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Helping Hand is back to raise money for District charities
Helping Hand is back to raise money for District charities Perspective by John Kelly Columnist Sheila White at Miriam’s Kitchen, a Washington nonprofit that helps people experiencing homelessness. Miriam’s is…
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Holiday giving campaign for The Washington Post Helping Hand kicks off
Donations benefit Bread for the City, Friendship Place, and Miriam’s Kitchen By WashPostPR Today, The Washington Post kicks off its annual Helping Hand holiday giving campaign. Between November 14, 2022…
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Friendship Place Selected as Beneficiary of The Washington Post Helping Hand
The Holiday Season Giving Initiative Offers the Nonprofit a Three-Year Term to Appear in The Washington Post WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Friendship Place, the nonprofit leading the fight to end homelessness…
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A creative program called AimHire is helping people find jobs
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist December 5, 2023 at 1:57 p.m. EST When Washington’s Curtis Robinson was experiencing homelessness, he turned to Friendship Place for help. The charity’s AimHire program…
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TD Charitable Foundation Awards $7 Million to 37 Non-Profits Helping Preserve Affordable Rental Housing
NEWS PROVIDED BY TD Bank May 08, 2023, 08:55 ET The 17th annual Housing for Everyone grant program will support organizations focused on helping individuals and families navigate inflation and the…
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Valley Place: A refuge for those on the way to a home
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist December 18, 2023 at 12:14 p.m. EST Annstanette Roland experienced homelessness after losing her hotel housekeeping job when the coronavirus pandemic started. The D.C. charity…
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The men of La Casa receive help in life, illness and death
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist November 27, 2023 at 3:37 p.m. EST Everett George, division director of La Casa, an apartment building in Columbia Heights for men who were once…
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An after-school club is a gesture of friendship for homeless families
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist November 15, 2023 at 12:27 p.m. EST Jean Johnson, left, a volunteer at the weekly kids activity club at the Brooks, and Lakeda Martin, program…
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Post readers provide a hefty gift in the fight against homelessness
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist Air Force veteran (and grower of hot peppers) Robert “Bobby” Gerino found his Frederick, Md., townhouse with the help of Friendship Place, a partner in…
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Friendship Place’s Before Thirty program: Extreme adulting
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist January 4, 2023 at 10:37 a.m. EST Hardship and deprivation, they say, will make you grow up fast. But when you think about it, they…
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