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Check out the many ways to serve those in need through KindWorks activities and sign up today to help us help our community!
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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.
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.
Combine forces with other KindWorks volunteers to bring provisions for meals and birthday celebrations for women staying at two local transitional housing centers operated by Interfaith Works.
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!
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.
We also invite members of the community to help with English classes for Afghans, and with a once-a-month Giveaway Day at various locations were immigrants and refugees have settled in large numbers. Please contact Mhrangiz to participate in either of these important Welcome Home projects (Mhrangiz.Guzel@gmail.com).
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.
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.
Collect, donate, or sort and pack craft supplies, books, STEM-related toys, outdoor equipment, and other “Summer Fun Stuff” for children in the DC area. Learn more …
Upcoming Projects
Next Opportunities to Serve
Bake Casseroles for MoCo Reconnect
December 25
MoCo Reconnect Drop-In Center
Join our team preparing nutritious and delicious casseroles for the individuals served by the MoCo R...
Deliver Meal Items to the New Leaf Shelter in Rockville
December 26
New Leaf Shelter
Help put together a delicious taco dinner and/or supply breakfast items for the next morning for 30+...
Deliver Meal Items to the Women’s Shelter in Rockville
January 1, 2025
IW Women’s Center at Taft
Help put together a delicious taco dinner and/or supply breakfast items for the next morning for 38 ...
Deliver Weekend Lunch to the Women’s Shelter in Derwood
January 4, 2025
IW Women’s Center at Crabbs Branch
Help provide lunches for 38 women at the Interfaith Works Women’s Center in Derwood. Bagged lunche...
KindSoup for Students – Make Aush – Afghan Bean & Noodle Soup to Share With Others
January 5, 2025 @ 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
Virtual Gathering
Aush – Bean & Noodle Soup (based on this recipe from Pickup Limes.) Aush isn’t Afg...
Temple Emanuel’s KindSoup Pumpkin Black Bean Soup to Share With Others
January 5, 2025 @ 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
Virtual Gathering
Join KindChef Lisa to make a Pumpkin Black Bean Soup for Temple Emanuel’s Sunday KindSoup. All...
Make Braised White Beans and Greens With Parmesan to Share With Others
January 6, 2025 @ 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
Virtual Gathering
Join KindChef Deb to make Braised White Beans and Greens With Parmesan (based on this recipe fr...
Bake Casseroles for MoCo Reconnect
January 8, 2025
MoCo Reconnect Drop-In Center
Join our team in preparing nutritious and delicious casseroles for the individuals served by the MoC...
Make Butternut Squash & Cauliflower Winter Vegetable Soup to Share With Others
January 13, 2025 @ 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
Virtual Gathering
Join KindChef Denise to make a Butternut Squash & Cauliflower Winter Vegetable Soup (based on th...
Year end meeting of most (but sadly missing much of our amazing VA contingency) of our amazing Digital Empowerment Team members- who together have gotten, refurbished and given away over 550 computers this year! Many thanks to the JRAF for funding many of the necessary power cords, batteries, hard drives, keyboard stickers and other needed components and to the companies who have chosen to make their retiring computers available for the community in this generous way: @cvent_inc @xometry @orijinworks @georgetownuniversity and others!! ... See MoreSee Less
Join us in making a difference by volunteering for our upcoming giveaway event. Together, we can bring smiles and support to those in need. ... See MoreSee Less
Do you have a couple of hours to make a real difference this holiday season? This is your chance to be part of something truly impactful. On Thursday, December 19, we’re hosting a special giveaway event to help families in PG County who are rebuilding their lives. We need volunteers to assist with dropping off or collecting items and act as personal shoppers, helping families select household essentials. The event runs from 1:30 to 2:30 PM(Drop-off time: Before 1:30 PM, between 12:00 and 1:30 PM.), and your involvement will bring hope and joy to those who are facing a challenging holiday season. Your few hours can change lives.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make a lasting impact! join us and share this with your friends and network!
Together, we can spread holiday cheer where it’s needed most. 🌸🌸 ... See MoreSee Less
What Will You Be Doing on January 6th, 2025?
Come together in community, for community and help put an end to political polarization - Cook For Community!
Wherever you are, you can join our friendly, knowledgeable (in the culinary arts), online community, every Monday (including January 6th and January 20th (Inauguration Day)) from 5-6pm EST, and Cook Soup!
We cook a large pot, so that our own dinners are made and so that we have plenty left to share with others - neighbors, friends going through a hard time, people living or being fed at a local shelter, and people who help make your world go round, every day!
Sharing soup is a great way to show care for loved ones and communities in need! Who couldn’t use a hearty, cozy pick me up, especially during these cold months?
The only ingredient missing is YOU!
Mark Your Calendars and Join us! ... See MoreSee Less
Our Digital Empowerment Team is thrilled to welcome Ezra and Victor Leung - our newest refurbishers!!
It’s official - we’ve now got a robust presence in Virginia!! WOOHOO!
If your organization has some laptops or tablets that you are retiring, let us give these two something to do!! They’ll wipe them clean, add any new components needed, update the operating system, and we’ll get them to people in need!
Reduce the Digital Divide and eWaste (and keep Ezra and Victor busy!!)
#DoKindWorks
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Yesterday we cooked Pasta al Sugo Finto (Vegetable Ragu) based on a NYT recipe for our weekly KindSoup. I'm not sure which was more nourishing, the soup made with tomato passata, baby bella mushrooms, and heaps of oregano and topped with chopped parsley, parmesan, and toasted walnuts and bread crumbs -- or the stories of mothers and grandmothers in the kitchen and a particular memory of a mother's kind friend shaving the 'threads' off each celery stalk before tossing into the soup pot. We're not just cooking soup every Monday, we're building community, sharing our stories, doing some good, and nourishing our souls. Join us.
--Salma ... See MoreSee Less
Have a read - and enjoy the great, witty writing on this soup-centered newsletter, and all of the great info and offers that come along with it!! Please forward to others who you think would enjoy it.
(sorry that our late posting may have hampered your ability to clean up on the Black Friday offers - - subscribe yourself so that doesn't happen to you again!!)
you're welcome ❤ ... See MoreSee Less
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& all the kitchen essentials we're shopping this Black Friday starting at $10!This content isn't available right now ... See MoreSee Less
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