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Family to Family
On Dec. 19 Washington Capitals players Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, Mike Green, Brooks Laich and Joel Ward, Washington Mystics player Monique Currie and Washington Wizards players Jordan Crawford, Shelvin Mack, Hamady Ndiaye and John Wall delivered Christmas presents to three underserved families in Washington, D.C., as part of Monumental Sports & Entertainment's (MSE) Family-to-Family program.

This is the first year that all three MSE sports teams collaborated on the Family-to-Family program, which the Wizards created 15 years ago. The program allows the Caps, Mystics and Wizards to "adopt" families in need who are nominated by local schools and nonprofit organizations. This holiday season more than 20 families were adopted by the teams' charities, individual players and staff members. Photos | Wizards Minute

Wizards Staff Volunteer at Calvary Food Bank
Members of the Wizards and Mystics staff volunteered at the Calvary Food Bank to help prepare food baskets for D.C. families this Thanksgiving.

Food 4 Families
Wizards staff teamed up with NBC 4's Food 4 Families to help provide a basket of food for a Thanksgiving meal to families in need.

Wizards Staff Deliver Boo Boxes
Members of the Wizards and Mystics staff made and delivered 'Boo Boxes' for the children of Kimball Elementary School.

Wizards Staff Volunteer at Capital Area Food Bank
This September, Wizards staff members volunteered their morning at the Capital Area Food Bank to help bag lunches for children in need. Over 600 bagged lunches were prepared to be distributed amongst youths throughout Washington D.C. This initiative is a small way the Wizards are able to give back to their supportive community.