Welcome to the DC Volunteers - the largest philanthropy meetup group. The charter for this group is to offer fun and fulfilling volunteering opportunities to the members. We plan and participate in volunteering events, community service activities and other social events to support non-profits. This is a great way to give back, meet other like minded locals while having fun!! If anyone would like to help organize events, email the organizer. Your help is much appreciated. If you represent a loca …

Whether we hope to network, volunteer, build our professional portfolio, learn / improve personal skills, or meet new people and have fun, it requires courage to take that first step forward.  (If it were that easy, you would have done it already.)  It takes courage to change our personal story and be the kind of person we aspire to be.  So, let this be the year where you find your courage and live boldly!  Together, we'll make ourselves better individuals and our community a better place. Who a …

The Center for Inquiry–DC (CFI–DC) offers an opportunity to put your principles into practice by joining other rationalists to work for positive change in society. In addition, the D.C. Center sponsors social events for freethinkers as well as intellectual programming. CFI provides an ethical alternative to religious and paranormal worldviews. In this time of rising religiosity, anti-intellectualism and political turmoil on ethical issues, it is critical that rationalists and freethinkers join t …

Service for Today, Leadership for Tomorrow, and Friendships for a Lifetime! The Arlington Jaycees is a people-oriented organization, made up of individuals with many different backgrounds, such as bankers, accountants, doctors, salespeople, builders, and managers ... all types of young people join the Jaycees to help their communities and improve themselves. The mission of the Arlington Jaycees is to empower young people in Arlington and surrounding area by providing opportunities for personal …

The Arlington Yoga, Meditation and Community Service Meetup Group welcomes all who would like to experience yoga, yogic breathing and meditation to refresh, de-stress, calm the mind and live more healthy and happy. We hold yoga, yogic breathing and meditation events regularly for the community. We also partner with other groups for volunteering projects to give back to the local community and have events that feature various cultures, ayurveda and more. Join us..It's fun! For social philanthropy …

WELCOME to the DC Young Professionals (DCYP) Kiwanis club! The members of DCYP Kiwanis club are young professionals and recent college graduates committed to changing the world through service within our local community. Each month, DCYP hosts a variety of events that include 2-3 community service projects, a just-for-fun social activity, a happy hour meet and greet, as well as other special events throughout the year. Through this unique combination of service and social events, DCYP provides o …

NVCT, founded in 1994, is an award winning charity that saves nearby nature by helping local governments and private landowners voluntarily preserve natural areas, trails, streams and parks. NVCT is a non-profit, tax exempt 501 (c) 3 organization preserving natural and historic resources. Contributions are tax deductible. Presently, we have preserved over 5,370 acres of natural areas and open space in Northern Virginia. NVCT also hosts Explore + Restore, a series of local outdoor educational and …

The DCPP is open to all artistic, enlightened, vibrant entertaining individuals who respect and appreciate spoken word and poetry. Divisions If you have questions about the Open Mic series, Entertainment and Media Relations, please contact Jae October. If you have questions about the International Outreach, please email Rodrigo Mariscal Paredes. If you have questions about the Writer's Workshops and other educational programming, please email Michael Anthony Ingram If you have questions about co …

The Rotaract Club of Metro Washington, DC could be just what you are looking for, giving you an instant group of new friends, a fun social calendar and lots of opportunities to help your local community. "Rotaract" stands for "Rotary in Action" and is a program of Rotary International for young adults between the ages 18-30 focusing on students and young working professionals. It was established in 1968 by Rotary International and clubs are found in over 160 countries around the world. Our club …

Hello...My name is Angela....and I want to make a difference...do you? I grew up with my well being sometimes quite dependant on the kindness and generosity of complete strangers...with my five siblings there were times that we'd sit up to the dinner table to say grace but it wasn't always to say prayers over our food it was at times to say a prayer for our food...I tell you that not to garner your sympathy (as I would not change my life as it has shaped who I am and made me tenderhearted)..I d …

DC Young Benefactors is a social group for culturally engaged young professionals in the nation’s capital. This group is for you if you like to have fun while supporting the local arts and culture scene. We will organize meetups at museums, art galleries and other fine cultural institutions. Events will range from afterhours events at premier locations, happy hours, volunteer opportunities, special events and more! Please note this group is not affiliated with the Smithsonian Young Benefactors  …

ZogSportsDC is a co-ed, social sports club that promotes charity and social action amongst young professionals in Washington DC. This is the 3rd expansion of ZogSports following NYC & NJ. ZogSports organizes intramural sports leagues (Touch Football, Outdoor and Indoor Soccer, Volleyball, Kickball, Softball, Dodgeball, Basketball, Touch Rugby, Floor Hockey and Wiffle Ball), trips, classes, clinics, social events and volunteer opportunities for young professionals. ZogSports donates a portion of …

This organizations is established to bring together African-Americans of the Catholic faith. As a group we will check out different services at the numerous Catholic churches in the DC area. Addedly, we will have social activities, brunches, and volunteer opportunities in the Washington, DC. Today the 270 million Catholics of African descent represent almost 25% of the one billion Roman Catholics throughout the world in more than 59 countries (the count is based on millions and fractions of a mi …

WELCOME TO UNITED LATINO PROFESSIONALS! Friends. Culture. Community. ANYONE WHO LOVES LATIN CULTURE CAN JOIN! EXPLORE THE CULTURE! MAKE NEW FRIENDS! GIVE BACK! “Si los ciudadanos practicasen entre sí la amistad, no tendrían necesidad de la justicia.” - Aristoteles ULP Vision: United Latino Professionals(ULP) will be the leading social networking group in the nation, with chapters in all major urban areas. Our activities will continue to unite people and celebrate Latino culture. ULP Mission: …

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The name, HavServe, comes from the understanding that if you have, you serve. If you have time, you serve. If you have compassion, you serve. If you have resources, you serve. If you have knowledge, you serve.

What’s a Rotary Club? Rotary is a global network of over 1.2 million community volunteers. Rotary members are business and professional people who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help build goodwill, peace and understanding in the world. Founded in 1905 in Chicago, today, there are some 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries carry out service projects in their local communities and abroad to address such critical issues as health, hunger, illiteracy, w …

The dynamic, diverse and service-centered Rotary Club of Capitol Hill draws members who live or work in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Since 2003, our members have represented the dynamic diversity of Capitol Hill and Washington, DC. Ranging from those in their 20's to 60's, more than half of our members are women and the members of our club represent numerous races and nationalities -- both from the United States and abroad. We have several members who are alumni of Rotary Foundation programs such …

Want to become part of a growing movement to use fashion for charity? Fashionable Causes is a start-up non-profit organization with a mission to use fashion to bring positive change to the world. We collaborate with models, designers, photographers, make up artists, photo retouchers, event planners, fashionistas, bloggers, and volunteers who want to pitch in and help anyway they can. This is an exciting opportunity to get involved in your community in a fun and fashionable way. At our meetups we …

Thank you for your interest in wanting to join the Kingstowne Volunteers Over 45 Helping the Community Group. The Group is open to any Kingstowne Resident over 45 years of age. You will need to identify the neighborhood you reside in when you sign up to join. The majority of the events will be within a 20 mile radius of Kingstowne. The Group dues will be $5 annually to support our Meetup Group. Meetup website currently charges $144 a year to join and is paid by the Organizer. As our Group grows, …

This is a group for all of the single friends of Devotion to Children (501)(c)(3). If you are currently a Board Member, Organizer, Committee Member, and/or Volunteer AND single come hang with us. If you are single and looking for an opportunity to become friends with and connect with someone who appreciates and shares your passion of giving back to your community this is a group for you. We'll meet up for happy hours, movies, sight-seeing, travel, activities with kids (if you have them), organiz …

We are young people, ages 18-35 ish who want to gather for a variety of volunteer and service opportunities to make a difference in our communities. We meet at places all over northern virginia. We also seek to make friends and form community with others who have the same passion and interest in making a difference with those in the metropolitan area.

This is a group of actual heroes that meet twice a week to change the world. We have been meeting since 2000 to find ways to be modern day superheroes by funding retired CIA, NSA, KGB, Mi6, Delta Force (SFOD-D) and Interpol operatives to work with the FBI to stop Extreme Human Rights Abusers. If you care about human rights abuse and the United Nation's 37 Rights of Children and would like to have a direct hand in stopping badguys please join us!! We need more local heroes to join our group!

Providing young adults with an opportunity for personal growth, friendships and leadership development while improving the quality of life for the special needs children in our community.

Did you get your furlough slip this week? You've got a couple of choices -- one of which can positively effect the community around you. This meet-up group brings together individuals impacted by the Federal Furlough to raise community awareness through giving back to our neighborhoods.

The MLK Library Friends is a volunteer, resident-advocacy organization that promotes the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC and its various programs and activities. We work in concert with the DC Public Library and the Federation of Friends of the DC Public Library to publicize the library, promote and encourage literacy, and advocate for the needs of the library. We are looking for a few (or a lot of) good people to help the cause!

Who are we? Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to making a difference one child and one community at a time. The Kiwanis Club of Tysons Corner/Mclean, VA serves the community and its members by organizing volunteering opportunities as well as friendship opportunities. Our club consists mostly of mid-20 to 40-something aged adults, but we welcome all those interested in volunteering. What we do? In Kiwanis, through service (more than 12 million hours a year worldwide) an …

Interested in making new friends and making a difference? Join the YoPro NoVA Group and help fight homelessness in Northern Virginia. We offer many volunteer and social opportunities for young professionals between the ages of 21 and 35. Visit our website for more information about YoPro NoVA.