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President's Blog
Why YOU Need to Unleash Your Inner Fundraiser
Most of us are raised with definite ideas about money. We’re told that asking for money is taboo and that it makes people uncomfortable. Many of us are advised to…
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We Can Beat Phoenix in Ending Veteran Homelessness
You might be wondering what I was doing at boot camp last week. Well, let me just say that this was a very special kind of boot camp. The Rapid…
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Independence from Homelessness: A Veteran’s Story
“If I survived, they can as well.” As I recently read through an email from Shelley Gilbert, this statement struck a chord with me. “I become stronger as a person,…
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No Room By the Ocean
Thinking of heading down to the ocean for a few days? You might want to think of how the resort you pick treats people who are experiencing homelessness. Reports…
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Solving veteran homelessness in the U.S.
By Jean-Michel Giraud President & CEO, Friendship Place Huffington Post Blogger Read this on the Huffington Post website In the last few years, the Department of Veterans Affairs has revolutionized…
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State Of Homelessness in America 2013 Unveiled By NAEH
By Jean-Michel Giraud President & CEO, Friendship Place Huffington Post Blogger Read this on the Huffington Post website There was a feeling of expectation in the room at the National…
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DC’s New Status Quo: Homeless Families, Children Left in the Cold
By: Jean-Michel Giraud Executive Director Friendship Place Jean-Michel blogs for the Huffington Post on the Impact & Inside DC pages. If you follow DC news, you are well aware of…
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100 Jobs for DC’s Homeless Residents
By Jean-Michel Giraud President & CEO, Friendship Place Huffington Post Blogger Read this on the Huffington Post website We’re certainly starting the year off with a bang at Friendship Place!…
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Homeless for the Holidays
By: Jean-Michel Giraud Executive Director at Friendship Place Originally published on the Huffington Post Blog Well, Turkey Day is over and the malls were packed on Black Friday, and through…
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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.