Still trying to keep up with those New Year’s resolutions to become more involved in your community? Two of our amazing nonprofits are hosting volunteer opportunities next week: you can help deliver powerful poems from incarcerated youth to their families or learn about Resiliency Theory and positive behavior management techniques. Sounds like no better way to start off the new year than getting out there and volunteering!
Catalogue for Philanthropy charities found many creative ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day “ON” to give back to the community and reflect on Dr. King’s important work. In addition to highlighting Catalogue charities’ volunteer efforts, one of our charities is also celebrating a wonderful partnership this week! See below the video for details.
“I did not have a rolodex or a big funder, but I did have a deep passion and commitment…and a first-hand experience of how a college degree can truly transform the life of a teen parent and of their child.” – Nicole Lynn Lewis, Generation Hope
In honor of National Mentoring Month, we welcome Nicole Lynn Lewis, Executive Director and Founder of Generation Hope. Generation Hope works to reduce poverty one family at a time by providing direct sponsorships and one-on-one mentoring to teen parents who are attending college in the Washington, D.C. Metro area. Today, Nicole tells us about her personal story that led to the founding of Generation Hope, as well as some of the organization’s most recent accomplishments (new office space!), challenges (ensuring teen parents are part of the college conversation), and needs (volunteer mentors!). She also offers sage advice for others in the nonprofit sector. Welcome, Nicole!
Happy New Year! After an incredibly successful 2014 for so many of our charities (and the Catalogue!), we can’t wait to see what’s in store for the year to come. Our first #whatsupwednesday of the year features students sharing their hard-work in front of peers, a charity presenting at one of DC’s largest annual conventions, and corporate partners showing their support. For more details on the charities in the video, read on!
We welcome everyone back to the office this week and send good wishes for 2015. There’s no better way to start off the new year than supporting local nonprofits in the DC Metro Region. Check out what a few of our organizations have going on next week!
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Still searching for the perfect gift for that person who seems impossible to buy for? This year, save yourself from a frantic last-minute trip to the mall and consider giving the gift that gives back.
The Catalogue for Philanthropy offers gift e-cards that make the perfect gift for anyone on your list: from that one person who has everything to the budding junior philanthropist in the family. In fact, we can’t think of a time when a Catalogue gift card wouldn’t be a great gift.
The Catalogue for Philanthropy’s e-gift card not only captures the spirit of the holidays through the joy of giving, but it also gives recipients the opportunity to support the causes that mean the most to them — whether in the environment, arts, education or human services in the community where they live and work. And it’s SO easy to give!?Simply click. Give. And inspire.
Sink into the holiday spirit this weekend with two special holiday performances, courtesy of Step Afrika! and Fairfax Choral Society. The entire Catalogue team wishes everyone a very Happy Holidays and good wishes into the new year. See you all in 2015!
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SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) works to stop the cycle of abuse through its parent education, child advocacy and community outreach programs. Tracy works to enhance how SCAN both engages and empowers community members to take action to stop child abuse. She facilitates SCAN’s Allies in Prevention Coalition — Northern Virginia’s only comprehensive coalition focused on child abuse prevention — as well as SCAN’s partnership with Darkness to Light.
It’s our last #WhatsupWednesday post for 2014, and we’re happy to share all of the wonderful holiday cheer that our nonprofits are bringing to the community.
When it comes to daily spending habits, what has you reaching for your wallet most often? Coffee? Parking? Lunch?
What about…Elder care?
In Sunday’s New York viagra 100mg Times, . Using a national survey of consumer spending conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as the basis for her analysis, the author finds that people in different metropolitan areas buy significantly different items (the average household in the nation spends approximately $5,000 per year on conspicuous items). In Washington D.C., for example, we spend significantly more than the national average on elder care, and men’s clothing (suits, footwear, underwear), yet are on par with the rest of the country when it comes to charitable giving.
Source: Analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey data by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Hyojung Lee