More students are heading back to class in the coming days and weeks. In Southeast D.C., one charter school has had nearly a half-million dollars worth of renovations in an attempt to keep their students safe as they prepare for in-person learning for the first time in 18 months.
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A New Baseball Field Is Coming To Ward 8 With Support From Max And Erica Scherzer
A new baseball field is coming to Washington Highlands in Ward 8 next spring, city officials announced on Tuesday, rounding out a larger development project that’s going to include an indoor recreation center, a football field, a basketball court, a community garden, and a playground.
It will also be the site of a new building for KIPP DC’s Legacy College Preparatory school, announced by Mayor Muriel Bowser in January 2020.
Max and Erica Scherzer help fund 4th Legacy Field in D.C.
Even as a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, Max Scherzer’s philanthropic contributions to the Nationals carry on. Along with his wife Erica, the Scherzers’ financial contributions to the newest Legacy Field will help build one piece of a redevelopment project that will feature a new high school and its sports fields – including a baseball diamond, football field, and basketball court.
The Pressures and Privileges of Being a Parent in 2021
As Lewis describes her own riveting path to becoming a social entrepreneur, she weaves in data, political background, historical context and ways of counting (and not discounting) the experiences of nearly a dozen of the hundreds of teenage moms her organization, Generation Hope, has supported over recent years.
Grocery Truck to Supply Healthy Food Options to Prince George’s Food Deserts
A new kind of food truck is coming to Prince George’s County to help promote healthy eating in a number of communities considered food deserts. Curbside Groceries is a mobile food partnership with the Capital Area Food Bank and local grocery stores.
New loan fund will back D.C.-area developers of color. These are its first two projects.
A new loan fund launched this week hopes to bridge the gap faced by Greater Washington developers of color as they seek financing for their projects. Capital Impact Partners’ $20 million Diversity in Development DMV Loan Fund is designed to clear the bottleneck emerging developers of color face when starting projects.
How One CSA Is Nourishing Underserved Communities & Supporting Black Woman-Owned Businesses
Food, Bradshaw found, can be a potent tool for addressing both poor health and poverty, if you create an ecosystem of support. That’s exactly what his nonprofit, Dreaming Out Loud, aims to do.
Celebrating Another Warehouse Expansion, Dads & the Return of Volunteers!
A lot is looking positive right now – vaccinations are up, infections are down, more kids are back in school and childcare, and more people are returning to work. Hugs are allowed again! There’s something almost like hope in the air.
New Southeast Center Is ‘Love Letter To The Community,’ With Medical Services, Food, And More
D.C. nonprofit Bread for the City’s massive new center on Good Hope Road is nearly complete and staffers are getting excited to hang up the sign out front: “The Michelle Obama Southeast Center of Bread for the City.”
Former ‘Pregnant Girl’ Builds Support To Help Other Teen Moms
When Nicole Lynn Lewis got pregnant in high school, she thought it might end her dream of going to college and having a career. She felt ashamed, in part because of how people regarded her as a pregnant Black teenager.