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Stories
Meet Stewart
Tweet This year Stewart and Linda Dowell are celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary, another stop on a long and memorable journey together. Stewart came from a family of ten in…
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Meet Nikiah
Nikiah describes her boys as “loving and gentle,” while admitting they’ve taught her the meaning of patience. Both boys face challenges—Ricardo, 13, with autism and Rico, 12, with ADHD and…
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Meet Jasmine
A car accident in 2018 left Jasmine with serious injuries. “With a broken leg, I couldn’t be homeless anymore,” she says. Her only option was a shelter. “That’s where I…
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Meet Greta
Greta heard about Friendship Place the way many homeless people do, by word of mouth. In Greta’s case, it was from a girlfriend sitting next to her on a Metro…
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Meet Maisha Pinkard
I’m Maisha Pinkard, and for the past six years, I have been a proud member of theFriendship Place team, serving now as the Director of our Drop-in Welcome Center on…
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AimHire & Get Hired
Can you graduate at Friendship Place? You bet you can! In March, at a ceremony complete with blue and white balloons and cupcakes, 28 participants in Friendship Place’s AimHire program…
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Meet Curtis Robinson
Curtis Robinson found his life’s work in his mother’s kitchen. “I used to watch my mom cook,” he says. “There were six of us kids, but I was the only…
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Meet Kevin
With wide-ranging talents and interests, Kevin followed an adventurous career path. A native of Sarasota, Florida, he joined the Army after college. While stationed in Europe, he got a master’s…
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Meet Cornelia
Cornelia learned a tough truth: “Homelessness can happen to anyone. It’s not always that someone has done something wrong. Anything can change someone’s situation from working and having stable housing.”…
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Community
Power Up: A Celebration
On an autumn afternoon at Busboys & Poets downtown, a dozen formerly homeless parents in Friendship Place’s Power Up program gathered for a luncheon to mark the progress they have…
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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.