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We are pleased that the media often feature our work and our commitment to volunteerism. They provide a critical community service in letting individual and business volunteers, nonprofits and businesses know how important it is for them to get involved. Here are some highlights from recent media coverage about Greater DC Cares and our work.

Greater DC Cares Profiled in Capitol Hill Rag

“Greater DC Cares is a nonprofit t that makes it their business to address the needs of our capital city with a vast network of volunteers and the idea that skills are assets as valuable as money. And they are teaching nonprofits how to fish.”  Click here to read the full story

Greater DC Cares featured in the Washington Times!
Date: November 18, 2007
Topic: Volunteering
Reporter: Christian Toto
Headline: "People who give back"

Greater DC Cares was featured in a November 18, 2007 article in the Washington Times about volunteering. The article discusses ways that organizations like Greater DC Cares are adjusting to the current social and economic realities of volunteers by making volunteering more diverse in its opportunities and time commitments. Read the full article here.

Greater DC Cares part of Nonprofit Roundtable Report

The Nonprofit Roundtable Report BEYOND CHARITY:  RECOGNIZING RETURN ON INVESTMENT - How the Nonprofit Community Impacts Greater Washington was released on Monday, November 26, 2007. Through nearly 100 examples (including Greater DC Cares), Beyond Charity reveals some of the many ways in which nonprofits raise the quality of life for all of us in Greater Washington, and are the lifelines to our most vulnerable neighbors.  As you know, return on investment is about more than dollars and cents.  When local nonprofits collaborate with government, business and concerned citizens in pursuit of a common goal -- a stronger Washington-area community -- everyone profits. Read the report here.