In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Project GiveBack we have compiled a mixtape of positive themed songs entitled Make A Difference Mixtape Volume I.  This served as the soundtrack for GiveBack Saturday 2024 and will continue to resonate with the Project GiveBack team.  The anticipated debut is out now and features some exciting artists.  This project was produced by Ali Glover and Ransom Miller, III and Harrison Miller were executive producers.  This is the first phase of the plan to launch the Make A Difference Youth Poetry and Music Contest.  Make A Difference Mixtape Volume II will feature established artists and participants in the poetry and music contests.  The expected release date of Volume II is tentatively scheduled for February 2025.  Thank you to all of the contributing artists and our outstanding producer Ali Glover.  If you would like more information about the Youth Poetry and Music Contest, please email makeadifferencemixtape@gmail.com.

 PGB Mixtape v1

Song and Featured Artists

Opening: Do something special for someone else – Ransom Miller, III

I Made It! by Dasan Ahanu – @dasanahanu - dasanahanu.com

Interlude: Empower yourself – HarDisha Miller, Armstrong Williams

Everybody Eats by Mo Betta – @betta_mo

Interlude: It’s a great feeling – Gonzaga Wrestling

Higher performed by Community of Hope AME Choir - Rev. Tony Lee – @cmtyofhope - hiphopenation.com

Interlude: I love helping people – Harrison Burgess Miller

Own Accord by Marc Andre – @marcushizzle

Interlude: Strong Communities – Kenyan McDuffie @cm_mcduffie – kenyanmcduffiedc.com

What is Success? by Dr. Thomas Rashad Easley @dr.thomasrashadeasley – mindheartfordiversity.com

Follow Me by Tony Foster, Jr.  @tonyfosterjr – sonofthecity.com

Interlude: GiveBackSaturday – Ransom Miller, III, Miles Rawls, Wendy Gadson, Anthony Bardonille, Sean Glover, Mo Betta,

God has smiled on me performed by Community of Hope AME Choir – Rev. Tony Lee – @cmtyofhope - hiphopenation.com

Please save the date of 11.19.2022 for GiveBack Saturday.   Our goal is to provide over 4,000 food baskets to needy families in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia.  We have confirmed our distribution sites in Maryland and Virginia and we hope to finalize the Washington DC location(s) very soon.

We are elated to confirm Bailey Real Estate as a 2020 Champion Spirit Sponsor.  For the past several years Bailey Real Estate Holdings LLC has supported Project GiveBack’s charitable efforts at the highest sponsorship level.  Project GiveBack Founder Ransom Miller, III commented, “This level of sustained commitment to supporting community service effort is truly inspiring, we are grateful for this partnership.”  In addition to financial support, Bailey Real Estate leadership and employees have spent their time volunteering regularly at Project GiveBack service events.  Please join me in thanking Jerome Bailey and his leadership team for their continued commitment to making a difference in our community.   For information on how you or your company/organization can become a sponsor please email ransom@projectgiveback.org

Fox5 DC: Project GiveBack providing food for thousands – Twitter & Instagram: @TishaLewis
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NBC4 Coverage: DC Org Hands Out Thanksgiving Meals for 25th Year – Twitter: @DerrickWard4 General Assignment reporter at NBC 4 Washington covering the DMV

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Last year, volunteers delivered boxes full of food to over 2,000 families within our local community. We are thankful to those volunteers who have worked with us in years past and hope that Project Giveback will be considered again for your holiday community service efforts.  We also look forward to meeting and working with new volunteers! You can register to volunteer at www.projectgiveback.org/registration/ after September 1st.

Below are this year’s available volunteer shifts, as well as the numbers of persons needed for each shift:

Saturday, November 19, 2016 (Volunteer Registration will begin 9/1/2016)

Washington DC Headquarters

Barry Farms Recreation Center

1230 Sumner Rd SE, Washington, DC 20020

7:30AM-9:30AM – volunteers needed to assemble food baskets (300 volunteers)

10:00AM-2:00PM – volunteers needed to deliver food baskets – maps will be provided (300 volunteers)

NOVA Distribution Site

Details on Northern Virginia Distribution will be posted on 9/20/16 Contact ransom@projectgiveback.org for urgent questions.

Working with us will only take up a small part of your holiday but will have a lasting effect on those benefiting from your efforts, including you!  Project Giveback is a child friendly organization; we welcome children at our events, as we believe you are never too young to learn the importance of “Giving Back”.  We also provide community service hours for students who attend schools where this is a requirement.

A light breakfast will be provided including coffee, morning juices and water so don’t worry about stopping by your local morning cafe because we’ve got you covered!

Questions:

Dee Edwards, general event information, dee@projectgiveback.org

Edgar Jimenez, on-line registration queries, 301-996-5308, edgar@projectgiveback.org

Ransom Miller, III, sponsorship, 202-321-1911, ransom@projectgiveback.org

LaShawn White, media inquiries, lashawn@projectgiveback.org

Let me tell you about Project Giveback. I trust their work and believe in their mission so much that we include them in our missions budget each year. If you have care and compassion for the less fortunate, struggling or otherwise burdened, the staff of Project Giveback makes it possible to reach the right people at just the right time. Project GiveBack gives me and my
congregation something else to be thankful for at THANKSGIVING. Go Ransom/Go Project Giveback!!!!!

Pastor Courtenay Miller

With faith all things are possible to them that believe.

Courtenay is the Pastor of Norbeck Community Church (http://norbeckchurch.org). He also holds
the position of Chaplain for Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Alpha Omega Chapter (www.alphaomegaques.org)

Find out how you can get involved with this outstanding organization by visiting www.projectgiveback.org.