CBTU-DC Collects Cash, Food & More For Needy

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Over a thousand dollars - $1,145 to be exact - worth of union gift cards, as well as non-perishable food items, were collected for the Metro Washington Council’s Community Services Agency at CBTU-DC’s annual year-end reception and shoe box gift wrapping party last Saturday, December 11. And nearly 200 shoe boxes were wrapped, stuffed and donated to Strive DC, a non-profit career development center that assists the unemployed in Washington obtain the skills, education and clothing needed to get and keep a job. “Thanks to all who came and participated and shared good food, good fun and good fellowship” said CBTU-DC President Gwend Johnson. Strive DC’s programs include Core Strive, an intense 3-week basic job skills training course, Strive for Success, a fast-track GED program for young adults 16-25, and Career Gear, a clothing program for men in need of professional clothing. CBTU-DC is still collecting donations for the CSA: call 301-735-1984. - photo by Cliff Dedrick