D25 | EDCJCC volunteer effort 2023

The Edlovitch DCJCC (the Washington DC Jewish Community Center) organized its annual D25 volunteer day to help those in need on Christmas.  I documented volunteers at  Central Union Mission, Calvary Women's Servives, Community of Hope's Triumph residence program, DC Central Kitchen, Catholic Charities' New York Avenue Men’s Shelter, the Father McKenna Center, and at the JCC itself. This is my 28th or 29th year covering this citywide mission of charity, of tzedakah.

Thank you to editor Aaron Troodle of Washington Jewish Week, to the hard-working Sonya Weisburd and Mira Smith of the EDCJCC volunteer/social action program, my fellow congregants at Fabrangen, and especially to my wonderful partner Ruth Stromberg, who once again got up before dawn with me and ably provided caption material.