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Ward 5 Mutual Aid

Volunteer collective helping neighbors in need during COVID-19 and beyond.

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Projects

Support the following initiatives from Ward 5 Mutual Aid.

Project
Direct Aid to our neighbors experiencing hardships

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Ward 5 Mutual Aid is all of us

Our contributors 461

Thank you for supporting Ward 5 Mutual Aid.

Aysha Keisler

Admin

$1,200 USD

Rae Gaines

Admin

$460 USD

Shelagh Bocoum

Core Contributor

$90 USD

Patrice Lanca...

Core Contributor

$5 USD

Share 5 Alive Fridays!!! Give any gift in $5 in...

Slammer M

Core Contributor

Nina C.

Admin

Lark

Admin

Karen

Admin

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

#6291

Category
Program Food & Groceries
from Emma Martin to Ward 5 Mutual Aid ā€¢
-$73.02 USD
Approved
Reimbursement #195379

DebitĀ from Ward 5 Mutual AidĀ to Auntie9145 ā€¢

-$75.00USD
Paid
Reimbursement #194308

DebitĀ from Ward 5 Mutual AidĀ to Madeline Houck ā€¢

-$75.00USD
Paid
Reimbursement #193988
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Todayā€™s balance

$13,608.27 USD

Total raised

$241,480.68 USD

Total disbursed

$227,872.41 USD

Estimated annual budget

$29,220.20 USD

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News from Ward 5 Mutual Aid

Updates on our activities and progress.

Urgent Update: Changes to Donation Process and Our Path Forward

Dear community, We hope this message finds you well. We are reaching out to inform you of a significant change in our operations that will impact your ability to continue supporting Ward 5 Mutual Aid. Open Collective Foundation (OCF), which...
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Published on March 7, 2024 by Sharell Jarvis

Thank You Shelagh Bocoum

Dear Community Members, As we bid farewell to Shelagh Bocoum, it's important to recognize her three years of service at Ward 5 Mutual Aid. We thank her for all of her contributions to our community. Shelagh dedicated her time and efforts to...
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Published on January 26, 2024 by Sharell Jarvis

Holiday Gratitude & Ward 5 Updates šŸŒŸ

Dear Community, As we embrace the holiday season, we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your three years of unwavering support of Ward 5 Mutual Aid. Your generosity has aided our mission to uplift and assist our neighbors in need. W...
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Published on December 6, 2023 by Sharell Jarvis

Conversations

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Displaced mother and son from apartment fire

Published on March 8, 2021 by Emmalynn Sharf

Last Friday March 5, 2021 my son and I are homeless due to another tenant in our apartment building having a fire. Now, our stuff is damaged ny smoke. I am trying to get what I can but not over do it as we are homeless and living with a fri...

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Contact Information

Published on December 17, 2020 by selene lara

Hello guys, would please let me know what is the phone number that people can call to ask for help in Ward 5? I have a client who's daughter is in coma since Thanksgiving and she is been taking care of her 5 grandchildren. Thank you.

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About


The Ward 5 DC Mutual Aid Group is an informal group of individuals coming together as neighbors in Ward 5, connecting people in need with people who want to help during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. We are not an organization, representatives of any organization, or at all affiliated with the DC government. We do our best to fulfill requests made by neighbors and match them with nearby volunteers who are willing and able to help.

If you would like to volunteer with us, please take a moment to fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoHwezDrIhbEhQsSr_QbgSbOyq2ZJtsNCsYkNc5Y33C4n2Sw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1rbnFNT-wfkZHIBXCGnEZXvHQ9XCiygm0YpjVBRHw5yeqwi3FzXdRHbug

If you need assistance and would like to submit a request please email us at [email protected] or call our warm-line at (202) 643-7030.

"Mutual aid is a term to describe people giving each other needed material support, trying to resist the control dynamics, hierarchies, and system-affirming, oppressive arrangements of charity and social services. Mutual aid projects are a form of political participation in which people take responsibility for caring for one another and changing political conditions, not just through symbolic acts or putting pressure on their representatives in government, but by actually building new social relations that are more survivable." (https://bigdoorbrigade.com/what-is-mutual-aid/)

Our team

Shelagh Bocoum

Core Contributor

Patrice Lanca...

Core Contributor
Share 5 Alive Fridays!!! Give any gift in $5 in...

Slammer M

Core Contributor

Nina C.

Admin

Lark

Admin

Karen

Admin