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Are you weak for chocolate?

If you’ve been in Georgetown recently, you may have seen this logo for fliers for this event. For an entire week starting February 13th, one can enjoy chocolate-inspired food, drinks, and dessert specials offered by Georgetown merchants when he or she purchases a Week For Chocolate badge from SalesVote.com.

Week For Chocolate will donate 10% of designated badge sales to Georgetown Ministry Center. When customers purchase their badge, they will have the option to select one of four organizations of which they would like their donation to be given. We hope you will choose us!

Keep reading to see the list of participating merchants and their offers.

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Steve and Susan Kostorowski, along with Patricia Peva, of Water Street Gym presided over one of the largest coat drives in Georgetown history.  The timing was perfect.  Over 90 beautiful coats in mint condition along with assorted hats, gloves, and scares were delivered to GMC today by the folks of Water Street Gym.  The Gym held a coat drive over the last month and a half.  Thank you, Waterstreet Gym.  Thank You!

photo taken from the Georgetown BID

Come join GMC’s Walking Group!

Come join GMC staff and members, friends of GMC, and Georgetown residents for a weekly walk around Georgetown. Our hope is to educate ourselves about the neighborhood and to meet others who call Georgetown “home.”

Everyone is welcome; feel free to walk your dog with us or bring your little one in a stroller. We have yet to set a day or time, so please leave a comment on our blog or Facebook (or email stephanie@gmcgt.org) letting us know what a convenient time would be for you!

Stay tuned for details about our first walk!

Every other Wednesday at 11am, we stack the chairs and push the tables into the kitchen to make space for Nick Gracenin’s tai chi class. Some guests jump right in, while other require a little nudge before stepping out onto the floor. We are so lucky to have Nick as part of the GMC community. If you have an hour to spare on Wednesday mornings and would like to see the class in action, contact us to find out when the next class is!

Here is a short video of Nick giving a demonstration at the International Chinese Martial Arts Championship in D.C. in 2010.

We want to thank Calvary Road Christian School for recently running a hat, glove, and washcloth drive! They collected so many washcloths for us that washcloths are no longer a top need of ours. We will, of course, accept them if you happen to have been collecting them for us, but for the time being, there is no need to go out and buy washcloths for us.

What we could use:

Yarn: Our little crochet group is making blankets, sweaters, scarves, and bags at an incredible pace! It would be a great help to them if people could donate several skeins of yarn in the same color. Our crocheters tell me that it’s about 7-8 skeins for a blanket. At least 3-4 skeins of the same color would be appreciated.

Sandwiches: We could use some on the weekends and a few more on Mondays and Wednesdays. If interested, please contact Stephanie (stephanie@gmcgt.org) before bringing them in.