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Charity Corner:

For time specific charity events, check our "Events and Festivals" page.

	USO
	Volunteer your time stuffing care packages at "stuffing parties" at Fort Belvoir, assisting at the airports or at special events. Check their website for more information.

	National Park Foundation
	From cleaning trails to assisting archaeologists to providing visitor information, volunteers perform a wide variety of tasks. Check their website for specific information.

	American Red cross
	Donate blood, host a blood drive, disaster volunteer, emergency services are just the beginning. Like most charities The Red Cross relies upon its volunteers for the success of many of it's services. They offer an online orientation to give you an overview of volunteer services and also New Volunteer Orientation meetings around the DC area. You can search online for specific volunteer openings on the website too.

	Send a card
	Call a nursing home or retirement center and ask for a list of the residents who seldom get mail or visitors. Send them a card several times a year. Sign it, “Someone who thinks you are very special”

	Greater DC cares
	Greater DC Cares is a coordinator of volunteerism in the area. Mobilizing volunteers to nonprofits to better impact communities. Working with a network of over 500 nonprofits, this might be the place for you to start if you are not sure what kind of charity you'd like to support. They offer orientations programs - a useful way to get to know the charity. official website

	Miriam's kitchen
	Providing helathy, homemade meals and compreshensive case management service to the homeless in Washington DC. Help server breakfast or lunch, help the case managers, clean the kitchen, become an ambassador and more. official website

	Donate your old running shoes to charity
	Donate shoes in relatively good shape to: Fleet Feet in Adams Morgan or Pacers in Arlington or Silver Springs. They send them to Africa, so if your shoes are in horrible shape, give them to the Nike Reuse-a-shoe program, where they recycle them into playground, tennis court and running track surfaces (to name a few uses).

NOTE: All prices were accurate at time of posting. Please double check the cost of activities if price is an issue. Recommended sites and their
companies are NOT Foogli sponsors or affiliated to Foogli in any way, they are just suggested places to retrieve more information.