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Friendship Place Receives $2.5 Million Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Grant to End Homelessness
Day 1 Families Fund grants $105.9 million to 42 nonprofits helping families gain housing support and stability WASHINGTON, D.C. – (December 9, 2020): Friendship Place, the nonprofit leading the…
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Friendship Place to Operate New Ward 3 Short-Term Family Housing Facility
Announcement Marks Milestone in DC Mayor’s All Eight Ward Strategy to End Family Homelessness Washington, DC, Jan 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Friendship Place, the leading nonprofit organization working to…
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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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Winter Warmth Clothing & Food Drive
NBC 4 Host Aaron Gilchrist interviews Friendship Place staff Anne Marie Buron and supporter Kate Belinski to discuss Winter Warmth—an annual clothing and holiday hot meal drive for our neighbors…
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