Open your heart. Change a life. 💜 DC kids & teens need caring adults to foster love, stability & support. You don’t have to be perfect—just present. 📞 202-671-LOVE to learn more. #FosterDC #ResourceParent #OpenYourHeart #FosterLove

Know the signs! 🚨 Heat exhaustion includes heavy sweating and weakness, while heat stroke is marked by no sweating, confusion, and high body temperature. Recognize symptoms and act fast!

Looking for ways to support your child’s nutrition this summer? DC SUN Bucks can help. See if your kids are eligible and if they’ve been automatically enrolled or need to apply. Start here: sunbucks.dc.gov #SUNBucksDC #SummerEBT #SummerNutrition @_dchealth

Know the signs! 🚨 Heat exhaustion includes heavy sweating and weakness, while heat stroke is marked by no sweating, confusion, and high body temperature. Recognize symptoms and act fast! Visit heat.dc.gov for more info.

🎬✨ Last week,DACL joined WHUT & other community organizations to honor those who give their all, caregivers! Lights, Camera, Care, offered an evening of connection and inspiration. The film screening and powerful panel (feat. our very own Director Hines) was amazing! ✨✨

We have shelter space available for anyone who needs it. The new bridge housing at E Street—expected to open in the fall—will increase our capacity to meet people where they are and bring more people inside.

Thanks to The Community Partnership, Pathways DC, CommunityConnections, Miriam's Kitchen & all the volunteers who helped conduct last week's unsheltered count. The count will help ensure appropriate resources are available to residents in need. Story by Clarence Williams washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…

We say it loud, over and over. Addiction is a brain disease that can be treated. In DC, when you're ready, we're ready. ✅Free rides to treatment ✅Medications that reduce cravings & overdose risk ✅24/7 free Stabilization Center ✅Recovery housing ✅Peer partners Call 988,24/7

We want to hear from YOU on how to create a healthier and more equitable DC! The CHNA Survey opened September 2nd ! dchealth.dc.gov/DCCHNA2025

From our friends at Brandywine Valley SPCA: This weekend only, all pets at both campuses will have no adoption fees! Stop by Saturday or Sunday to meet your new best friend and give them a forever home. Learn more: bvspca.org

⏰ Just 1 day left! Our 60-Day Bags for Dignity Campaign ends tomorrow, Sept 6. We’re just a few bags shy of 2,500! 🎒 Donate today: bit.ly/BagsForDignity 💌 Share & help us reach our goal! #BagsForDignity #CommunityImpact

📕6th Annual Books and Blocks Party 🎉Join us in celebrating future families, moms, dads, and caregivers of children ages 0-5. 📅Saturday, September 27, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM 🛝Ferebee-Hope Recreation Center (in the Gymnasium) 700 Yuma St SE. Visit bit.ly/6thBooksandBlo…

🧠✨ It’s time for the 8th Annual Brain Games! Come cheer on your ward as senior teams from ALL 8 WARDS face off in a Jeopardy-style trivia competition! 📍MLK Jr. Memorial Library (901 G St NW) 🗓️Tuesday, September 30 🕐10 AM 🔗RSVP today: tinyurl.com/braingames2025

✨ Today is #NationalCentenariansDay and we celebrated in a big way at Mayor Muriel Bowser’s 39th Annual Centenarian Salute! 🎉 More than 30 of DC’s oldest residents, each 100 years or older, were honored for their remarkable lives, wisdom, and contributions to our city. 💐

The 8th Annual Brain Games was nothing short of amazing! 🧠👾 🥇Congratulations to the Ward 6 Cerebrals for winning two years in a row! 🎉🎉 🥈2nd Place: Ward 3 Wizards 🥉3rd Place: Ward 1 Ever Clever’s Thank you to all of our amazing teams that participated this year!

The summer may be over, but there’s still time to use your SUN Bucks benefits. 🕒Expirations start in October. 💳 Save your SUN Bucks card, you’ll need it for next year’s benefits. 📞 Keep your contact info updated 🔔 Look out for updates on SUNBucks.dc.gov.

Our partner Brandywine Valley SPCA - Washington, DC is offering FREE vaccines (rabies, DA2PPV & FVRCP) to DC residents. Saturday, October 11, from 9:00-11:00 am, DC Village Campus - 4 DC Village Lane SW. No registration needed, first come first serve!

🔔Join DC Office of Human Rights for a youth bullying prevention family workshop for all DC parents and guardians! Learn how to address and report bullying while empowering your children with practical support.   📆🕔 Wed, Oct 22, 5 PM 📍Bellevue Family Success Center (4 Atlantic St SW)

⭐️JOIN US TO TAKE THE PLEDGE ⭐️ We're coming together as a community to commit to look out for neighbors experiencing homelessness during hypothermia season. ➕ Hot food, warming items, and other resources for individuals experiencing homelessness

REMINDER: The District’s COLD ALERT remains activated. It's cold out there, DC! We can all play a role in keeping those experiencing homelessness safe. 🚐 For transportation to shelter for yourself or someone else: 202-399-7093 or 311. 🚨 In an emergency: 911.