Friendship Place is on a mission to help homeless veterans
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist November 15, 2022 at 1:23 p.m. EST Air Force veteran Robert “Bobby” Gerino in the Frederick, Md., townhouse he rents, with one of the hot…
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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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Housing, dignity and a job at Friendship Place
The anti-homelessness nonprofit has spent three decades providing the DMV’s most vulnerable residents with resources to get back on their feet By Gabe Castro-Root If you don’t know to look…
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Aiming higher: DC nonprofit’s program expands into DC’s ‘Jobs First’ pilot
A participant in Friendship Place’s AimHire program attends a job fair. (Photo courtesy of Friendship Place) By Annemarie Cuccia on May 13, 2022 Last updated May 13, 2022 Yulyia Demetria needed a job. She didn’t…
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Annual walk to end homelessness returns to DC
by KAELA ROEDER Participants begin the walk to end homelessness at Constitution Gardens. Photo by Kaela Roeder Friendship Place, a local housing and homeless services provider, brought back its annual walk…
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Understanding their LGBTQ clients is important to the people at Friendship Place
By John Kelly Columnist January 4, 2022 at 1:29 p.m. EST The Pride flag is pretty, but if there isn’t an understanding of how to treat the people it represents,…
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At the Brooks, a temporary home for District families in need
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist December 28, 2021 at 3:15 p.m. EST The Brooks, which provides short-term housing for District families in need, opened in April 2020. Operated by Friendship Place,…
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‘Gregory has an apartment’: Friendship Place helps a man into his own home
Perspective by John Kelly Columnist December 20, 2021 at 12:56 p.m. EST Gregory, 35, looks out the window of his new D.C. apartment. After living on the streets for years, he…
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At Friendship Place, a new way of finding a job
AimHire aims to match people with an employer as quickly as possible Perspective by John Kelly Columnist December 14, 2021 at 2:48 p.m. EST (The Washington Post) The past few years…
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