July 26, 2011
The District has really been feeling the heat this summer! With temperatures topping 100 degrees last week and heat indexes upwards of 115, we’ve all been struggling to find ways to keep cool. Not o…
July 25, 2011
Calvary Women’s Services – which provides homeless women with both immediate shelter and longer-term services to empower independent living – announced today receiving an award for $175,000 from…
July 22, 2011
This week’s heat wave puts people who are homeless at risk: http://huff.to/oEWxJY 32% of DC residents who are unemployed have been out of a job for over a year. http://on.wsj.com/oQDCz7 Renov…
July 18, 2011
Project that will transform vacant building and provide a new Home – and Hope – for homeless women underway on Good Hope Road. At a time when many social service providers have been forced by…
July 18, 2011
At a time when many social service providers have been forced by national economic crisis to cut back the services they offer to those most in need, Calvary Women’s Services has launched a major exp…
July 8, 2011
Seeking shelter from the hot summer weather: http://bit.ly/rbK2uD A new HUD program aims to help homeowners in danger of foreclosure: http://wapo.st/lfpUj8 No good news on unemployment – http://bit…
July 5, 2011
As fireworks are going off and flags are flying, July 4th is a time when our minds turn towards the veterans who have served our country. Over the years, Calvary has served a number of female veterans…
July 1, 2011
In last week’s edition of the Friday Round-Up, we told you Fairfax County was able to decrease homelessness by 16 percent. But the county still has some significant struggles ahead of it: http://wa…
June 28, 2011
On the surface, everything seemed fine. Barbara’s husband was a police officer. She worked as a nursing assistant and cared for their two children. But inside their home, Barbara and her two d…