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Parents, children bond by volunteering together at Washington-area nonprofits

November 21, 2014

By Caitlin Gibson The family of four took more than a week to fashion turkey centerpieces out of cinnamon-scented pine cones and colorful construction paper, to…

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Tackling Poverty in D.C. One Bed at a Time

October 28, 2014

Learn how A Wider Circle is tackling poverty one bed at a time in the Washington, D.C. metro region:

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Happy Birthday to our Member, A Wider Circle!

October 1, 2014

Message from A Wider Circle Founder & Executive Director, Mark Bergel: Thirteen years ago, to this day, A Wider Circle was born. I remember clearly…

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2,000 Adults and Children in Need Will Receive New Beds

September 5, 2014

September 3, 2014 – More than 2,000 residents of the Washington area who have been sleeping in unfurnished apartments, in homeless shelters or in their cars…

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What if we did what we believed was right?

July 25, 2014

By Mark Bergel What if we acted on the notion that the people who had the least amount of money and the least amount of…

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If You Help Raise $20,000 Now, A Wider Circle Will Get $100,000 More!

July 11, 2014

At a recent dinner with the Wider Circle team, Don Brown, who along with his wife, Ann, had donated $100,000 to help A Wider Circle…

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Thank You for Supporting the D.C. Metro Community Through Do More 24

June 20, 2014

Update:  Thank you to everyone who participated in the Do More 24 day of giving event.  Thanks to you, just over $1 million was raised…

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Wealthy D.C. couple shifts their philanthropy, donates $100,000 to provide beds to poor

June 12, 2014

By Vanessa Small The Washington power couple Donald and Ann Brown have long been known for their generosity, giving away millions of dollars to a…

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Donate in June to Double Your Impact

June 5, 2014

More than 400 families donated last week!  That’s right, in the past week, alone, the team at A Wider Circle picked up furniture and home…

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May 23 – May 27, CNN Hero Mark Bergel and A Wider Circle to be Featured on TV

May 23, 2014

Earlier this year, CNN named A Wider Circle’s founder, Mark Bergel, as one of its 2014 Heroes (read about that announcement here). Today, we are…

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The World’s Most Important Dinner Party is May 17th

May 9, 2014

Join A Wider Circle Saturday night, May 17th for their annual dinner theatre event, The Big 33: The World’s Most Important Dinner Party.  It is…

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On Your Mark, Get Set – Race to End Poverty on April 26th

April 8, 2014

Run or Walk…It’s a race we all can enter! Saturday, April 26 Cabin John Regional Park, Bethesda, MD 20817 9:00 a.m. 5K race starts Join The Race to…

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