If gratefulness brings us more happiness, why don’t we practice it every day? This video makes a strong case for how gratefulness can bring more happiness in your life: So, how do we turn gratefulness into a daily habit? Well I personally like the Seinfeld technique for developing habits. Jerry Seinfeld, arguably one of the [...]
Mama Hill is a mom to more than 3,000 children today, and has helped thousands of people over the years find peace and love. She gives so much, and asks for nothing in return. Such a beautiful human being. “I’ve seen people that have had a moment of kindness or love, and it has changed [...]
Hey friends! We’re going to be getting a group of people together that want to pay our respects and thank our veterans. Details and RSVP here. Our friends at Make DC Smile will be joining as well. It should be a memorable experience.
Our friends Ryan and Brendan at Raise Your City have launched a new campaign this week, which will help them continue to raise thousands of dollars for deserving non-profit organizations. By backing their campaign, you’ll get access to their future events, and a number of cool perks, including with exclusive collaboration t-shirt we designed with [...]
Last weekend, I went to Farragut Square in DC with my friend Massoud, the founder of Make DC Smile to hand out some free bottles of water. Why, you ask? Why not? It was a hot day, and everyone could use some water. Our goal was just to spread some positivity, make some smiles, and [...]
Our trip last week to Bright Beginnings was so much fun! We set up a Facepainting booth for the Family Fun and Fitness Day and painted the children’s faces. Sara Moline from Zosimos Botanicals joined us and we painted with their ultra safe and all natural paints for the kids! We had a variety of [...]
If you’re in the Washington DC area, come join us for the Family Fun and Fitness Day at Bright Beginnings on August 9th from 2-5pm! Join us to meet some of the children that we’ve helped this year! We will be running a face-painting booth for the kids, and have 4-5 spots available for people [...]
I recently took my first visit to a homeless camp in Woodbridge, Virginia. Not many people know that homeless camps exist, but if you knew where to look, you could find a homeless camp near you. When homeless shelters reach their capacity, many folks are turned away and have no place to go. Shelters can [...]
I recently visited Bright Beginnings, a nationally-accredited child and family development center in Washington DC that offers a bright start for homeless infants, toddlers and preschoolers and their families. Bright Beginnings serves children whose families are living in crisis shelters or transitional housing. I brought the children 48 winter hats, 48 winter gloves, and 24 [...]
On Tuesday, we visited ThriveDC, an organization that provides daily meals, showers, job training and case management services to people in need in Washington DC. We brought them 30 of our winter hats and 10 pairs of our winter gloves. “Thrive DC began in 1979 as the Dinner Program for Homeless Women, as a response [...]
Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS Imagine not having a safe place to put any of your belongings. No safe place to sleep. No place to store and refrigerate food. No place to wash your clothes, keep your clothes, take a shower. Now imagine that one of the largest storms to ever hit the East Coast is headed [...]
This weekend, we were invited by No Kings Collective to take part in their 4-day long art/fashion extravaganza called The Pallet Project. It was a HUGE honor to be a part of it, and we took the opportunity very seriously. I think I got about 10 hours of sleep total in those 4 days, so [...]
Yesterday we were featured on the front page of Washington Life! Check out the article here: In other news, It’s been about 6 months since I started working on some big and new plans for Twice As Warm. Like I mention in the Washington Life article, the goal for these plans will be to connect [...]
Recently we were able to give 36 brand new Twice As Warm winter hats to children and families in need at the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF). These are families that are receiving help from the Rapid Re-housing program within the NCCF. Erin Futrovsky is a Case Manager at the Rapid Re-Housing program [...]
Last week I brought 20 new winter hats for people in need at a Sunday Suppers event. Sunday Suppers is a non-profit group that organizes a dinner for the homeless every Sunday evening in DC. Yes, every single Sunday no matter what. In fact, in the past 21 years they haven’t missed a Sunday since [...]
