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Feb 14, 2024

DC Tool Library Holds Fundraiser To Replace Stolen Tools

The volunteer group lost about $11,000 worth of tools after a series of break-ins this month.

Mar 15, 2019

Franklin Hall Hosting Fundraiser For Employee Donating Part Of Liver To 8-Month-Old Daughter

“We hope to raise as much as we can. With it being St. Patrick’s Day, we never know how crazy it’s going to be.”

Apr 28, 2016

Dining Out Tonight? Part Of The Proceeds At 60 Restaurants Will Go To Food & Friends

It is the 20th year of Dining Out For Life, which supports support nutrition services for people living with HIV/AIDS and other life-challenging illnesses.

Nov 23, 2015

Photos: A Car2Go Made Out Of Canned Tuna And Other Elaborate Scenes From CANstruction

The annual sculpture competition returns to the National Building Museum with a transportation theme.

Jun 06, 2013

Friends of Frager’s Hardware Raising Money for Fire-Ravaged Store

It didn’t take long for customers and other supporters of Frager’s Hardware to rally around the store after a four-alarm fire gutted the 93-year-old Capitol Hill mainstay.

Jun 06, 2013

Do More 24 Encourages D.C. Residents to Donate to Local Charities Today

Do More 24, a project of the United Way of the National Capital Area, hopes to raise funds for charities in D.C. and surrounding communities in a 24-hour period.

Jun 05, 2013

Michelle Obama Confronts Heckler At D.C. Fundraiser

The first lady told the heckler, “Listen to me or you can take the mic, but I’m leaving.”

Apr 24, 2013

National Zoo Accused of Using Animals as Party Props for Fundraising Event

Animal rights group PETA has accused the National Zoo of using animals as props for a recent fundraising cocktail party, saying that it subjected a cheetah, penguin and wallaby to conditions that they are not used to.

Feb 22, 2013

Winter Pledge Week: Grading WAMU’s Donation Gifts

It’s that time again! Since Sunday, local public radio station WAMU has been in fundraising mode. So, how good is the swag?

Dec 13, 2012

Columbia Heights Bar Distances Itself From Patrick Moran Arrest

The management at The Getaway, the Columbia Heights bar outside which Patrick Moran, the son of Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, says it did not serve either Patrick Moran or his girlfriend the evening of December 1.

 
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