How did we spend our Monday? By watching the President and First Lady along with our Superstar Ashley Wagner say YES to a healthy lifestyle at the 136th White House Easter Egg Roll! While on the South Lawn, we heard from our Nation’s leaders about the importance of being healthy;...

We were anxiously awaiting Two-time National Champion and now Olympic medalist, Ashley Wagner, for the 2014 games, and the day has finally come! She came straight to the Ask, Listen, Learn team to talk saying YES to a healthy lifestyle and NO to underage drinking. Ashley filmed a few PSAs...

Hey team- We don’t want to let another day go by without giving a shout out to DC SCORES for another successful Fall Frenzy this year! This was their 16th year of their event that brings DC parents and kids together for a day of soccer and all kinds of healthy lifestyle activities....

This past Saturday June 1st was a history-making day for DC youth soccer. The 18th annual DC SCORES Jamboree! brought together over 1,450 DC SCORES participants from 45 elementary and middle schools and all 8 wards of Washington, DC. The students, whose families lined every field, played a collective 148...

As you’ve probably seen from our tweets and pictures on Facebook, our 6th annual Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day was a grand success! We were so happy to have Superstar Aly Raisman in town between her tough Dancing with the Starsrehearsals to join Washington Spirit defender Aly Krieger, Tommy McFLY and Dan Hellie in encouraging...

This morning we braved security clearance checks and ID checkpoints to enter the prestigious Hall of Heroes at The Pentagon.  Our partner, the Young Marines, were awarded the Secretary of Defense Fulcrum Shield Award. The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through...

DC Attorney General Irvin Nathan joined Ask, Listen Learn spokesman and Olympic superstar Apolo Ohno to tell DC youth to say ‘YES’ to a healthy lifestyle and ‘NO’ to underage drinking.

Today, America’s First Lady Michelle Obama is joining Samantha Cameron, wife of British Prime Minister David Cameron and some of our nation’s finest Olympic athletes at American University. The Olympic-themed event is part of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Initiative and will celebrate the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London. Students from...

The Century Council has been a close partner of DC Scores,  and has recognized its Amy Nakamoto as one of its 20 People to Watch. As such, we were excited to visit their great summer program, Couch To Camp. In the past two weeks we visited Tubman Elementary and HD Cooke Elementary School, where...

District of Columbia Attorney General Peter Nickles and Professional Beach Volleyball player Misty May-Treanor in a Public Service Announcement about underage drinking. Brought to you by The Century Council.