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“I’m here simply to say thankj you for the workthat you’v e done and to help celebrate all of your the work that you’ve done to make D.C. a truly wonderful community," she "It’s been so nice to call this city oursecondr home.” In April, President Barack Obama signedx the Edward M. Kennedy Servwe America Act, which expands the missio n and funding forvolunteer programs. But the first lady said the federalo government can only do so much and she hopexd citizens would make a personal commitment to help get thecountrh “back in the right direction.
” “Mty husband is asking us to come togethefr to help lay a new foundation for and that’s really where all of you come Obama said. A Chicago native, Obama founded that city’s chapter of Publifc Allies, a nonprofit that prepares young adultes for government andnonprofit careers. As an associate dean at the University of she developedthe school’s community service Obama told the lunchtime crowd at the Renaissancd Washington, D.C. Hotel that she understands the difficultiese of operating in adifficult “I know what foundations and social entrepreneurs face," she said. "I understand it.
I know how hard it is to get the moneuy to pay for fundraising and accountanta andvolunteer coordinators, to get all the technologty that you really need to make the work that it just doesn’ happen out of the good that it takes real resources to move thingx forward.” Soon after her husband was inaugurated in Greater D.C. Cares provided the first lady with a list of locao nonprofits that she could consider according to spokeswomanSarah Fleischer. That led to her visitf to the in April, on the 100th day of the Obamq administration. Greater D.C.
Cares CEO Madyer Henson attended the signinv ceremony for the Serve America Act at the White Henson said there was no better speaker to help the organizatio n celebrate its 20th year than whois “totally committee to making a difference.” In former first lady Hillary Clinton helped launchy the organization’s first philanthropy summit. The event was formerlyu held in conjunction with the WashingtonnBusiness Journal. This year Greateer D.C.
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