Tag: non-profit
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Institute for Justice dinner
Jim is on the board of the Institute for Justice, and we had the board and almost everyone in the organization (approximately 44 people) over for dinner last night. Robert, Jim’s nephew, came out and helped cook. Without him, we would never have been able to pull this dinner off. The menu was as follows…
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Sips & Suppers 2014
We attended one of the Sips & Suppers that were hosted last night. Sips & Suppers benefits Martha’s Table and D.C. Central Kitchen. Chefs from across the country (and sometimes from around the world) cook meals in private homes to benefit the charities. Our dinner was prepared by Scott Drewno of The Source and Peter…
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Best Buddies Miami 2013
We flew down to Miami last weekend to attend the Best Buddies Miami gala. Best Buddies is an organization that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with friendships, employment, and leadership development. We’ve been involved with the organization for 20 years, and Jim is on the board. The Miami event is especially entertaining because…
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Best Buddies Challenge 2013
October 19 was the date of the Best Buddies Challenge in Washington, DC. (It was also the date of Homecoming for our high schooler, and Jim was in Japan for the weekend, but I digress.) Best Buddies is a charity that helps folks with intellectual disabilities with friendship and job prospects. The organization was founded…
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Hobbesian Choice
We were presented with the dilemma of the following choices: (i) 7 5th grade boys (10-11 years old) at a black tie event for Children’s National Medical Center; and (ii) 20 8th grade girls (13-14 years old) at a Taylor Swift concert. As a practical matter, there was no choice in the matter. Jim is…
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Sips & Suppers
We went to a supper hosted in conjunction with Sips & Suppers, a fundraiser benefiting Martha’s Table (marthastable.org) and DC Central Kitchen (dccentralkitchen.org) where local chefs prepare meals at the hosts’ homes. At the dinner we attended, the chefs were Scott Drewno from The Source (wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants) and Erik Bruner-Yang from Toki Underground (tokiunderground.com). The chefs…
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Best Buddies Miami
We took the kids with us and spent this past weekend in Miami where we attended the Best Buddies Miami gala. Best Buddies (www.bestbuddies.org) is an organization that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing them opportunities for friendship, employment assistance, and leadership training. We’ve been involved with the organization since 1994, and…
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Epilepsy Therapy Project board meeting
We attended an Epilepsy Therapy Project board meeting this past weekend in Los Angeles. Naturally, on the way to the hotel after landing in LA, we stopped for a late lunch at this restaurant: Next to Shake Shack, they have the best burgers around! Not to mention that their fries are superior (but, then, I’m…
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Children’s National Medical Center
I am going to try and do a blurb for every non-profit that we are involved in over the next several weeks. Today’s topic is the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Yesterday, we attended the annual “Christmas in Washington” production. This production has been going on for 30 years and is generally attended…