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On the latest Get Up Give Back with WUSA 9 we surprised My Girlfriend's House with $1,000 to continue to be an incredible resource for our teenage girls in the community!

On this segment of Road to a Better Community, we surprised Ben's Friends, with $2,000 to help them continue to support food and beverage professionals struggling with substance and drug abuse.

An Arlington superwoman named Mariflor Ventura helps her community with food, toiletries, and everyday items right from her home. On this #HelpingHands segment partnered with ABC 7, we surprised her with $2,000 to continue their fantastic work in her neighborhood.

The Pay It Forward initiative partners FOX 5 News with Easterns Automotive Group, and this time, we teamed up to surprise 11-year-old Khloe coping with Alopecia.

"Small Things Matter" is a teen-led effort committed to helping others in need. On this #HelpingHands segment partnered with ABC 7, we surprised them with a $2,000 donation to continue their extraordinary efforts.

ABC7 and Easterns Automotive Group team up on this Helping Hands segment to surprise Francis on the Hill, a non-profit dedicated to supporting children and families in the Columbia Heights neighborhood with fresh groceries and clothing. #ABC7​ #HelpingHands

On this segment of Pay It Forward we surprised the staff of Longview School with bags filled with products from women owned businesses as a way to say thank you during this worldwide crisis.

Women Giving Back is a non-profit that helps women and children in crisis by giving clothes and everyday necessities at no cost. On this segment of Helping Hands partnered with ABC 7, we surprised them with $2,000, so they can continue to do amazing things in our community!

On this Helping Hands segment partnered with ABC 7, we surprised Meg Smith, founder of Cape Ivy, with $1500 to help her expand her mission of providing comfort and warmth to chronically ill children. This donation will help her donate 128 capes to keep children warm.

Easterns Automotive Group partners with WUSA 9's Get Up DC to surprise Community Forklift with a $1,000 donation for the organization. Community Forklift is a nonprofit that gathers unwanted items and restores building materials for those in need and their marketplace.

On this segment of Road to a Better community we surprised Connie Denton, the founder of Just 1 Inc, with $2,000 to help them continue to deliver groceries and clothes to those in need!

As a part of "The Give" campaign, Easterns Automotive Group has been working with Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic to help make every child's wish come true.

During this Helping Hands segment partnered with ABC 7, we surprised healthcare workers at Inova Fairfax with lunch!

Cavanaugh Bell is an eight-year-old boy from Gaithersburg, MD, who decided to turn his pain from being bullied into a mission to help others. 

So many men and women have put themselves in harm's way to work the frontline. They have spent the past year dedicated to helping those who have contracted COVID-19 while trying to remain safe themselves.  From the Fox 5 team, Erin Como visited the White Oak Medical Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, to speak with those saving lives on the frontline.

Southwest DC is an area that has been hit hard by the pandemic. In a ward full of residents facing food insecurity, people in the community have stepped up to make sure their neighbors do not go without, like Tawana Baylor. Ms. Tawana works as a violence interrupter in her neighborhood, but she is so much more to the children in her community. Many even said they see her as a second mother.