The Coalition for the Homeless

04.10.09 :: Press Release - Recruitment Fair Matches District Homeless with Apprenticeship Opportunities April 22 Event, Organized by the Coalition for the Homeless, is One of Many Services for the Community.

10.31.08 :: The students at the Leakie Elementary School in Southwest D.C. held their first mini-walk to support the Coalition as a part of Fannie Mae’s 21th Annual Help the Homeless Walkathon (HtH). Leakie Elementary School’s walk raise $2,000 to support the work of the Coalition. Pictured (l-r) are Sheree Pressley, program analyst for the Coalition, Ijeoma Wright, physical education teacher and Clementine Homesley, principal of the Leakie Elementary School.

02.14.08 ::District government officials, D.C. Councilmember Muriel Bowser (Ward 4), the Coalition for the Homeless and the community celebrate the opening of the new home of the La Casa Transitional Rehabilitation Program at 1131 Spring Road, NW. La Casa TRP provides temporary residential services for homeless men to help them to achieve self sufficiency.

Calendar of Events

On April 8, 2009, Michael Ferrell was interviewed by Fox 5 about the preliminary findings of the Annual Homeless Enumeration. Click here to view the video.

Newsletter July 2009

Newsletter May 2009

Date to be determined: 2010 - Apprenticeship Fair
Contact Linda Fields
202-347-8870
lfields@dccfh.org
9:00 a.m.

Date to be determined: 2010 - Coalition Annual Meeting
National City Christian Church
#5 Thomas Circle, NW
6:30 p.m.

Fannie Mae’s Help the Homeless Walkathon
Saturday, November 20, 2010
9:00 a.m.
National Mall
www.helpthehomelessdc.org

“A BETTER WAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE DONATED GOODS”

(Adapted from a Washington Post article by Don Oldenburg, 1/23/02, for the benefit of Coalition supporters.) Anyone who donates non-cash items to charities . . . . continue,

LOCAL FAITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH COALITION

Since its beginning, the Coalition for the Homeless has had the strong support of the greater Washington area faith community in helping the homeless. We salute these congregations . . . . continue