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What if we did what we believed was right?
By Mark Bergel What if we acted on the notion that the people who had the least amount of money and the least amount of…
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Jeff Bridges 30 Year Quest to End Hunger
Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges has spent over thirty years fighting hunger in our country. For the past four years he’s volunteered with Share Our…
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Goodwill® Celebrates Congress for Passing Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
By Joye Taylor ROCKVILLE, MD — Goodwill Industries International, Inc. applauds the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Workforce Innovation and…
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If You Help Raise $20,000 Now, A Wider Circle Will Get $100,000 More!
At a recent dinner with the Wider Circle team, Don Brown, who along with his wife, Ann, had donated $100,000 to help A Wider Circle…
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Update on the Morgan Stanley and Feeding America Partnership
In 2014, Morgan Stanley launched Healthy Cities, a philanthropic program designed to fuel innovation in coordinating the wellness, nutrition and play resources that can underpin a…
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Miriam’s Kitchen broadens reach to housing
By Jeff Clabaugh Miriam’s Kitchen is now administering a program under a contract with the Department of Human Services to get more of D.C.’s homeless permanently…
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Why We Need Boys Town
Why do we need Boys Town? Hundreds of thousands of children in the U.S. lose their childhood to poverty, gangs, homelessness and abuse, through no…
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“Orange Is the New Black’s” trailblazing portrayal of foster care
In this excerpt from a new Salon.com article, which takes a look at how the hit show “Orange is the New Black” is “trailblazing in…
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Feed the Children & FNS Team Up Through Summer Food & Education Program
As one of the largest international charities based in the United States, Feed the Children’s mission is to provide hope and resources for those without…
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The Current System is Broken: Bringing Hunger Relief Home for the Summer
By Kevin Hagan It’s summertime, and with summer break comes the laughter of carefree children in many neighborhoods… But not all of them. When the…
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Thank You for Supporting the D.C. Metro Community Through Do More 24
Update: Thank you to everyone who participated in the Do More 24 day of giving event. Thanks to you, just over $1 million was raised…
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In the fight against hunger, which role will you play? Loyal trustworthy sidekick, or passive spectator?
Our future lies with the children. The young without limits. The spirited who dream big. The hopeful who envision a better world, a world where no…
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