February 8, 2011

Heart Health for Beginners

Blood pressure screening at a Calvary health fair Today on Calvary Comments, in honor of American Heart Month, we’d like to take a moment to talk about heart health. Women often come to Calvary Wome…
January 18, 2011

What to Do About: The Winter Blues

The holidays are officially over. For many of us, the post-holiday blues have set in. Visiting family and friends have returned home, bare Christmas trees lay on the sidewalk waiting to be trashed, Ne…
January 11, 2011

New Year, New and Improved Life Skills Progra…

For many years now, the Life Skills program at Calvary Women’s Services has offered a broad range of classes to help educate and empower the women who come to us. By engaging in classes like financi…
December 21, 2010

Holiday Hunger Report

The holiday season is in full swing! It is a time for giving. A time for celebrating with friends and family. A time for sitting down to a hearty dinner with loved ones. But for many, that holiday mea…
September 24, 2010

Friday Round-Up: this week in the news

With colder weather just around the corner, D.C. vows to improve homeless services this winter: http://bit.ly/cKXhwD Check out the new documentary, The Other City! The film tells the story of the gro…
September 22, 2010

September is National Drug and Alcohol Recove…

This month is National Drug and Alcohol Recovery Month. Many women at Calvary are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. Whether amongst the women themselves, the case managers, the therapist, or…
August 31, 2010

Everything you need to know about HIV/AIDS in…

According to the Whitman Walker Clinic, one in 20 adults in the District of Columbia is infected with HIV, a higher rate than even most sub-Saharan African countries. Needless to say, DC has quite an…
August 3, 2010

Mental Health Budget Cuts Occurring Nationwid…

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in any given year, one in four adults suffers from a mental disorder. This number is even higher amongst those who are experiencing homelessness,…
July 20, 2010

Accessing Detox in the District

See if this sounds familiar to you: I know I should work out more.  I keep intending to do so, but every time I set my mind to some new plan, something comes up.  I am great at getting in my own way…
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