You can bring holiday meals, winter clothes, and gifts to families across the region.

There are still spots left to lend a hand, donate blood, or sign up for a bone marrow registry.

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

No single gig is going to fix the system, but you can still help a kid get a leg up.

Just a few of the many ways to give back to the District through various arts programs.

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

Pack meals for critically ill people next month.

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.

Fear not, there’s still ways to gain entry into FreeFest, for free.

The 2011 Summer Fancy Food Show — “North America’s Largest Specialty Food & Beverage Event,” which features 180,000 products from 2,400 exhibitors and 80 countries — is in full swing at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. But what happens with all the leftovers once the Show is over? D.C. Central Kitchen is hoping to give most of it a good home.