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DC recruits Medical Reserve Corps volunteers to support health care workers during pandemic

Jake Maher Apr 2, 2020

Mayor Muriel Bowser is looking for volunteers to take some of the pressure off front-line health care workers amid a rising count of COVID-19 cases in DC and increasingly aggressive steps by the District government to curb the outbreak. …

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Volunteer makeover creates new STEM lab to inspire ‘a love of learning’ at Anacostia’s Ketcham…

Gabrielle Wanneh Jun 26, 2019

Ketcham Elementary School in Ward 8’s historic Anacostia neighborhood just turned a cluttered old library room into a bright new STEM lab, replete with new iPads, robots and 3D printers — all thanks to a partnership with two regional…

Washington Post: Veterans surprise D.C. elementary school with makeover

Editor Mar 23, 2019

When the children at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Southeast Washington left school on Friday, they had no idea what would happen there before their return on Monday.

WAMU: Even Volunteer Efforts Are Being Shut Down By The Shutdown

Editor Jan 18, 2019

Stories abound of citizens pitching in to pick up trash on federal land while government workers are furloughed have made headlines. But hundreds of volunteers are being turned away: people with regular volunteer gigs are being told to stay…

Washington Post: Shutdown cancels MLK day of service programs in some national parks

Editor Jan 18, 2019

In Washington, the Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens had to cancel its Martin Luther King Jr. “Day of Service” on Saturday because the partial government shutdown has the gates locked at the national park along the Anacostia River.

WAMU: Want To Volunteer On Thanksgiving? Get In Line.

Editor Nov 21, 2018

Central Union Mission, which runs a shelter in D.C. for men experiencing homelessness, serves about 500 Thanksgiving meals each year. But in the past, they’ve had just as many volunteers as people eating, and that can make things a little…

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District Links: AG Schwalb files 12 more suits against dangerous drivers, wins first judgment; surge highlights impact…

Sep 24, 2025 3

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb today announced a first-of-its-kind judgment against a dangerous driver under recently implemented DC Council legislation, as well as a slate of 12 new lawsuits…

District Links: AG reaches settlement with Washington Gas to stop pollution of Anacostia River from former plant; Bowser…

Sep 23, 2025 20

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced this morning that Washington Gas will take new steps to stop toxic chemicals from leaching into the Anacostia River from the site of a gas-manufacturing…

District Links: Bowser says she’ll again seek council approval for ‘growth agenda’; new helpline…

Sep 22, 2025 8

Mayor Muriel Bowser said today that she'll soon reintroduce aspects of her "growth agenda" as stand-alone bills in an effort to win DC Council approval for provisions that lawmakers pulled out of her…

District Links: Councilmember Robert White enters race for House seat held by Norton since 1991; Senate approves DC…

Sep 19, 2025 11

As questions swirl over whether DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton will indeed seek another term, at-large DC Councilmember Robert White — who previously served as legislative counsel in Norton's office —…

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