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American Red Cross at Naval Medical Center
“The American Red Cross at Navy Med provides all active duty service members, retirees, patients, and their families with worldwide emergency communications, refferal to health and safety training, and disaster preparedness education.”
“Carl Sandburg Learning Center is a small, public, elementary school dedicated to providing special education instruction to students with multiple disabilities.”
“Students have the opportunity to take part in preserving nature along the trails and in the parks surrounding the C & O Canal by the Potomac River.”
“With a program of rigorous academics and character education, DC Prep Academy prepares students for success in college-preparatory high schools.”
“Earth Sangha is a nonprofit charity based in the Washington, DC area, devote to ecological restoration. They operate an program to restore native forests and meadows, stabilize streams, and control invasive alien plants.”
E. L. Haynes Public Charter School
“E. L. Haynes functions so that students of every race, socioeconomic status, and home language will reach high levels of academic achievement and be prepared to succeed at the colleges of their choice.”
“Fisher House provides a ‘home away from home’ for military families to be close to loved ones hospitalized for illness, disease, or injury.”
“Food & Friends provides meals, groceries, and nutrition counseling to people living with life-challenging illnesses such as AIDS and cancer.”
“Forest Knolls Elementary School works to prepare students to be lifelong learners, effective problem solvers, responsible citizens, and productive contributors to their world.”
“Father McKenna strives to meet the immediate needs of the poor and homeless, to educate the students and the public about the causes of poverty and homelessness, and to advocate for and with the poor and the homeless.”
“Gabriel Network provides a supportive Christian environment and help with basic needs to pregnant women facing poverty and homelessness, empowering them to embrace motherhood and choose life.”
“Hillhaven strives to meet the physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs of the elderly community. They provide high quality care in a safe, comfortable, and pleasant environment.”
“IONA’s mission is to support people as they experience the challenges and opportunities of aging. They educate, advocate, and provide community-based programs and services to help people age well and live well.”
“Duckworth serves students with moderate to severe disabilities ages 5 through 21 from the communities of Adelphi, College Park, Hyattsville, Laurel, Beltsville, and Mt. Rainier.”
“Janney Elementary cultivates in its community the skills, values, and confidence to support a lifetime of learning, leadership, and service. The school encourages children to be joyful, active learners who are confident and ethical citizens of the school community and can apply this to the larger global community.”
“JSSA’s team of experienced professionals in Maryland, DC, and Northern Virginia provide a broad range of nonsectarian services to help children, teens, adults, families, seniors, and individuals with special needs cope with many of life’s challenges.”
“The Lower and Middle School Programs at Katherine Thomas School provide a curriculum to address the needs of students with language, learning, and sensory motor disabilities and high-functioning autism in preschool through eighth grade.”
“Kensington Parkwood is a school that is currently implementing an arts integration program that allows students to construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject and meets evolving objectives in both.”
“Martha’s Table finds solutions to poverty in the short term with food and clothing programs and in the long term by breaking the cycle of poverty through education and family strengthening programs.”
Montgomery County Refugee Training Center
“The Refugee Center is open to refugees and asylees of all levels of English, preliterate to advanced. Specialized classes are available in computers, in Certified Nursing Assistant, Health Care, English, and more.”
“The Northwest Center seeks to promote the dignity of women and a respect for all human life by offering the loving support and comprehensive aid necessary to enable all women to continue their pregnancies, deliver healthy babies, and adequately care for themselves and their children.”
“Rosemount Center’s mission is to prepare children and families for their future by providing comprehensive early childhood education and family support programs in a bilingual multicultural setting.”
“The School for Arts in Learning, Public Charter School provides an innovative, arts-infused learning community for students in Grades K-8. They encourage students with different learning styles to use arts as a means for accessing academic achievement and finding individual expression of knowledge.”
“The SEED school is a high-performing, college-preparatory public boarding school that serves students from a traditionally underserved community in the DC area.”
“Sibley is a non-profit, full service 328 bed acute care community hospital serving the Washington, DC area. The campus also houses an assisted living residence, the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, skilled nursing care, and a residential Alzheimer’s unit.”
“SOME works to feed and clothe DC’s homeless and poor, treat ill homeless people at the medical, dental, and mental health programs, and train people for jobs and house homeless families and single adults.”
“Stephen Knolls School is a public day school which provides a Special Education Program for students who range in age from three to twenty-one years, with mild to severed cognitive deficits and multiple disabilities.”
“Suburban Hospital, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is an acute-care, medical-surgical hospital featuring most major services.”
“Washington Adventist Hospital is a 281-bed acute-care facility located in Takoma Park, Maryland.”
Washington Animal Rescue League
“The mission of WARL is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals who have nowhere else to go. They commit themselves to strengthening and preserving the human-animal bond by supporting animals in their homes through affordable veterinary care, community outreach, and education.”
“The Washington Home and Community Hospice serves the most vulnerable citizens: elderly, chronically, and terminally ill people. They help people recuperate in a rehabilitation unit, give them a safe haven with long-term care and special care units, and comfort hem with hospice care through their final stages of living.”
Washintong Middle School for Girls
“The Washington Middle School for Girls provides a caring and safe environment for young girls who are living in an under-served urban area and are at risk of leaving school prematurely. They offer a solid and holistic education in the Catholic tradition, featuring intellectual challenge, respect for diversity, and support for the spiritual, social, and emotional growth of each student.”
“A Wider Circle provides beds, dressers, and other basic need items to families that are moving out of shelters of living in neglected neighborhoods. Additionally, they run after-school programs in low-income schools and teach health and wellness classes at shelters and public housing facilities.”
