Living in a Homeless Camp

I recently took my first visit to a homeless camp in Woodbridge, Virginia. Not many people know that homeless camps exist, but if you knew where to look, you could find a homeless camp near you. When homeless shelters reach their capacity, many folks are turned away and have no place to go. Shelters can [...]

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Bright Beginnings

I recently visited Bright Beginnings, a nationally-accredited child and family development center in Washington DC that offers a bright start for homeless infants, toddlers and preschoolers and their families. Bright Beginnings serves children whose families are living in crisis shelters or transitional housing. I brought the children 48 winter hats, 48 winter gloves, and 24 [...]

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Our Trip to ThriveDC

On Tuesday, we visited ThriveDC, an organization that provides daily meals, showers, job training and case management services to people in need in Washington DC. We brought them 30 of our winter hats and 10 pairs of our winter gloves. “Thrive DC began in 1979 as the Dinner Program for Homeless Women, as a response [...]

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New Hats for Sunday Suppers

Last week I brought 20 new winter hats for people in need at a Sunday Suppers event. Sunday Suppers is a non-profit group that organizes a dinner for the homeless every Sunday evening in DC. Yes, every single Sunday no matter what. In fact, in the past 21 years they haven’t missed a Sunday since [...]

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Our first visit to a public school

Yesterday, we made our first visit to a public elementary school in Montgomery County, Maryland to provide new winter clothing items. Many of the children at the school come from low-income families and are eligible for free and reduced meals. We brought 14 pairs of children’s gloves and 14 children’s winter hats for the neediest [...]

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Introducing Winter 2011

After months of preparing and many late nights, we’re proud to announce that the Winter 2011 Line is here!!!! It’s our 2nd winter, and we’re back to help even more people in need! We just launched the new line on Sunday the 6th, and we’re off to a really good start. As of right now [...]

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