Federation’s Sara & Samuel J. Lessans Good Deeds Week

Good Deeds Week 2025

Look at what we accomplished together in 2025!

Volunteers participating in projects by donating food, books, and clothing, cooking and serving hot meals, knitting scarves for those in need, cleaning up parks and waterways, and decorating cards for Holocaust survivors and seniors in our community. (Enjoy photos of Good Deeds Week from across the region)

Thank you to our partners across DC, MD, and Northern VA, and to all who took the time to DO GOOD together.

1,900+ volunteers participated

45+ projects completed

67 organizations benefitted

Good Deeds Week 2025 Recipient Organizations

Adopt-a-Highway
Alfred Street Baptist Church
Becky House
Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington
Burke Presbyterian Church
Charles E. Smith Life Communities
Charter House Affordable Housing Community
Comfort Cases
Cornerstones Embry Rucker Shelter
Croydon Creek Nature Center
DC Central Kitchen
Fairfax County Firefighters
Falls Church Women’s Health Center
Friends of Cabin John Creek
Friends of the Libraries
Friendship Place
Garden of Remembrance
Greenspring Independent Living
Holocaust Survivor Community Members at Riderwood Senior Living Facility
Horizon Day Camp
Horizon Walks

Inova Blood Services
Interfaith Works
JCADA
Jewish Council for the Aging
JSSA
Jumpstart
Katherine Hanley Family Shelter
Kind Works
KindSoup for the Soul
KindSoups
Local Animal Shelters
Lon’s House
Lorton Community Action Center
MAKOM
Manna Food Center
Martha’s Table
Maryland Voter Registration
McLean Women’s Health Center
Meals on Wheels
Migrant Society Immigrant Aid
Montgomery County Adoption Shelter
MoCo County Coalition for the Homeless
Montgomery County Parks

Montgomery County Weed Warriors
N Street Village
New Hope Shelter
New Neighbors Interfaith Alliance
NIH Children’s Inn
Nourish Now
Noya’s Bears Initiative
Olley Glen Senior Neighbors
Point of Pride
Project Hope
Project Linus
Shady Grove NICU
Shepherd’s Table
So Others Might Eat
So What Else
Stepping Stones Family Shelter
Streetlight Ministry Homeless Shelter
Taft Court Women’s Shelter
Undies for Everyone
Upcounty Hub
Woodley House
Yad Yehuda
YWCA of the National Capital Area

Thank you to our Good Deeds Week 2025 Partners

Agudas Achim Congregation
BBYO
Bender JCC
Beth Chaverim Reform Congregation
Bethesda Jewish Congregation
Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington
Bnai Israel Congregation
Capital Camps and Retreat Center
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
Charles E. Smith Life Communities
Congregation Beth Emeth
Congregation B’nai Tzedek
Congregation Etz Hayim
Congregation Har Shalom

Congregation Olam Tikvah
Congregation Or Chadash
Edlavitch DC JCC
Gesher Jewish Day School
JCA Interages
JCADA
Jewish Agency for Israel
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
JSSA
Kehilat Pardes- the Rock Creek Synagogue
Kol Shalom Talmud Torah
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum
Makom

Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital
MoCo Mitzvah Moms
Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation
Oseh Shalom
Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia
Riderwood Jewish Community
Shaare Torah
Temple Emanuel
Tifereth Israel Congregation
University of Maryland Hillel
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Woodley House
Yad Yehuda of Greater Washington

Federation’s Good Deeds Week is made possible by Drs. Ellen & Stuart Lessans, in loving memory of Sara & Samuel J. Lessans

Did you know? As a Greater Washington community member, you are part of the largest Good Deeds Day community partner in North America.

What is Good Deeds Day? Good Deeds Day is an annual, international celebration of Doing Good! Join more than two million volunteers around the world for this day of service. Roll up your sleeves and make an impact through a variety of hands-on volunteer projects.

What types of service projects can I take part in? Whether you want to dance the day away with senior citizens, prepare and serve lunch to the homeless, help unite dogs with their forever homes or even help clean up a local park, your perfect project awaits. Let’s show the international Jewish community Greater Washington’s passion for social action!

 What’s the history behind Good Deeds Day? Businesswoman and philanthropist Shari Arison conceptualized the idea for Good Deeds Day, and launched it in 2007 by Ruach Tova (“Good Spirit” in Hebrew), the leading organization in the field of volunteering in Israel. Good Deeds Day celebrates the value and importance of giving back to the community we live in.

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