December 4, 2013
As Operations Director at Calvary Women’s Services, it’s not unusual for Catherine Bisson to have her hands full. Catherine oversees all operations logistics at Calvary, and at this time l…
December 3, 2013
From the day we brought the moving boxes through the door, the staff, volunteers, and residents of Calvary Women’s Services have been busy making use of our new home on Good Hope Road. After one yea…
November 22, 2013
“Gray has pledged $100 million to create or preserve 10,000 affordable housing units by 2020.” D.C. affordable housing plans from Vincent Gray (WJLA) “Nationwide, states have cut spending for tr…
November 15, 2013
“The agency approved nearly $9 million in grants for transportation and renovated housing for homeless veterans, in addition to roughly $5 million to boost services for women, the elderly and those…
November 12, 2013
It’s common for businesses and nonprofit organizations to develop a set of core values that reflect their mission statements and philosophy, and we have done the same at Calvary Women’s Services.…
November 8, 2013
“[Poverty] sucks up so much mental bandwidth – capacity spent wrestling with financial trade-offs, scarce resources, the gap between bills and income – that the poor have fewer cognitive resourc…
November 5, 2013
What’s your favorite way to give back? There are so many fun ways to get involved and make a difference, and last Saturday, a team of dedicated (and philanthropic!) cyclists met at Calvary Women’s…
November 1, 2013
“Under the program, known formally as the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, or SNAP, a family of four that gets $668 per month in benefits will find that amount cut by $36.” …
October 29, 2013
We are so fortunate to count Gillian Cook, our whip-smart IT consultant, among the Calvary community. Not only does Gillian keep our computer systems running smoothly, she’s also an avid cyclist…