We’re sorry. In searching for the right words to describe our horror and our grief at the killing of Mr. George Floyd…we said nothing. And silence is complicity. We condemn the killing of George Floyd, the killing of Breonna Taylor, and the killing of far too many of our black and brown neighbors. We believe […]
Volunteer Spotlight: Brian Cavanaugh
May 11, 2020 Articles, News, Volunteers
We Miss Our Volunteers! We’re grateful that so many people have stepped up and found new ways to serve our homeless neighbors since the start of the pandemic and our changed guidelines – but we do miss having the friendly faces of our volunteers on site to brighten our day! We’d like to share some […]
Special Volunteers – KellerWilliams MetroCenter and Washington Community Church
May 2, 2020 Articles, News, Volunteers
April 23, 2020 would have seen hundreds of neighbors turn out for the annual Volunteer Fairfax Service Awards. And we would have been sitting right there with them with our fingers crossed for our nominees: Keller Williams MetroCenter for Best Corporate Volunteer Program; and Washington Community Church for Best Adult Volunteer Group. This ceremony did […]
Can Love Overcome Homelessness?
April 1, 2020 Articles, Success Stories, Videos
“You’re everything I’ve wanted in a man.” Charles couldn’t believe it when his fiancée told him this – how could he expect anyone to ever tell him that after they learned about his past? But Sabrina did, and he uses those words to remind himself every day to be a better man. Their stories started […]
Pamela Michell: Reflections on 25 Years at New Hope Housing
November 10, 2015 Articles, News
It was 1990: The first web server was created and became the foundation for the World Wide Web Archie, the first content search engine was introduced. Encyclopædia Britannica saw its highest all time annual sales – 120,000 volumes. Socialist governments were collapsing in Eastern Europe. Iraq invaded Kuwait. Jim Moran was first elected to Congress. […]