Mayor Bowser Joined Friendship Place for Annual Walk to End Homelessness
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Friendship Walks Raised Over $130,000 to Support DC’s Most Vulnerable Population WASHINGTON, DC – On Saturday, November 4, 2017, at 10:30 a.m., Friendship Place—the region wide leader in developing…
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Friendship Place Announces $1 Million Match Offer from Amazon Amazon’s Gift is the Largest Single Private Donation Ever Received by Friendship Place
WASHINGTON—(BUSINESS WIRE) Friendship Place, a leader in the Washington, D.C., region in developing innovative solutions to homelessness, today announced that Amazon will match all donations made to the organization before…
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Friendship Place To Host Groundbreaking Symposium On LGBTQ Youth Homelessness
National Experts and Youth Advocates to Join Community Discussion at George Washington University WASHINGTON, April 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Friendship Place will host “Young, LGBTQ, and Homeless,” a symposium addressing…
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Friendship Place To Host ‘Friendship Walks – A Walk To End Homelessness’ at the National Mall
Executive Director, U.S. Interagency Council On Homelessness, Matthew Doherty and Ward 3 Councilmember, Mary Cheh Among Speakers Published: Nov 4, 2016 7:15 a.m. ET WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — This…
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Friendship Place Celebrates 25 Years of Innovative Solutions to Combat Homelessness
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Friendship Place—the region-wide leader in the movement to end homelessness with effective, nationally recognized, and award-winning services—celebrates its 25th Anniversary today. Since its grassroots days of serving people…
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Friendship Place Receives $50,000 Grant from Open Society of George Soros Foundation
Washington, DC – Friendship Place was recently granted $50,000 from the George Soros Open Society Foundation. The Open Society Foundations’ Washington DC Community Grants Initiative was founded in 2005 to…
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Friendship Place Walks to End Homelessness
Washington, DC – On November 2, 2014, Friendship Place will be hosting its first annual Friendship Walks: A Walk to End Homelessness at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Friendship…
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Friendship Place to Hold Ribbon Cutting for New Building in Columbia Heights that Will House 40 Chronically Homeless Men
Washington DC—At 12pm on Thursday, December 11, DC Mayor Vincent Gray will join Friendship Place and the District of Columbia Department of Human Services (DHS) for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at…
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200 Homeless Residents Find Jobs through Friendship Place Program
Washington, DC — Friendship Place’s AimHire job placement program reached its 200th successful job placement in February. Along with jobs, each of the individuals placed also found temporary or permanent…
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Department of Human Services Awards Friendship Place $400,000 Grant For New Housing Program in DC
Washington, DC – Friendship Place has been selected by the DC Department of Human Services to run a pilot project in the District. The program, which Friendship Place has named Home…
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