1/25 Childrens Coat Drive

On Monday January 25th The Childrens Charities Foundation in conjunction with other DC childrens organizations including the DC Childrens Trust Fund handed out over 300 brand new coats to the needy children of the District. Lord and Taylor made deep discounts and through grants children were given brand new top of the line coats. It was great to know that so many young people were receiving gifts they needed that never belonged to anyone else.

MLK Day of Service

Yesterday 1/18 the nation celebrated the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, and the District celebrated his birthday as an official day of service. There were over a thousand service activities happening all over the city. I participated in the the We Feed Our People event which has been an MLK tradition for over 20 year. Happily this was my third time working with this event. The brothers of Omega Psi Phi along with Serve DC with mayors office came together to make this event really special. Headed by volunteers in the fraternity, people get together over the weekend and cook all the food that is to be served to the homeless community. I helped with the cooking which is always fun because you get a chance to hang out with the other volunteers in a very chill setting. Monday morning there is an opening ceremony where the volunteers hear speeches by representatives from Omega Psi Phi, the mayors office and the presidents office who remind us of why we are all gathered together to make life better for all people. After the opening remarks everyone goes out to serve, listen to music and fellowship.

NBC 4 Health and Fitness Expo

Sunday 1/17 was my first appearance of the new year. I volunteered with the American Heart Association for the health and fitness expo. It's a free event where people get to come and learn about ways to stay healthy, and activities the entire family can get involved in to stay in shape. There were food demonstrations, sports demonstrations and doctors and experts on hand to give screenings and advice. I was there to get people signed up to get information about being heart healthy and involved in some of the activities sponsored by the American Heart Association. I walked around the expo a little bit and talked to women about the Go Red for women Red Dress campaign and shockingly most had never heard of it. Heart disease is a silent deadly killer and I hope more women became informed.