2009 is almost here, and so is my 26th birthday! In these last 2 days of the year, will you please consider making a gift of $26 to one of the charities where I am a board member? Not only will it make you feel good, but if you donate on or before my birthday on Dec 31, you will receive the full tax deduction to boot!
Donate to DC Central Kitchen
DC Central Kitchen began its first phase of operations on January 20, 1989, redistributing the excess food from the Presidential inauguration. The Kitchen is founded on the premise that when fighting poverty, one must fight to win by using every resource available. Be it food, money, or people, we hate to see wasted potential. Since its inception, DC Central Kitchen has used the kitchen as a central location to recover unused food, prepare and deliver meals to partner social service agencies, train and employ homeless men and women for the food service industry, and intellectually engage volunteers.
Donate to DC Creative Writing Workshop
The D.C. Creative Writing Workshop, based in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast D.C., unites parents, teachers and professional writers-in-residence to transform the lives of youth through self-expression and the power of the written word. While continuing to serve Hart, now a middle school, the Workshop has expanded its programs to neighboring Ballou High School and Simon Elementary. Students from the three schools have attended readings, plays and other literary events, won dozens of writing awards, and enjoyed a wealth of new experiences not otherwise available to young people in Ward 8.
Thank you so much for your friendship online and offline. Happy New Year!
Rosetta Thurman
P.S. Please email me at rosettathurman (at) gmail (dot) com if you make a gift!
