Kids around the country are using chalk to spread positive messages on the sidewalk.

With a microphone and passion for music, Chris Lomeli is spreading joy throughout California’s Coachella Valley during the era of coronavirus social distancing. After the pandemic shut down venues, Lomeli decided to take his talents on the road, performing for families outside of their homes.

A rural Minnesota couple is sharing their experience recovering from COVID-19. Annette and Larry Bremer are two of 23 confirmed cases in rural Martin County — an experience that, according to Annette, felt like being “hit by a bus.”

African Methodist Episcopal Services  Metropolitan AME Church will hold an online service at 11am on Sunday. http://ibroadcasts.tv/MAMEC-Sun-Webcasts/index.html PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE SERVICES Baptist Services   First Baptist Church of Glenarden is offering online Sunday worship services at 8am, 10am, Noon, and 6:30pm.   http://www.gotochurchonline.tv/first-baptist-church-glenarden/ Buddhist Services   The Center for Mindful Living is offering daily classes and meditation online. https://living-mindfully.org/ Church of Christ Services  Northern Virginia Church of Christ offers...

The Capital Area Food Bank is committed to staying open during the Covid-19 emergency, and they need the community’s help.  Here’s what you can do today:  Make a financial donation at https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/donate/  Here’s how your contribution will enable CAFB to supply food to our most vulnerable neighbors:  Help increase direct distribution of food through pop-up pantries where they give out 25-pound boxes of shelf...

For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or passed on through a book or movie. Not since World War II, when people carried ration books with stamps that allowed them to purchase meat, sugar, butter, cooking oil and gasoline, when buying cars, firewood and nylon…

More Americans are self-quarantining amid the coronavirus pandemic as some states and municipalities enact shelter-in-place orders to require social distancing. Technology and social media are becoming more vital as the coronavirus outbreak is now seen across each of the 50 states. President Donald Trump said that the country and our way of life may be impacted until July or August….

As anxiety mounted over the past week over the unprecedented measures meant to stop the spread of coronavirus across D.C., Maryland and Virginia, school districts and some businesses stepped up to ease the burden of anyone financially strapped amid a global pandemic. Health officials confirmed that more than 100 people across D.C., Maryland and Virginia were diagnosed with the...

A D.C. teacher who went viral for giving his students a day of pampering and self-care has started a foundation. His next project? Helping teens get ready for a great prom. Azel Prather says it’s about doing the work to help his community.

Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School equips young girls for STEM fields while preparing for engineering competitions.

News4’s Pat Lawson Muse discusses what’s coming up at the Gala Hispanic Theatre, now in its 44th season, with Executive Director Rebecca Medrano and director Guadalupe Campos.

Pat Lawson Muse discusses the upcoming MS Run the U.S. Ultra Relay with Ultra Runner Justine Calcagno. For more information, visit www.msruntheus.org.

Molette Green and NBC4 are all over the DMV to show you good things happening In the Community and introduce you to the best stories and people who are making an impact. If you know of a great organization, big event or worthy cause in your neighborhood, let us know and we’ll be there! Send us an email:...

News4’s Molette Green is in the community at the 12th Annual Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) College Fair goes on Friday night in Rockville, Maryland. Some students could be offered on-the-spot admission at Friday’s event. Here’s more information.

People across the country are honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. Here’s how the Prince William County alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta is using the day off to give back.

Strangers and neighbors showed and outpouring of support and generosity to a D.C. family after a fire destroyed their home. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Jump start your new year with a weekend of fun, fitness and tips on living a healthier lifestyle at the annual NBC4 Telemundo 44 Health and Fitness Expo! It’s all happening at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Jan. 18-19, 2020. The Expo will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, and 9 a.m. to...

Candles burned atop a menorah in Jersey City marking the first night of Hanukkah as well as a moment of strength for a community still recovering from the deadly attack on Dec. 10. Yoely Greenfeld lit the menorah Sunday night in front of Jersey City Kosher Supermarket, the site of a horrific shooting that took the life of his sister…

News4’s Molette Green is with the Salvation Army and volunteers who are ready to distribute thousands of Christmas gifts to kids this season.