, and occupational training.

1420 Spring Hill Road, Suite 600
Vienna, VA 22102
(703) 749-1794
(703) 442-0846 Fax
lhainge@campbellhoffman.org
www.campbellhoffman.org

We are a dynamic private foundation dedicated to increasing access to comprehensive health care for underserved and uninsured populations in the Northern Virginia region. We use our unique resources to catalyze, inspire, facilitate and support initiatives and projects to ensure that all individuals and families living in Northern Virginia will have access to timely, affordable, quality health care.

help@missiondc.org
www.missiondc.org

Established in 1884, Central Union Mission is one of America's oldest social service ministries. The ministry began as an outreach to wayward men, many of them Civil War veterans, on the streets of Washington. Strong church support led the steady growth into the 21st Century enabling the Mission to purchase and later build increasingly larger facilities.

Children's Law Center
616 H Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC  20001
(202) 467-4900
info@childrenslawcenter.org
www.childrenslawcenter.org

Founded in 1996, Children’s Law Center is now the largest legal services organization in the District of Columbia and the only one that provides comprehensive representation specifically on behalf of children. Children's Law Center’s 75 person staff, together with hundreds of pro bono partners, directly represent 1,200 children and caregivers every year.  Children's Law Center takes the expertise and experience of representing so many children and advocates for system-wide changes that improve the lives of the tens of thousands of children living in the District.

Green Door
1221 Taylor Street NW
Washington, DC  20011
(202) 464-9200
www.greendoor.org

Green Door is a community program that prepares women and men with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental illnesses to work and live independently in the District of Columbia. Green Door is recognized nationally as one of the most successful programs for people with mental illness. Since 1976, Green Door has helped thousands of people with mental illnesses from St. Elizabeths Hospital, homeless shelters, and community mental health centers to reclaim their lives.

9110 Gaither Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
(301) 990-0014
(301) 990-7536 Fax
www.habitat-mc.org

While Montgomery County is one of the most affluent, fastest growing communities in the nation, thousands of its residents are living in poverty. Housing costs have sky-rocked, while income growth in many jobs has remained the same - making the dream of homeownership almost impossible for low-income families. However, Habitat’s unique homeownership model provides a solution to this problem by offering low-income families the opportunity to purchase their own simple, decent, affordable home. Our goal is to end the cycle of poverty, instill a “can-do” attitude and show families that with the right tools, they can have the confidence and competence to maintain their own stable community.

www.KeepTheCandleGlowing.org

The IIIB's Foundation helps to comfort women through the pain associated with breast cancer surgery and treatment. We are celebrating our sixth anniversary of providing Bosom Buddy Baskets as gifts to breast cancer survivors to ensure that no woman faces breast cancer alone.

1333 H Street, NW
Suite 300, East Tower
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 506-5033
(202) 789-7279 Fax
info@ecotourism.org
www.ecotourism.org

TIES promotes responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people by:  creating an international network of individuals, institutions and the tourism industry; educating tourists and tourism professionals; and influencing the tourism industry, public institutions and donors to integrate the principles of ecotourism into their operations and policies.

www.jdrfcapitol.org

JDRF is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 research. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children and adults suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.3 billion to diabetes research, including more than $156 million in FY2008. In FY2008 the Foundation funded more than 1,000 centers, grants and fellowships in 22 countries.