In The News …

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Julia Cain

Welcome to Wednesday! Let’s poke though the non-profit-related news …

Arts groups fight proposed ticket tax in DC — And you can too! Mayor Gray has proposed a 6% tax on tickets to arts (theater, dance, music) events in his 2012 Budget. The Washington Post reports that “arts groups say they will lose audience members and revenue with an added tax on tickets [and] it will have a ripple effect on other businesses, such as restaurants.” Check out the above link to learn what you can do.

Despite Recession, Global Giving Abounds — On Monday, PR Newswire reported that “for the first full year of the global recession private giving to the developing world has remained remarkably stable,” according to the new 2011 Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittance from the Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity. For the US, aid to developing nations in fact rose slightly between 2008 and 2009 by about half a percent.

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Around Town: April 29-May 1

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Julia Cain

Welcome to May, Greater Washington! We have a busy Catalogue weekend, so you definitely could celebrate the new month with one of our non-profits …

FRIDAY, APRIL 29

5:30 PM — For just $20, enjoy a delicious meal of soup and bread in handcrafted bowls donated by local artists. And support Food for Others with its mission of helping the hungry of Northern VA. Stop by Giving Circle to learn more.

7:30 PM — The Dwelling Place hosts its annual event, Carnival of Chocolate, at the VisArts Center in Rockville. Expect plenty of chocolate, plus a live and silent auction. All tickets (with discounts for kids!) are available on the Dwelling Place website. Continue reading →

In The News …

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Julia Cain

Welcome to Wednesday, Greater Washington! Non-profits news to come …

DC Collaborative Congratulates Mayor’s Arts Awardees — Many Catalogue cheers to the 2011 winners, who were announced last week at the Kennedy Center! A winner in 2007 for Innovation in the Arts, the Capital Fringe took home this year’s award for Excellence in Service to the Arts. Now in its 32nd year, Dance Place received a well-deserved nod for Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education. Congratulations!

Low Health Literacy May Have Deadly Consequences — WebMD Health News reported yesterday that, according to a new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association, “nearly one in five people with heart failure have low health literacy, making them more than twice as likely to die as a result of their condition … even after adjusting for other risk factors, such as age, heart pumping ability, and coexisting illnesses.” (Learn more about Catalogue’s Health non-profits, who are working to improve access to care and education) Continue reading →

Around Town: April 15-17

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Julia Cain

Welcome to a pleasant spring weekend, Washington! Why not spend it with one (or more) of our non-profits? Such as …

The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts (733 8th Street NW)

Rags, the dynamic Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse, and Joseph Stein, opens this Friday at 8:00 PM with an extremely talented young cast. Performances continue on Saturday & Sunday and you can nab tickets here.

Literacy Council of Northern Virginia (at the James Lee Community Center, 2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church)

Interested in becoming an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tutor and spreading literacy in the Northern Virginia area? Sign up for a training session, starting this Saturday from 9:30 – 3:30 PM.

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Around Town: April 9-10

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Julia Cain

TGIF! So where are you in the mood to go this weekend?

Into the outdoors …

You actually have two great opportunities to beautify our nearby rivers: Potomac Conservancy hosts the 23rd Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup, organized by the Alice Ferguson Foundation, on Saturday at 9:00 AM in Cabin John. Up in Poolesville, Potomac Riverkeeper will hold Riley’s Lock Cleanup, also at 9:00 AM on Saturday.

And for the speed demons among you, the interactive Art & Go Seek Scaveger Hunt begins at CHAW at 8:30 AM on Saturday; teams of two to six people will race around the neighborhood in search of answers to questions about art, history, and notorious people. Sign up here! Similarly, Cakes for Cause‘s Sweetest Race in Town 5K begins at 8:00 AM on Sunday in downtown Frederick, MD. There will be cupcakes at the finish — enough said.

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Numbers for the Day

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Julia Cain

Forest area makes up 33% of the total land area in the United States.

21 out of 822 native American fish species now are extinct and 2/3 of the nation’s freshwater mussels are at risk of extinction.

Less than 1% of all the world’s water can be used for drinking. About 97% is undrinkable and glaciers and ice caps hold the other 2%.

… These “Numbers for the Day” are dedicated to our vital environmental non-profits, who are working to keep Greater Washington’s rivers clean and our wildlife healthy.

In The News …

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Julia Cain

Welcome to Wednesday, Greater Washington! What’s new this week?

Venture Philanthropy Partners invests $1.4M in youth programs — the Washington Business Journal reported on Monday that the philanthropic investment organization “will invest a total of $1.4 million over two years in two Washington area youth programs.” And those two youth programs also happen to be … Catalogue non-profits! According to the VPP press release, Metro TeenAIDS and Urban Alliance are now partners “in youthCONNECT, an integrated effort to address the multifaceted challenges facing low-income youth, ages 14-24, in the National Capital Region … [with] a goal of expanding to provide 20,000 at-risk youth over the next five years.” Very exciting!

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Around Town: February 12-13

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Julia Cain

Welcome to Friday, Greater Washington! We’ve got great events at our non-profits coming up …

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (545 7th Street SE)

From 5:00-7:00 PM on Saturday, Capitol Hill Arts League will host a free opening reception for its juried all-media show; the juror is Janis Goodman, arts reviewer for PBS/WETA and Professor of Fine Art at the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Can’t make it on Saturday? Check out the gallery hours here.

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Around Town: January 8-9

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Julia Cain

And we’re back! 2011 already is yielding plenty of cool weekend happenings at our non-profits. Read on to find one (or many) events in your community:

First, congratulations to Class 16 on their graduation from Operation Understanding DC this weekend! For a great performance, written and directed by OUDC’s young leaders, about their year-long journey to find their voice and passion, head to Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase on Saturday at 7:00. Email info@oudc.org to learn more.

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In The News …

Around Town: April 29-May 1

Around Town: April 15-17

Around Town: April 9-10

Numbers for the Day

In The News …

Around Town: February 12-13

Around Town: January 8-9