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Why a Steam Oven, Pergola or Nice Tub May Be Key to Selling Your Home
D.C.-area home sellers often tout homes’ new carpet and new appliances — but the real estate company Zillow says that’s not what’s likely to grab potential buyers. Research based on the sale of more than 4 million homes in a two-year period shows that certain features correlate to higher sale prices. The item currently topping the charts by a...
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Harris' Heroes: Two Foundations Fighting Teen Suicide
Mental health is a hot topic for Generation Z. In one Montgomery County high school, students have come together to fight stigma around issues like depression, anxiety and suicide.
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Harris' Heroes: scholarCHIPS Provides Scholarships to Children of Incarcerated Parents
This week’s Harris’ Hero is scholarCHIPS, an organization devoted to building a community of emotional support for the children of incarcerated parents and providing scholarships for them to attend college.
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Nonprofit Provides Women With Personal Development Through Baking, Business
A Virginia nonprofit provides workforce training and personal development through baking.
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FLOC Helps Students With Tutoring and Mentorship
For more than 50 years, a D.C. organization has been helping students reach their potential in school and at home.
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Golf Program Helps Veterans, Families Rehabilitate
A Virginia organization used the game of golf to support veterans and their families dealing with issues from post-traumatic stress disorder to missing limbs.
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Special Olympics Cheer and Dance Team Teaches Community About Inclusion
A Special Olympics cheer and dance team in Maryland is teaching its athletes they are perfect the way they are.
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Alice's Kids Helps Children Without Letting Them Know It's Charity
A unique organization in Northern Virginia helps children across the country without taking credit of letting the kids know they’re receiving charity, and it’s done in memory of the founders’ mother.
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Nonprofit Helps Women by Providing Free, Quality Clothing
A nonprofit in Northern Virginia helps the community by providing quality clothing to women and their children for free.
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Volunteers Coach Youth With Disabilities in Sports, Exercise
For almost three decades, some young people in the D.C. area with developmental and physical disabilities have benefited from an organization providing exercise classes for them.
