You can mentor and tutor children, distribute produce, serve meals, plan events, and more at these local non-profits.

14 organizations you can volunteer for that are working to combat hunger in and around the District.

Carpenter’s Shelter said next Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. furloughed employees are invited to come assist with projects around the facility, which serves 1,000 homeless and formerly homeless people a year.

The Obama family showed up at So Others Might Eat’s soup kitchen on Monday, as part of their contribution to the MLK Day of Service. The Washington Times provides a little color:”We got a lot of struggle in this neighborhood,” a man shouted to Mr. Obama as he entered the facility, in a hardscrabble section of the city just north of Capitol Hill. Inside, the president, wearing an apron and khaki baseball cap, handed…