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Upcoming Spring Gala to Honor David Downes
January 18, 2012

Join Samaritan Ministry for an evening of food, music and fun celebrating our Next Step Program and honoring Excecutive Director David Downes' 10 years of service.

Our Spring Gala will take place on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at The Conference Center at 4000 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest and will feature live music as well as a silent and live auction.
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Hundreds Gather for Community Walks
December 06, 2011

 

This year’s Help the Homeless Walkathon season started in October as partner organizations began hosting mini-walks to benefit Samaritan Ministry and the work of its Next Step program.  Over the course of the fall, a total of 23 churches, schools, and service groups participated.
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Homeless Persons' Memorial Day - 12/21
December 13, 2011

Please join the National Coalition for the Homeless and other members of the community as they come together to honor the names and celebrate the memories of the men and women who have passed away while experiencing homelessness in Washington, DC in 2011. 

Among those honored will be a Next Step program participant from the Northwest office who passed away last week. He was suffering from homelessness until just two weeks before his death. 
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Holiday Party Brings Smiles and Joy
December 06, 2011

Amid tables lined with food and piled high with craft activities such as ornament painting and cookie decorating, Samaritan Ministry participants celebrated the holidays with their families and friends. Thanks to our generous hosts at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Southeast DC, Sunday's Christmas party brought together over 60 program participants, their families, and 25 volunteers and staff members.

 
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Upcoming Employment Workshops
December 09, 2011

The next employment workshop in the Northwest Office will be held on

Wednesday, December 21st at 11:00am

All participants and others who are interested are welcome to attend!
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Samaritan Ministry Receives Unsung Heroes Award
November 02, 2011

Samaritan Ministry was awarded an Unsung Heroes Award for its Burial Assistance Services at an award dinner and celebration on October 31st in Seat Pleasant, Maryland. The award was presented by the National Community Based Organization Network (NCBON) to several organizations in MD and DC which provide community based services.  It was wonderful to be recognized for this important service Samaritan Ministry provides to people in need. We are able to do so thanks to a grant from the DC Department of Health’s HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Administration.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal School Hosts Successful Mini-Walk
October 31, 2011

On October 15th, St. Andrew's Episcopal School of Potomac, Maryland came together as a community to host another Help the Homeless Mini-Walk to benefit Samaritan Ministry. Continuing in their annual tradition, the mini-walk was a part of their Saturday homecoming celebration, and each of the high school grades received points based upon their participation in the event. 
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NW Office Pilots "Post Secret" Project
November 02, 2011

Since October 18th, there's been a conspicuous new addition to the lobby in the Northwest Office of Samaritan Ministry. Piled high with markers, stickers, construction paper, crayons, magazines and other art supplies sits a table where participants can spend a few minutes while they wait to meet with a caseworker. To do what, exactly?
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