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Community
Friendship Place Brings Hopeful Ending To Viral News Story
Those who watch WUSA9 daily may be familiar with Shontay Alexander, DC tent community resident and now beloved social media star. On Tuesday, WUSA9 reporter, Andrea McCarren found Shontay living…
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“Before Thirty” helps Young People Find Direction
Friendship Place’s AimHire program is proud to unveil Before Thirty, an innovative new project to help at-risk young people, launched in January with the hiring of Tiffini Jackson as…
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Our Community Joins Together to Keep Our Neighbors Warm
By: Lynn Lewis, Friendship Place Supporter and Volunteer Perhaps it was the size 16 Docksiders, or the shiny cowboy boots, or the dozen extra large snow boots, many still bearing…
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Help the Homeless Walks Take DC by Storm
By Seth Manfield, Friendship Place Intern When fall comes around, it’s Help the Homeless season, a time when people of all ages come together to make a lasting impact in…
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Veteran Homelessness: “It doesn’t have to last forever.”
Written by Elisha Harig-Blaine, originally published on Citiesspeak.org on August 5, 2013 After serving in the Coast Guard, Shelley Gilbert was looking forward to spending more time with her two daughters and two…
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Our look has changed… but we haven’t.
For 22 years Friendship Place has offered innovative programming and permanent, practical solutions to homelessness. Staying up to date with best practices is a source of pride for us in…
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Mary Kay Day at The Haven
Welcome Center volunteer and Mary Kay representative, Alyssa Vasquez, sat down with four residents of the The Haven, Friendship Place’s transitional house for women, to do a workshop on professional…
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Family Homelessness: An American Reality
By: John Harris III, Americorps VISTA Founder of Authentic Reflection “..a family with one full-time worker earning the minimum wage cannot afford the local fair-market rent for a two-bedroom apartment…
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Simple Thanks
Guest Blogger: John Harris Special Events Associate at Friendship Place & Founder of Authentic Reflection When you wake up in the morning with your stomach hurting from hunger in a…
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Your Donation Helps End Homelessness!
Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2023, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 4,993 people, including 1,507 children in families and 670 veterans. We empowered 167 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to get jobs through innovative, state-of-the-art job placement services. Make a donation today in support of our work to end homelessness. Questions? Please feel free to call our fundraising office, 202.957.7834.