Get involved locally. September 2024. Washington, D.C. Activities. Feed the Hood, Scholarships, Addressing Youth Violence.

 

It's that time again. We are looking for volunteers to help with our #FeedTheHood Project.   What is Feed the Hood? Each month our community partners come together, to assemble care packages and distribute to residents in need. Care packages may include fresh fruits, sandwiches, soap, deodorant, lotion, chapstick and other essential items. What do we need from you? We are looking to assemble 300 care packages. We ask all volunteers to bring donations and spend two hours helping us make sandwiches, sort items, and distribute them to the community.    Community service/volunteer hours can be provided Click Here to Volunteer Click Here for to Apply

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National Preparedness Month: Webinar. Register now: Disaster risk reduction, how philanthropy can empower a resilient future webinar

 

Disaster risk reduction helps communities by “preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk.” We are hosting a webinar on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m. ET to educate funders about their role in helping communities build resilience by reducing risk. CDP’s Senior Manager of Strategy and Research, Austin Snowbarger, will moderate the discussion. One panelist will be Lisa Butenhoff, head of anticipatory action at Save the Children International. Other panelists to be added as confirmed. Register Now My best, Tanya PS: Automatic closed captioning will be available via Zoom during the webinar. The fully captioned webinar recording will be emailed to everyone who registered. CDP is striving to increase the accessibility of its webinars. Please email Katie Huang and let us know what accommodations you need by Oct. 1; we will do our best to meet your needs as feasible. Tanya Gulliver-Garcia | she/they | Based in New Orleans, LA Director, Advisory and Education Services Director, Advisory and Education Services Connect with us: @funds4disaster | disasterphilanthropy.org  Copyright © 2024 Center for Disaster Philanthropy, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Center for Disaster Philanthropy 1 Thomas Cir NW Ste 700 Washington, DC 20005-5800