Story by Ayan Sheikh | DC National Guard | 09.15.2025
Soldiers and Airmen from the D.C. National Guard worked shoulder to shoulder with Ward 8 residents, volunteers and local leaders Saturday, marking Task Force Beautification’s first-ever participation in a neighborhood cleanup effort in the District....
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Jim Remington | Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling | 11.15.2013
Principal Atasha James of Leckie Elementary School in Washington’s Ward 8 has been an avid reader for as long as she can remember. Now, she’s the “tiger mother of reading” as she works to instill that same passion for literature in her students and the community....
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Jim Remington | Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling | 11.01.2013
Volunteers from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) and other area bases joined the civic volunteer group City Year Washington on Oct. 25 to kick off Madeline Leckie Elementary School’s reading program “What’s On Your Shelf?” Their task was to build 200 individual bookshelves and then help each student customize his or her bookshelf to be taken home at the end of the day with paint,......
