On December 25, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Baha’i’s will come together in the name of service. In order to make the largest interfaith project of the Washington DC metropolitan area a success, the Washington DC Jewish Community Center (DCJCC) needs 1,500 volunteers from all faiths. You can choose from such projects as preparing meals and serving them to the homeless, painting shelters, throwing parties for sick children in hospitals, visiting seniors in nursing homes, distributing gifts at over 20 homeless shelters, donating blood and many more activities.

Be a Team Captain on December 25!
Want to take a more active role? Lead volunteers in activities at your selected site. The December 25 Community Service Day needs 60 volunteer team captains to lead clusters of volunteers to sites all around the city on this big day of community service. If you would like to be a team captain, please contact Naomi Oppenheim or call (202) 777-3243.

Location of Project/Street Address:
Projects are located across the metropolitan area. All volunteers meet at the Washington DCJCC (see address below) to pick up supplies and then head out to their project site.

Volunteers:
The DCJCC needs 1,500 volunteers. Volunteers must be a minimum age of 10 when accompanied with an adult or a minimum age of 18 without an adult.

Donations needed!
Support the 20th Annual December 25 Community Service Day by donating the items most needed by over seventy social service agencies. Below is a list of gift requests from our partner social service agencies (number of items needed in parentheses):

• New adult-size socks (3,000 items) 
• Gloves, mittens, hats and scarves—for adults and kids (3,000 items)
• Large-sized (men's and women's sweaters and other large-sized warm-weather clothes)
• New travel or full size toiletries for adults in shelters (4,000 items)
• Non-slip slippers—large sizes for senior citizens in nursing homes (1000 items)
• Travel-size games, puzzles, and crafts for children in hospitals (200 items)
• Sports equipment, cosmetics, and gift certificates for teens in shelters (2000 items)
• Diapers and pull-ups for infants and toddlers up to two years old (1,000 items)
• Rattles, mobiles, and books for infants and toddlers in hospitals (500 items)
• Gift bags, wrapping paper, tape, scissors and ribbons to wrap the gifts (100 items)

Washington DC Jewish Community Center (DCJCC)
1529 16th St. NW, Washington DC 20036
Monday, December 25, 2006
6 am – 6 pm

Projects last from one to three hours at a time. Please register online. For general questions, please contact the Volunteer Hotline at (202) 518-9400 ext. 3565 or d25@washingtondcjcc.org.