The Guild organizes a community service project each Winter, often in collaboration with the Library of Congress Employees’ Union, AFSCME Local 2477 and/or CREA, IFPTE Local 75 and/or LC-BIG. For several years, these have focused on food, book, or personal item drives for organizations that work with local communities in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
Recent projects have included:
- Winter 2020 (with UNITE HERE Local 23) >> read more here.
Fundraising took on a new meaning when LC food service workers remained laid off due to the extended COVID-19 pandemic. Guild member and Library staff raised an astonishing $62,000, which was distributed to 29 colleagues by their union, UNITE HERE Local 23, in late December, 2020. - Winter 2017-2018 (with 2477)
Children’s Book Drive to benefit Everybody Wins! DC, a nonprofit organization that is building the next generation of readers in the DC metropolitan area - Winter 2016-2017 (2477 and CREA)
Children’s Book Drive to benefit The Reading Connection, Arlington VA, dedicated (before it closed) to improving the lives of at-risk children and families by helping them create and sustain literacy-rich environments and motivation for reading - Winter 2015-16 (with 2477, CREA and LC-BIG)
Personal Care Items Drive for Calvary Women’s Services, which works to create a safe, caring place for tonight; and, support, hope, and change for tomorrow
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Children’s Book Drive (in English or Spanish) for Casa de Maryland, which works to create a more just society by building power and improving the quality of life in low-income immigrant communities.
The Guild also supports the Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO and has sponsored numerous golfers for their annual fund drive.