Free Tax Preparation Help and the EITC

It’s tax season again! If you haven’t filed your tax return yet I’d like to let you know about a FREE resource for you to take advantage of. The DC EITC Campaign is offering several free tax preparation resources throughout the city.

In addition to helping you file, they will also help identify which tax credits you qualify for. This year, the maximum EITC credit you can receive as a single adult with no dependents is $457. This amount increases to between $3000 and $5600 if you have qualifying dependent children.

Please visit http://www.dceitc.org/tax_sites.html for the detailed information on which organizations near you are hosting free tax preparation assistance.

Free Concert! US Marine Corp Band

There's a FREE CONCERT this Thursday, August 19 from 8 – 10 PM.

The US Marine Corps Band will be playing at the Sylvan Theater, 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC (400 feet SE of the Washington Monument)

Follow this link to a map.

Community Picnic, Thursday, July 22, 6PM - 8PM

Join Bread for the City at their 3rd Annual Parking Lot Picnic! FREE!

July 22, 2010
6pm-8pm
1525 7th Street, NW, WDC 20001

Come join clients, staff, volunteers, donors and neighbors for an evening of good food and good music in celebration of all that Bread for the City accomplished over the past year.

PLEASE RSVP to nlaborie@breadforthecity.org

This event is sponsored by B.K. Miller Meats & Liquors.

Free Music performances at the Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center is offering free music performances. Most performances begin at 6 PM. This week the following performances are offered:

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday July 13, 15-17 at 6 PM
The National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute participants ages 15–20 will perform chamber music. This will take place in the Family Theater.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 6 PM
A group called Amuma Says No from Boise, Idaho brings together the best of traditional trikitixa (a duo of accordion and tambourine) with a modern rhythm section and songs sung in the Basque language of Euskara.

Location
The Kennedy Center is located on the banks of the Potomac River at 2700 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20566, at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, NW, and the Rock Creek Parkway.

Getting There
To get there on the METRO, The Foggy Bottom/George Washington University Station (on the Orange and Blue lines, at 23rd and I streets, NW) , is the stop closest to the Kennedy Center. From there it is a short walk via New Hampshire Avenue.

OR You can use the FREE Kennedy Center Shuttle (signs are towards the left as you exit the escalator). The shuttle departs every 15 minutes until Midnight.

These free productions on the Millennium Stage are sponsored by Target.

For more information call 1-800-444-1324.

June 4 is National Donut Day!

This Friday, June 4, doughnut makers across the U.S. will celebrate National Doughnut Day in the best way possible--- with free doughnuts.


In case you didn’t know, June 4 is indeed National Doughnut Day. The tradition was established in 1938 by the Salvation Army to help raise funds for people in need. The idea started on the battlefields of France during World War I when the Salvation Army served coffee and doughnuts to soldiers in the trenches.


So what does that mean to you? If you visit Krispy Kreme or Dunkin’ Donuts on Friday, it means free doughnuts! Here are the details:


Krispy Kreme is offering customers a FREE doughnut of their choice at all participating U.S. stores on Friday, June 4. No purchase is necessary for the free doughnut at Krispy Kreme.



At Dunkin’ Donuts , you’ll get free doughnut with the purchase of any beverage at participating stores on Friday, June 4. The offer is good all day.



Happy donut day!

Free Meals at Miriam's Kitchen

Miriam’s Kitchen provides free meals and case management services every Monday through Friday. www.miriamskitchen.org

• They serve breakfast from 6:30 to 8:00AM
• Dinner is served from 4:45 to 5:45 PM.
• They serve a light lunch on Wednesdays from 12 to 2 at their Café.

Case management services are offered during all of those times and they have life skills classes where individuals can learn important information about health, employment, budgeting and finances and more!



They also offer case management services during their Morning and Afternoon Studio times from 8:15AM to 9:45AM and 2:30-4:00 Monday through Friday. Their Studio includes a daily art program, creative writing and poetry groups, yoga, dramatic arts classes, and advocacy groups. During that time case management services are also available.



No referral is necessary for individuals to visit Miriam’s Kitchen’s programs.


They are located in the basement of the Western Presbyterian Church at the corner of 24th and G St NW, the physical address is 2401 Virginia AVE NW.



For more information you can call (202) 452-8089 x 1 to speak with a case manager.