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Dear Friends,

I pray this message finds you in good health and spirit. Hopefully, this week you had an opportunity to celebrate this Thanksgiving Holiday with family and friends. I am happy to report that your support of Project GiveBack positively affected over 900 families, this holiday season. Your financial sacrifice and volunteer support truly made a difference in the community. I sent out a plea for support and you answered the call. Thank you for believing in us and our mission to serve others. Stay tuned for what we have planned for 2010.

As most of you know, we are still in the process of meeting our 2009 fundraising goal. Please consider making a year-end tax deductible contribution to allow us to continue helping others.

With Love,
Ransom Miller, III
Founder/President
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Project GiveBack celebrates 15 years of service by distributing over 900 food baskets to local families in the Washington, DC Area. (by Morris B. Nelson)

Early, on the morning of Saturday, November 21, 2009, over 600 volunteers converged on Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, DC with the mission of touching the community in a special way. Project GiveBack, a community service organization based in Washington, DC, held its 15th Annual Thanksgiving Food Distribution. People, from all walks of life, gathered to distribute over 900 nutritious food baskets to families in the Washington, DC Metro Area. The 900 baskets represent an increase of 80% over the number of families assisted in 2008. "The stark need for assistance to underprivileged and common citizens feeling the pinch of the worst economy of our lifetime prompted the organization to attempt to double the amount of families it assisted" said Project GiveBack founder Ransom Miller, III. He also told volunteers that "The current economic conditions have turned some long term Project GiveBack donors into recipients."

In addition to the volunteers at Bell Multicultural High School, Project GiveBack coordinated satellite distribution sites including La Clinica del Pueblo in Northwest DC; Barry Farms in Southeast DC; Culpepper Gardens Assisted Living Center in Arlington, VA; Bright Beginnings Northeast DC, National Center for Children and Families, Gaithersburg, MD, Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless, Northeast DC Housing Unit, Project GiveBack Baltimore Branch, and The Boys and Girls Club of Kentland/Glen Arden, MD.

This year, through a relationship with former and current military personnel Project GiveBack was able to identify 125 active military families (25 in each branch including the coast guard) who have been negatively affected by the economy. Former Marine and Project GiveBack Board Member Edgar Jimenez said "Charity organizations tend to think that the military people are taken care of by the military. In a lot of cases the military tries to work with them but is unable to meet a lot of their needs so charity organizations really need to reach out to them, now more than ever." Also for the first time, baskets were distributed in Baltimore, Maryland by long time Project GiveBack member Tim Lewis and members of the newly formed Project GiveBack Baltimore Branch.

This project would not be possible without our individual and Corporate Sponsors. Project GiveBack credits a large portion of its success to strong volunteer partnerships with The National Pan-Hellenic Council of the DC, Girl Scout Troup 6600, DC, Howard University, Prince George's Community Church, The Black Doll Affair, Ward 5 Warriors Pop Warner Football Team and Woman2Woman Social Group.

There is still an opportunity to support this and other Project GiveBack endeavors. Please visit www.projectgiveback.org to donate online and see how you can get involved. Checks should be mailed to:
Project GiveBack Community Service Organization
Post Office Box 18781
Washington, D.C.  20036-9998

2009 Corporate Sponsors
KPMG
Refuge Baptist Assembly of Silver Spring, MD
The Goodman Basketball League, Miles Rawls Commissioner
The Carmen Group
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
True Deliverance Church of God Ministries
National Association of Black Accountants
Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio and Associates
Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc.
T. Curtis and Associates
Howard University
360JMG
National Pan Hellenic Council of DC
ACPMedia.tv

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Project GiveBack is a 501 (c) 3 organization. All donations are tax deductible. Donations should be mailed to Project GiveBack, Post Office Box 18781, Washington, D.C. 20036-9998. You may contact us by phone at 202-321-1911 or by email at ransom@projectgiveback.org.

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"Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sponsorship Opportunities
Ransom Miller, III - 202-321-1911 or ransom@projectgiveback.org

Please email ransom@projectgiveback.org for more information on how to get your company/organization involved.

It was Shirley Anita Chisholm who is credited with saying "Service is the rent we pay for room on this earth." Continue to serve with us as we ensure our rent is paid up.