Black Women’s Roundtable, Mentors Needed. Details Inside Community’s Choice

Maryland Mentors is in need of hundreds of virtual mentors, DC Housing Counseling Services Inc. is hosting free virtual classes to help you with your housing issues. More information on events and free services inside this week’s Community’s Choice.



DC Housing Counseling Services

Do you have questions about your tenant rights in DC? Housing Counseling Services is hosting free webinars throughout the month of November. www.housingetc.org


Community’s Choice


To get your non-profit on WHUR’s Community’s Choice, email Renee Nash at rnash@whur.com at least three weeks prior to your event.


Greater Washington Community Foundation

The Greater Washington Community Foundation is offering Community Actions Awards for local individuals and nonprofits who have ideas on how to make the region more equitable. The deadline is November 2nd. www.thecommunityfoundation.org


Charm School

Charm School is looking for donations to assist its students during the upcoming holiday season. Gift cards and monetary donations are welcome. www.acharmschool.com.


Maryland Mentor

Maryland Mentor is recruiting virtual mentors for youth mentoring programs in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties. They need your help. www.marylandmentor.net.


Black Women’s Roundtable

The Black Women’s Roundtable Take It to the Top Entrepreneurship Challenge is underway thru November. It’s open to all women who attend an HBCU. www.blackwomensroundtable.org


DC Fire and EMS Department

The DC Fire and EMS Department reminds you that working smoking detectors save lives. When you hear the chirp, its time to do some work. Change the battery. www.fireprevention@dc.gov.


Children’s Coat Drive

You can help provide warmth to a child in need this winter. Give to the WHUR Children’s Coat Drive. You can donate right now online and make a youth feel warm all over. www.whur.com and click on the children’s coat drive banner.