The skies smiled upon us on Saturday. Thousands of volunteers participated in Servathon 2010 over the weekend, volunteering at sites across the city. Team DCist—made up of an event-leading 54 registered participants—braved a rainy forecast to pick-up litter as we worked our way from Petworth down to Howard University. Grabber tools in hand and trash bags in tow, no empty bottle of Mad Dog 20/20, take-out pizza menu or gum wrapper was safe from our readers and writers.

As of Saturday morning’s event start time, Team DCist led all Servathon teams not only in size but also in fundraising, $2661.10 overall toward Servathon’s $160,000 goal. Your faithful organizer may have made sure of that at the last minute, with a $16 donation to put us over the top. But our close rival, Team DHS, just had to try to one up us. Donations to Greater DC Cares are still being accepted, so please consider opening up your wallets and showing those pesky homeland security lovers who’s boss! Note: DCist wants a secure homeland just as much as the next guy. But we also want to be number one!