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Join us online Monday evenings, as we cook delicious soups and stews together from our own homes. Make enough for your dinner, and extra to donate to families in need! Features different recipes and chef leaders every week. Learn more…
Help level the digital playing field by donating your used computer to be refurbished by our team and then distributed, free of charge, to individuals, families, and organizations that need these tools. Learn more …
Collect, donate, or sort and pack new craft supplies, books, outdoor equipment, and other “Summer Fun Stuff” for children in the DC metro area. Learn more …
Combine forces with other KindWorks volunteers to bring provisions for meals and birthday celebrations for women staying at three local transitional housing centers operated by Interfaith Works. Learn more …
Pick up litter or pull weeds at one of our weekend volunteer outings dedicated to caring for our Adopt-a-Road areas in Germantown and Bethesda. Sign up to join us—and bring your friends, family, and/or friendly dogs! Learn more …
Welcome refugees and other families and individuals resettling in our area. You can help by donating household goods and other essentials or volunteering to set up warm new homes for our new neighbors. Learn more …
Pack boxes of food for those in need, deliver them, and/or help with related tasks at a local food assistance provider. Opportunities to serve in Germantown and Bethesda. Learn more …
Listen, learn, and explore topics with a diverse group of individuals through KindConversations, a new KindWorks program aimed at helping participants to explore their shared humanity. Learn more …
Explore the many ways to meet community needs and inspire a kinder world through KindWorks activities. Learn more …
Special Giving Season Message
Your Support Makes Kindness Work
Thanks to your volunteer service, in-kind donations, and financial contributions, KindWorks was able to help meet a wide range of our community’s needs in 2024. That includes refurbishing 550 computers and distributing them to individuals, families, and organizations in need … creating and delivering more than 2,200 Summer Fun Sacks full of books, crafts, and other items designed to ensure kids throughout the region have plenty of fun and enriching activities to enjoy during the summer break … cooking KindSoup together every week and sharing more than 3,500 quarts of delicious nutrition with anyone who could use a “soup hug.” And that’s just the beginning, as you’ll see in this quick recap video that’s sure to put a smile on your face.
Watch What We Did Together in 2024!
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Pottery With a Purpose
Sunday, May 7
4:30-7 pm • Bethesda
Drop by our friend- and fundraiser to chat with other KindWorkers while shopping for unique clay creations hand made by the Glen Echo Pottery artists – many of whom are award winning and highly acclaimed!
All proceeds support KindWorks. (Note: Payment by cash or check only.)
RSVP to YaaNKindWorks@gmail.com by May 4 to get the pottery sale address.
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“I cannot think of an organization that I trust more with our donations. You all are amazing and I love helping out.”
“For years, KindWorks has been synonymous with supplying creativity, enrichment, and pure summer fun for Identity youth, as you have continued to shower our kids with sports equipment, arts and craft supplies, bubbles, and chalk, as well as supplies to spur writing and reflection—luxuries for our families who are so stretched financially and worried about making ends meet.”
“You made it so easy for me to donate my laptops and tablets!”
“KindWorks makes it easy to make a difference. As a parent, that means so much!”
“It’s so much fun working with all of these people, and when we’re finished, we have colorful, healthy food!”
KindSoup has grown into something so much more valuable to all of us cooks than imagined. So many new hints, recipes, and sisterhood—with the added plus of 10,000 quarts of soup to others!!
“After giving my client a laptop from KindWorks, he texted me: ‘I was able to apply to seven companies as an interpreter and have three pending interviews thanks to the laptop you gave me!'”
I wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude for your kind assistance in providing a laptop to my client. Your generosity will make an immense difference in her career search path, opening doors that can lead to job opportunities and a more stable life. Your support is not just appreciated; it is a beacon of hope for a brighter future. Both my client and I are profoundly grateful for your contribution.
We stopped downtown and gave a container of soup to Jimmy, a man who regularly asks for help… “I love soup and I was hungry.” My son was at first reluctant to stay and chat and then we discussed our responsibility to show kindness and respect to EVERYONE… will plan to give a container of soup to Jimmy as part of our weekly routine…You help me be a better mom!
Thank you for your incredible generosity. It has made a significant impact on our clients’ lives. We at AsylumWorks greatly appreciate your donation. Your support helps to further our mission by supporting our clients to meet their employment, education, and immigration legal needs and goals. Organizations like KindWorks genuinely make a difference in the world, and we’re incredibly grateful!
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the KindWorks team for their dedication, encouragement, and inspiration. The essential items provided have been invaluable and have directly addressed our pressing needs. We truly appreciate your meticulous attention to our specific requirements.
KindConversation definitely opened my eyes into different people’s perspective. I intend to ask people more questions and be curious about their lives.
You have established an incredible operation for the Summer Fun Stuff annual project, Karen, and for such an important purpose. Glad I saw it all in action this year!
Cvent has donated hundreds of computers to KindWorks in the past two years and will continue to do so. They have worked with us to meet our security concerns, and we are thrilled to see how our retiring machines are given a new chance to provide connectivity to those who otherwise wouldn’t have it, for school, for work and to make their lives easier, healthier, and more connected.
– Edward Dixon (IT Chief, Cvent)
KindWorks welcomes Megan Columbus to our Board of Directors! Megan also serves as co-Chair of our Digital Empowerment Initiativehttps://dokindworks.org/get-involved/digital-empowerment/ and recently retired as the Director of the Division of Communication and Outreach within the Office of Extramural Research (OER) at the NIH. We are so excited to have Megan's insight, experience and enthusiasm as we Do Kind Works together! ... See MoreSee Less
OER’s Columbus Retires
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a reminder that it's so often the little things that we all can do that feel so big to someone else:
from CNN's 5 Good Things:
A mother and daughter reunite one last time
Get the tissues out for this one, folks. The airport is one of the more stressful places to spend a day, a stress compounded by connections, delays, cancellations and hubbub that never dies down. Thank goodness, then, for these flight crews who moved mountains (or at least flight schedules) to help one passenger say a final goodbye to her mother.
Hannah White was racing from Texas to North Dakota to see her mother, who was in critical condition from septic shock. White didn’t know how long she’d have to spend with her mom before she died, but she knew every second counted. She was about to take off from Dallas when the pilot’s voice intoned overhead that their flight was delayed. She’d have to make a connecting flight to get home in time to see her mother, and she knew she’d miss it with the delay. The next flight wouldn’t be until the following day. The worst day of White’s life was only getting worse.
All seemed lost until Delta flight attendant Eva Ortiz told the pilot, Captain Keith Napolitano, about White’s challenge. He asked Delta dispatchers if they could hold her connecting flight until she could make it — and they did. Even her fellow passengers pitched in to help her get there, offering up their seats at the front so she could deplane faster and looking up the fastest route to her next gate. She made it on the next plane and then to Bismarck, where she shared one more day with her mother before she passed.
“I don’t think any of them really know the gratitude that I have for them for giving me some extra time with my mom or just being nice to me on one of the worst days of my life,” White told CNN. “It wasn’t one person who did one huge thing. It was a lot of people doing a really nice thing.” ... See MoreSee Less