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Friendship Place wants you to know that November is National Homeless Awareness Month
Annual Walk on the National Mall offers solutions Washington, DC, Oct. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — November is National Homeless Awareness Month, and supporters of Friendship Walks—the annual walk on the…
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Cheh Speaks For First Time About Personal Experience With Housing Insecurity
Washington, DC, Oct. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Friendship Place hosted its 22nd Annual Benjamin E. Cooper Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, recognizing Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh as well as four other…
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Friendship Place Selected by Amazon to Receive Matched Employee Contributions
Offer follows successful $1 million match campaign partnership to end and prevent homelessness for DC area families Washington, DC, June 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Friendship Place, a leader…
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Friendship Place Stands in Support of Our Jewish Neighbors and Congregations
Sends Message of Support to Its Jewish Neighbors Washington, DC, Oct 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Washington, DC non-profit Friendship Place joins countless voices in condemning the violence that took…
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Friendship Place to Host Timely Symposium on “Race and Homelessness”
National Experts and Advocates to Join Discussion April 02, 2018 06:55 ET | Source:Friendship Place Washington, DC, April 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Friendship Place will host “Race and Homelessness,” a symposium addressing disparities…
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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 ‘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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