More than 4,500 Greater DC Cares volunteers supported 50 non-profit organizations in service projects across the region on the National Day of Service and Remembrance. The day included a signature service project at RKF Stadium where more than 200 volunteers made 30 + comfort quilts for children of deployed soldiers. Other accomplishments and highlights from the day of service include:

- Sorting 26,000 pounds of food at the Capital Area Food Bank
- Painting a new computer lab for the Boys and Girls Club
- Assembling thousands of burn prevention kits and safe sex kits
- Serving hundreds of meals to homeless individuals
- Restoring national monuments, parks, and historical landmarks

Greater DC Cares had a successful media outreach campaign that included coverage with the following media outlets:

PRINT

The Washington Post
Where the Planes Fell,
Remembrances,
September 12, 2009
Neely Tucker

The Washington Informer
Remembering 911
September 11, 2009
Carla Peay

ONLINE

Examiner.com
Greater DC Cares partnering with Walmart to mobilize volunteers for 9/11 National Day of Service
September 4, 2009
Dianne Walker

The NonProfit Times
Service and Remembrance Get Their Day
September 11, 2009
Paul Clolery

InsideNOVA.com
Providing Comfort
September 13, 2009
Julia Ledoux

PNN Online
Americans to Remember 9/11 With Acts of Service
September 8, 2009
Posted by Phil Crosby

The Huffington Post
The Day America Came Together
September 13, 2009
Jim Gibbons

Fox Business
Americans to Remember 9/11 With Acts of Service
September 8, 2009

The News Journal - Delaware Online
‘The world goes on’ In New York, D.C., Pa. and across the nation, people pause to remember
September 12, 2009
Neely Tucker

Reuters
Americans to Remember 9/11 With Acts of Service
September 8, 2009

RADIO

WMAL 630 AM
The Grandy & Andy Morning Show
Who Appeared: Madye Henson
September 11, 2009

WMAL 630 AM
Code Red
Who Appeared: Madye Henson and Curtis Cannon
September 10, 2009

WAMU 88.5 FM
Volunteers Commemorate 9-11 Through Service
Who Appeared: Madye Henson and volunteers
September 11, 2009
Aired twice on Friday and twice on Saturday

TELEVISION

WTTG FOX 5
FOX5 Morning News
Who Appeared: Curtis Cannon and Hank Mullany, Senior Vice President and President Northeast Division - Walmart
September 11, 2009

WTTG FOX 5
6 O’Clock News
Volunteers Give Quilts to Troops’ Kids
Karen Gray Houston
Who: volunteers

WRC NBC 4
Signature Service Project mentioned on the 5 o’clock broadcast and in Saturday morning news
September 11, 2009

News Channel 8
Operation Kid Comfort: Quilts for Service Members’ Families
September 11, 2009