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NBC 4: Fund Helps Georgetown’s Laid Off Workers
The Georgetown BID is partnering with Halcyon, a nonprofit organization, to launch a donation campaign to further fund the Georgetown BID Employee Emergency Relief Grant.
WTOP: Georgetown Designer Pivots from Dresses to Fancy Face Masks
Georgetown fashion designer Sonia Garbarino normally makes dresses for proms and weddings, but with that business drying up because of the pandemic, she’s turned her attention to designer face coverings.
Eater DC: Business Has Stopped, But This D.C. Bakery Is Still Teaching Veterans How to Run a Shop
Dog Tag Bakery keeps full-time staffers at work by making its nonprofit training program virtual.
WTOP: Displaced Georgetown Employees Get a Lifeline from BID, Halcyon Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
The Georgetown Business Improvement District’s Employee Emergency Relief Grant program has partnered with Georgetown nonprofit Halcyon to replenish the grant program’s funds and assist more people in need during the coronavirus crisis.
Washingtonian: This Small DC Soap Company Is Doing Insane Business Because of Covid-19
Georgetown’s Soapbox started mass-producing hand sanitizer. Now it’s in hiring mode, and shipping millions of products.
WJLA: How a Georgetown Frame Store is Saving Lives on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Framebridge machines that normally make frames are now producing face shields.
Fox5: Georgetown Street Safari
Parents are getting creative as they try to keep their kids entertained while they’re at home in social isolation. In fact, a local family found a way to take their kids to the jungle without ever leaving their neighborhood.
ABC7: Stuffed Animal ‘Street Safaris,’ Meant to Help Kids Fight Lockdown Boredom, Pop Up in D.C.
About 200 Georgetown residents are participating in a “street safari” by placing stuffed animals in their windows.
Washingtonian: These Georgetown Medical Students Are Organizing Hospital Supply Donations Around the World
Unable to scrub up but eager to help the healthcare community, a group of Georgetown medical students started MedSupplyDrive, a nonprofit that collects protective gear for hospitals across the country.
