AHBC

As we enter the home stretch of 2006, we must acknowledge the beginning of another holiday season. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and we celebrate by gorging ourselves to the point that we need to take the next day off of work to recover. December brings us Christmas and the lighting of the tree, Hanukkah and the lighting of the menorah, and Kwanzaa and the... uh... and Kwanzaa.

December also brings us...




Yes, that's right folks. It's more than just a happy hour. In the tradition of 2005's Year-End Blog Bash, we will be doing superlatives again. I'm looking for some new ones to add to the bunch, so if any of you have any additional suggestions to those of last year, feel free to submit via e-mail or comment.

Last year Law-rah organized a fundraiser for Caravan4Christmas and raised $350. This year, with the help of HomeImprovementNinja, we'll be holding a 50/50 raffle, with half of the proceeds going to Manna, a local nonprofit whose official website welcome message reads thusly:

Since 1982 Manna has created and preserved over 800 units of affordable housing for low and moderate-income DC residents. In that time, our homeowners have accrued over $50 million in equity. And our financial literacy and homeowner training program has been replicated more than 200 times across the nation.

Read more here.

We'll be selling raffle tickets at $5 per ticket, and the winner will get the other half of the money raised. It is the season for giving, after all.

We'll be congregating in the "lab" area on the first floor of the bar in the back by the DJ booth (note: not the basement). I hope to see you there.