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Thursday 28 December 2017

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Re: Thank you, La & Buddha Brunch on Sunday, Jan 21

Dear La and Sangha,

La~ Rest assured you will be missed by many, & we thank you for your service to the sangha! Do hope you'll come visit as a practioner.

Sangha~ In the spirit of the new year, and of sangha-building, I'd like to host a:

- Buddha Brunch

- Sunday, January 21, 2018, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

- Near Logan Circle

If you'd like to join for a small group potluck brunch, discussion of a short set of teachings on equanimity, and group practice & reflection, please RSVP to me directly (jennifermperron@gmail.com), being mindful not to copy the whole list.

I'll share details & materials with those who can join in advance; unfortunately, I can only host about 5-6 comfortably at my dining room table, so will likely be a combination of first-come/most-enthusiastic served.

Well-wishes to all into the New Year,

Jenn

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 12:48 PM La Sarmiento <lasarmiento108@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sangha -

Just a gentle reminder that there will be no class on Sunday 12/24 or Sunday 12/31. The first class of the new year will be on Sunday 1/7 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm at the new location - The Potters House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, Washington, DC 20009, with a refuge ceremony with Klia, Linda and Devin! Click here for more info on the upcoming year's schedule.

As most of you know I've left the teaching team. It's been an honor and blessing to serve you these last six months. I may see you as a yogi at the Adams Morgan sangha every now and then as it's just down the street from my home. If you'd like to stay in touch or know of my upcoming dharma gigs, please check out my website www.lasarmiento.com.

Best wishes and many blessings for the new year -

La.

La Sarmiento, LMT, CDL4
Dharma Teacher / Retreat Manager
3rd Person Pronouns: they/their/them
Mobile: 202.997.1399
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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Reminder: No Dupont Sangha Class this Sunday 12/31

Happy New Year, dear sangha!

Peace and blessings,

La.

La Sarmiento, LMT, CDL4

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Tuesday 26 December 2017

فيلم-sms-هيلتر-عكس یرنده دیجیتال موبایل WiFi

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یرنده دیجیتال موبایل WiFiتوضیحات

گیرنده دیجیتال موبایل WiFi

دریافت شبکه های دیجیتال به صورت بی سیم در موبایل اندروید یا ایفون

قابلیت ذخیره برنامه های درحال پخش در گوشی یا تبلت

قابل حمل و استفاده در حال حرکت

گیرندگی بدون نیاز به اینترنت

سایز کوچک و وزن سبک

قیمت : 189000 تومان

این دستگاه قابلیت دریافت کانالهای تلویزیون دیجیتال و ارسال آن به صورت بی سیم (WiFi) به بر روی انواع تلفن همراه و تبلت (به صورت همزمان بر روی یک دستگاه) را داراست. با استفاده از انواع تبلت ها و گوشی های هوشمند که قابلیت پشتیبانی از سیستم عاملهای ios و Android را دارند شما میتوانید با اتصال از طریق بی سیم (WiFi) به این دستگاه کانال های تلویزیون دیجیتال را مشاهده نمایید. امکان ضبط برنامه ها و سبک و قابل حمل بودن محصول از ویژگی های این گیرنده می باشد.

قیمت : 189000 تومان

امکانات و ویژگی های گیرنده دیجیتال WiFi:
- قابلیت ذخیره برنامه های درحال پخش در گوشی یا تبلت
- سایز کوچک و وزن سبک
- قابل حمل و استفاده در حال حرکت
- گیرندگی بدون نیاز به اینترنت

- دریافت کانال های دیجیتال به صورت وای فای

- امکان استفاده بر روی موبایل و تبلت های اندروید و آیفون (ios)

روش خرید: برای خرید پس از کلیک روی دکمه زیر و تکمیل فرم سفارش، ابتدا محصول یا محصولات مورد نظرتان را درب منزل یا محل کار تحویل بگیرید، سپس وجه کالا و هزینه ارسال را به مامور پست بپردازید. جهت مشاهده فرم خرید، روی دکمه زیر کلیک کنید.

قیمت : 189000 تومان

با تشكر

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Saturday 23 December 2017

Re: [dcphp-dev] VirtualPress: easy, clean WordPress dev environments on your workstation

Thanks Jason. I am checking it out right now.

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Tac Tacelosky <tacman@gmail.com> wrote:

Works like a charm! Thanks, Jason.

Tac
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Jason A. Lefkowitz <jason@jasonlefkowitz.net> wrote:
Hey gang --

A few years ago, I put together a set of scripts that let you easily create isolated, virtualized development instances of WordPress on your workstation using VirtualBox, Vagrant and Ansible. I originally made it as an easy kick-starter for my own WP projects, but when I showed it to other WP developers they were interested in using it too, so I put it up on GitHub and I've been maintaining it ever since.

Anyway, those scripts worked well for a long time, but the stack they set up for you (PHP 5, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) has gotten kind of long in the tooth. So to replace it, I've developed a new version that uses Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, PHP 7 and MySQL 5.7. As a bonus, it does all its Ansible stuff on the VM now, so you don't need to have Ansible installed on your workstation to use it anymore. Only two dependencies instead of three! Hooray!

You can get it here:

https://github.com/jalefkowit/virtualpress

Just clone it into a directory, then cd into that directory and do a "vagrant up" and (assuming you have the two dependencies installed) a minute later you'll have a complete, clean install of WordPress for you to hack on running at 192.168.50.50. (And you can change that IP address in the Vagrantfile, if you like.) Clone it again into a different directory and you'll get a different clean environment, completely isolated from the first. And the whole recipe for setting up those environments is specified in simple YAML text files, so you can easily tune it for each new project if you need something other than the default configuration.

Why use this instead of rolling your own WP setup for each new project? Beyond the time savings, this stack provides some nice conveniences and QA touches that it can be easy to overlook:

MySQL and WordPress are both set up automatically to use MySQL's UTF8MB4 character set, ensuring your project will be 100% emoji friendly 👍

XDebug is installed and configured for you, ready for you to use with your IDE of choice

WP-CLI (http://wp-cli.org/) is installed and ready to go

Point ansible-playbook (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ansible-playbook.html) at the included setup.yml and a cloud VM you have SSH access to, and you'll get an identical environment set up there for easier deployment

These tools have saved me a ton of time and headaches over the years; I share them in hopes they can save you some as well. If you have questions or feedback, feel free to ping me.

-- Jason Lefkowitz

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Friday 22 December 2017

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] [Dupont Circle Sangha]: NO CLASS ON 12/24 OR 12/31 / Staying in touch with La

Dear Sangha -

Just a gentle reminder that there will be no class on Sunday 12/24 or Sunday 12/31. The first class of the new year will be on Sunday 1/7 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm at the new location - The Potters House, 1658 Columbia Road NW, Washington, DC 20009, with a refuge ceremony with Klia, Linda and Devin! Click here for more info on the upcoming year's schedule.

As most of you know I've left the teaching team. It's been an honor and blessing to serve you these last six months. I may see you as a yogi at the Adams Morgan sangha every now and then as it's just down the street from my home. If you'd like to stay in touch or know of my upcoming dharma gigs, please check out my website www.lasarmiento.com.

Best wishes and many blessings for the new year -

La.

La Sarmiento, LMT, CDL4

Dharma Teacher / Retreat Manager

3rd Person Pronouns: they/their/them

Mobile: 202.997.1399
E-mail: lasarmiento108@gmail.com
www.lasarmiento.com

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Wednesday 20 December 2017

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Sitting Group in Adams Morgan

Dear Friends,

If you are looking to sit or move mindfully in community during the week, there is space for more to join a weekly sitting group in Adams Morgan. The intention behind the group is to provide a place and community to support individuals with an established practice, including newly established :) Basic details below. Contact me if you are interested in joining.

Intention: supporting each other on the path of awakening the heart and mind.

Format: 30 minute unguided sitting or walking meditation.

Location: Adams Morgan, approximately one block from Potter's House (the new class location starting in 2018)

Time and Day: 7:30 AM each Friday

All are welcome.

With metta and gratitude for your practices,
Paul

Tuesday 19 December 2017

Re: [dcphp-dev] VirtualPress: easy, clean WordPress dev environments on your workstation

Works like a charm! Thanks, Jason.

Tac

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Jason A. Lefkowitz <jason@jasonlefkowitz.net> wrote:

Hey gang --

A few years ago, I put together a set of scripts that let you easily create isolated, virtualized development instances of WordPress on your workstation using VirtualBox, Vagrant and Ansible. I originally made it as an easy kick-starter for my own WP projects, but when I showed it to other WP developers they were interested in using it too, so I put it up on GitHub and I've been maintaining it ever since.

Anyway, those scripts worked well for a long time, but the stack they set up for you (PHP 5, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) has gotten kind of long in the tooth. So to replace it, I've developed a new version that uses Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, PHP 7 and MySQL 5.7. As a bonus, it does all its Ansible stuff on the VM now, so you don't need to have Ansible installed on your workstation to use it anymore. Only two dependencies instead of three! Hooray!

You can get it here:

https://github.com/jalefkowit/virtualpress

Just clone it into a directory, then cd into that directory and do a "vagrant up" and (assuming you have the two dependencies installed) a minute later you'll have a complete, clean install of WordPress for you to hack on running at 192.168.50.50. (And you can change that IP address in the Vagrantfile, if you like.) Clone it again into a different directory and you'll get a different clean environment, completely isolated from the first. And the whole recipe for setting up those environments is specified in simple YAML text files, so you can easily tune it for each new project if you need something other than the default configuration.

Why use this instead of rolling your own WP setup for each new project? Beyond the time savings, this stack provides some nice conveniences and QA touches that it can be easy to overlook:

MySQL and WordPress are both set up automatically to use MySQL's UTF8MB4 character set, ensuring your project will be 100% emoji friendly 👍

XDebug is installed and configured for you, ready for you to use with your IDE of choice

WP-CLI (http://wp-cli.org/) is installed and ready to go

Point ansible-playbook (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ansible-playbook.html) at the included setup.yml and a cloud VM you have SSH access to, and you'll get an identical environment set up there for easier deployment

These tools have saved me a ton of time and headaches over the years; I share them in hopes they can save you some as well. If you have questions or feedback, feel free to ping me.

-- Jason Lefkowitz

-- Jason A. Lefkowitz web: http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net email: jason@jasonlefkowitz.net "A statesman... is a dead politician. Lord knows, we need more statesmen." -- Bloom County
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Re: [dcphp-dev] VirtualPress: easy, clean WordPress dev environments on your workstation

That's correct -- all the WP-specific stuff is (or should be, anyway) isolated in the "wordpress" role, so it would be easy to just comment out or delete that role and just get a clean LAMP stack. Or replace it with your own role with instructions for installing/configuring whatever app you prefer on top of that stack; the MySQL, Apache and PHP roles all have handlers defined to restart those services, so if a step in your specific config needs to bounce one or more of them you can do that from within your custom role.

(More information about Ansible roles is available here: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbooks_reuse_roles.html)

- Jason

On 12/19/2017 04:41 PM, Oscar wrote:

Very nice. I bet it wouldn't be much effort (if any) to use with any PHP/MySQL application either, right?
On 12/19/2017 04:05 PM, Jason A. Lefkowitz wrote:
Hey gang --

A few years ago, I put together a set of scripts that let you easily create isolated, virtualized development instances of WordPress on your workstation using VirtualBox, Vagrant and Ansible. I originally made it as an easy kick-starter for my own WP projects, but when I showed it to other WP developers they were interested in using it too, so I put it up on GitHub and I've been maintaining it ever since.

Anyway, those scripts worked well for a long time, but the stack they set up for you (PHP 5, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) has gotten kind of long in the tooth. So to replace it, I've developed a new version that uses Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, PHP 7 and MySQL 5.7. As a bonus, it does all its Ansible stuff on the VM now, so you don't need to have Ansible installed on your workstation to use it anymore. Only two dependencies instead of three! Hooray!

You can get it here:

https://github.com/jalefkowit/virtualpress

Just clone it into a directory, then cd into that directory and do a "vagrant up" and (assuming you have the two dependencies installed) a minute later you'll have a complete, clean install of WordPress for you to hack on running at 192.168.50.50. (And you can change that IP address in the Vagrantfile, if you like.) Clone it again into a different directory and you'll get a different clean environment, completely isolated from the first. And the whole recipe for setting up those environments is specified in simple YAML text files, so you can easily tune it for each new project if you need something other than the default configuration.

Why use this instead of rolling your own WP setup for each new project? Beyond the time savings, this stack provides some nice conveniences and QA touches that it can be easy to overlook:

MySQL and WordPress are both set up automatically to use MySQL's UTF8MB4 character set, ensuring your project will be 100% emoji friendly 👍

XDebug is installed and configured for you, ready for you to use with your IDE of choice

WP-CLI (http://wp-cli.org/) is installed and ready to go

Point ansible-playbook (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ansible-playbook.html) at the included setup.yml and a cloud VM you have SSH access to, and you'll get an identical environment set up there for easier deployment

These tools have saved me a ton of time and headaches over the years; I share them in hopes they can save you some as well. If you have questions or feedback, feel free to ping me.

-- Jason Lefkowitz
--   Jason A. Lefkowitz  web: http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net  email: jason@jasonlefkowitz.net    "A statesman... is a dead politician.  Lord knows, we need more statesmen." -- Bloom County   
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Re: [dcphp-dev] VirtualPress: easy, clean WordPress dev environments on your workstation

Very nice. I bet it wouldn't be much effort (if any) to use with any PHP/MySQL application either, right?
On 12/19/2017 04:05 PM, Jason A. Lefkowitz wrote:

Hey gang --

A few years ago, I put together a set of scripts that let you easily create isolated, virtualized development instances of WordPress on your workstation using VirtualBox, Vagrant and Ansible. I originally made it as an easy kick-starter for my own WP projects, but when I showed it to other WP developers they were interested in using it too, so I put it up on GitHub and I've been maintaining it ever since.

Anyway, those scripts worked well for a long time, but the stack they set up for you (PHP 5, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) has gotten kind of long in the tooth. So to replace it, I've developed a new version that uses Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, PHP 7 and MySQL 5.7. As a bonus, it does all its Ansible stuff on the VM now, so you don't need to have Ansible installed on your workstation to use it anymore. Only two dependencies instead of three! Hooray!

You can get it here:

https://github.com/jalefkowit/virtualpress

Just clone it into a directory, then cd into that directory and do a "vagrant up" and (assuming you have the two dependencies installed) a minute later you'll have a complete, clean install of WordPress for you to hack on running at 192.168.50.50. (And you can change that IP address in the Vagrantfile, if you like.) Clone it again into a different directory and you'll get a different clean environment, completely isolated from the first. And the whole recipe for setting up those environments is specified in simple YAML text files, so you can easily tune it for each new project if you need something other than the default configuration.

Why use this instead of rolling your own WP setup for each new project? Beyond the time savings, this stack provides some nice conveniences and QA touches that it can be easy to overlook:

MySQL and WordPress are both set up automatically to use MySQL's UTF8MB4 character set, ensuring your project will be 100% emoji friendly 👍

XDebug is installed and configured for you, ready for you to use with your IDE of choice

WP-CLI (http://wp-cli.org/) is installed and ready to go

Point ansible-playbook (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ansible-playbook.html) at the included setup.yml and a cloud VM you have SSH access to, and you'll get an identical environment set up there for easier deployment

These tools have saved me a ton of time and headaches over the years; I share them in hopes they can save you some as well. If you have questions or feedback, feel free to ping me.

-- Jason Lefkowitz
--   Jason A. Lefkowitz  web: http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net  email: jason@jasonlefkowitz.net    "A statesman... is a dead politician.  Lord knows, we need more statesmen." -- Bloom County   
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Re: [dcphp-dev] VirtualPress: easy, clean WordPress dev environments on your workstation

Awesome, thanks for sharing this!

On Dec 19, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Jason A. Lefkowitz <jason@jasonlefkowitz.net> wrote:
Hey gang --
A few years ago, I put together a set of scripts that let you easily create isolated, virtualized development instances of WordPress on your workstation using VirtualBox, Vagrant and Ansible. I originally made it as an easy kick-starter for my own WP projects, but when I showed it to other WP developers they were interested in using it too, so I put it up on GitHub and I've been maintaining it ever since.
Anyway, those scripts worked well for a long time, but the stack they set up for you (PHP 5, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) has gotten kind of long in the tooth. So to replace it, I've developed a new version that uses Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, PHP 7 and MySQL 5.7. As a bonus, it does all its Ansible stuff on the VM now, so you don't need to have Ansible installed on your workstation to use it anymore. Only two dependencies instead of three! Hooray!

You can get it here:
https://github.com/jalefkowit/virtualpress
Just clone it into a directory, then cd into that directory and do a "vagrant up" and (assuming you have the two dependencies installed) a minute later you'll have a complete, clean install of WordPress for you to hack on running at 192.168.50.50. (And you can change that IP address in the Vagrantfile, if you like.) Clone it again into a different directory and you'll get a different clean environment, completely isolated from the first. And the whole recipe for setting up those environments is specified in simple YAML text files, so you can easily tune it for each new project if you need something other than the default configuration.

Why use this instead of rolling your own WP setup for each new project? Beyond the time savings, this stack provides some nice conveniences and QA touches that it can be easy to overlook:

MySQL and WordPress are both set up automatically to use MySQL's UTF8MB4 character set, ensuring your project will be 100% emoji friendly 👍

XDebug is installed and configured for you, ready for you to use with your IDE of choice

WP-CLI (http://wp-cli.org/) is installed and ready to go

Point ansible-playbook (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ansible-playbook.html) at the included setup.yml and a cloud VM you have SSH access to, and you'll get an identical environment set up there for easier deployment

These tools have saved me a ton of time and headaches over the years; I share them in hopes they can save you some as well. If you have questions or feedback, feel free to ping me.

-- Jason Lefkowitz
--   Jason A. Lefkowitz  web: http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net  email: jason@jasonlefkowitz.net    "A statesman... is a dead politician.  Lord knows, we need more statesmen." -- Bloom County   
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[dcphp-dev] VirtualPress: easy, clean WordPress dev environments on your workstation

Hey gang --

A few years ago, I put together a set of scripts that let you easily create isolated, virtualized development instances of WordPress on your workstation using VirtualBox, Vagrant and Ansible. I originally made it as an easy kick-starter for my own WP projects, but when I showed it to other WP developers they were interested in using it too, so I put it up on GitHub and I've been maintaining it ever since.

Anyway, those scripts worked well for a long time, but the stack they set up for you (PHP 5, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) has gotten kind of long in the tooth. So to replace it, I've developed a new version that uses Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, PHP 7 and MySQL 5.7. As a bonus, it does all its Ansible stuff on the VM now, so you don't need to have Ansible installed on your workstation to use it anymore. Only two dependencies instead of three! Hooray!

You can get it here:

https://github.com/jalefkowit/virtualpress

Just clone it into a directory, then cd into that directory and do a "vagrant up" and (assuming you have the two dependencies installed) a minute later you'll have a complete, clean install of WordPress for you to hack on running at 192.168.50.50. (And you can change that IP address in the Vagrantfile, if you like.) Clone it again into a different directory and you'll get a different clean environment, completely isolated from the first. And the whole recipe for setting up those environments is specified in simple YAML text files, so you can easily tune it for each new project if you need something other than the default configuration.

Why use this instead of rolling your own WP setup for each new project? Beyond the time savings, this stack provides some nice conveniences and QA touches that it can be easy to overlook:

MySQL and WordPress are both set up automatically to use MySQL's UTF8MB4 character set, ensuring your project will be 100% emoji friendly 👍
XDebug is installed and configured for you, ready for you to use with your IDE of choice
WP-CLI (http://wp-cli.org/) is installed and ready to go
Point ansible-playbook (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/ansible-playbook.html) at the included setup.yml and a cloud VM you have SSH access to, and you'll get an identical environment set up there for easier deployment

These tools have saved me a ton of time and headaches over the years; I share them in hopes they can save you some as well. If you have questions or feedback, feel free to ping me.

-- Jason Lefkowitz

--   Jason A. Lefkowitz  web: http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net  email: jason@jasonlefkowitz.net    "A statesman... is a dead politician.  Lord knows, we need more statesmen." -- Bloom County

Friday 15 December 2017

Your December Mission Insider Newsletter is here!

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December 2017

Welcome to our second edition of Mission Insider. We hope that this holiday brings each one of you and your families joy and hope for the next year. Our organization is extremely busy during the holiday season as we hope to serve at least 1,000 individuals and families in need in less than two months and we hope to not only provide basic life needs but give them hope, dignity and the assurance that we are here to help. Please read the full content of this newsletter and see all the impact we are making in our community.

Happy Holidays!

Visit our Website

There is still time to contribute this holiday, you can do that by donating toys or also by shopping Amazon Smile and selecting our organization. If you are shopping at Amazon during the Christmas Season, a percentage of your purchase can be donated to the Mission of Love Charities, Inc.

Log in to smile.amazon.com and designate the Mission of Love Charities, Inc as your charity of choice. Once you have designated MOLC as your charity, every time you shop on Amazon, visit smile.amazon.com (instead of amazon.com).

Thank you for your support!

Special Thanks

Largest Donation of Clothing and Furniture

On December 14, 2017 Mission of Love Charities received the largest donation this year of beds, furniture and clothing from an individual. Thank you so much to Mr. Tommie Thompson, we can't thank you enough for choosing to help our organization. Rest assure that your donation will change many lives and will help many individuals and families in need.

Click here to view a short video of your donations in action. Thank you.

Events

We are happy to report Mission of Love Charities distributed 400 turkeys and food bags to homeless and low-income individuals with the support and sponsorship of G.S Proctor & Associates, Inc. and the help of our volunteers from Gamma Pi Fraternity on November 20, 2017 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm. Please click here to see all the pictures from this event.

You can still help us meet our goal of giving toys to 300 kids in need. Please consider donating toys to us. We are extending our drive to Monday December 18, 2017. Please note that individuals may also register to receive food baskets for Christmas. Registration is done in person at our warehouse.

Mission of Love Charities, Inc. Is looking for nominations for its "Bucky" Trotter Humanitarian Awards Ceremony that will be held on May 3, 2017. Please help us recognize an individual, group or organization that has exemplified the organization's mission through their outstanding involvement and dedication to our community as well as to honor an individual, group or organization that has performed significant volunteer service to a nonprofit or educational institution in a way that positively affects the community.

We want to honor individuals and entities that have made great contributions to our society. Please take a moment to nominate someone or an entity.

Please consider being a Sponsor of such a great event. For Sponsorship information please click here.

Training & Education at MOLC

Employability Skills Training

Mission of Love Charities, Inc. offers an Employability Skills Training program under its Workforce Development Initiative with the support of a Prince George's County Community Development Block Grant. Each session is aimed at preparing participants to get back into the workforce and excel in the jobs they will get. Our Employability Skills Training helps participants understand personal growth, ethic, conduct and retaining a job while understanding the demands and changes in the workforce environment.

Please note our next session is scheduled for December 27, 2017 and we still have some spots open but you must register right away.

Please click here for more information.

Welcome to our New Staff Member

Diana Torres

Our organization is thrilled to welcome Diana Torres, our new Bilingual Intake/Case Manager. Diana has extensive experience in Customer Service and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Global Affairs and Spanish.

Welcome to our family Diana!

December's Featured Volunteer

Paulette Halton

Paulette is a Volunteer that comes to our Warehouse through a partnership with Total Care Services, Inc. She has been working really hard on sorting and hanging clothes at our warehouse. She seems to always be ready to start her work day and she gets right to it when she gets to our warehouse.

Paulette thank your for your hard work.