Thank you for your kindness & friendship over the past year. It's time for us to reflect on an AMAZING year as I turn 26 on New Year's Eve! You are invited to come party with me at Busboys & Poets' Celebrate Change 2009 Party (2021 14th St, NW) with food & an open bar all night long as we groove to the music mixed by the best DJ's in town. To purchase tickets, contact Busboys & Poets at 202-387-7638 ($49 in advance, $59 at the door). If you're in DC, I would love to toast the New Year with you!
  
Also, please consider donating $26 in my honor to one of my favorite charities (visit the direct links below to donate online):
  
DC Creative Writing Workshop - http://dccww.org
The D.C. Creative Writing Workshop, based in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast D.C., unites parents, teachers and professional writers-in-residence to transform the lives of youth through self-expression and the power of the written word. While continuing to serve Hart, now a middle school, the Workshop has expanded its programs to neighboring Ballou High School and Simon Elementary. Students from the three schools have attended readings, plays and other literary events, won dozens of writing awards, and enjoyed a wealth of new experiences not otherwise available to young people in Ward 8.
  
DC Central Kitchen - (link)
DC Central Kitchen began its first phase of operations on January 20, 1989, redistributing the excess food from the Presidential inauguration. The Kitchen is founded on the premise that when fighting poverty, one must fight to win by using every resource available. Be it food, money, or people, we hate to see wasted potential. Since its inception, DC Central Kitchen has used the kitchen as a central location to recover unused food, prepare and deliver meals to partner social service agencies, train and employ homeless men and women for the food service industry, and intellectually engage volunteers.
  
Thank you for all your support in our journey to create the world as it should be!
  
Take care of yourself and others,
  
Rosetta