Please join GMC staff, board members, and volunteers in giving back to the DC Public Schools that support GMC!

Join Team GMC at the DC Pubic School’s Beautification Day on Saturday, August 24 from 9am to 1pm. This annual DCPS event was established in 2005 as a citywide “spruce up” of all DC public school buildings in preparation for the first day of school. Beautification efforts will include landscaping, trash pick-up, light painting, planting flowers, and other external beautification efforts.

We are hoping to be placed at either Hyde-Addison Elementary School (O Street NW) and/or Stoddert Elementary (Calvert St). Both of these schools have been amazing supporters during GMC’s Help the Homeless campaign and have had their students walk for our help the homeless fundraiser. Georgetown Ministry Center would like to say thank you for their years of support by supporting them!

We will be registering as a group under Georgetown Ministry Center’s name, so please fill out the form below if you would like to be part of Team GMC.

More informations about the DCPS can be found here.

It’s almost time for our favorite event of the year!

Come sample Georgetown’s finest restaurants on Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 11am-4pm along Wisconsin Ave below M Street.

Delectable dishes, beer and wine tastings, and live music come together to make this event one you shouldn’t miss. Organized by the Georgetown Business Improvement District and Grace Church, the Taste of Georgetown raises money to help support GMC. Last year, the Taste raised $25,000 for us and has raised over $100,000 since 2004! Let’s keep that going; buy your tickets in advance and skip the lines at the event.

If you are interested in volunteering at the Taste, please contact Jordan Culberson at the Georgetown BID at (202) 298-9222 x204.

GMC will be closed on June 1 for the Taste of Georgetown.

This past Saturday, Holy Trinity Catholic Church held a day of community service for its parishioners called the Power of One. We were lucky enough to have six wonderful and enthusiastic volunteers from Holy Trinity bring snacks to GMC and spend the afternoon playing bingo and singing karaoke with our members!

Our guests munched on cookies and strawberries as they played bingo for prizes ranging from shoe inserts to candy. Marty from Holy Trinity set up his karaoke machine, and everyone had such a blast! People were amazed by the pipes some of our members have been keeping a secret. Everyone also got up and did the YMCA at one point. It was such a fun time, and everyone is already asking us when we’re going to do it again.

Help the Homeless Art Contest

Every year, Fannie Mae hosts the annual Help the Homeless Art Contest, a leading component of the Help the Homeless Program’s public awareness and fundraising campaign. This year, we invite students from area schools and children’s organizations nationwide in grades K through 8 to participate in the 2013 Help the Homeless Art Contest.

The 2013 Help the Homeless Art Contest encourages students to express their artistic talents to produce creative artwork that represent home. There will be one student chosen to have their artwork featured on the Help the Homeless website, in social media, and on other promotional items.

Artwork must be submitted by Friday, March 29, 2013. Please click the links below to read the official guidelines, the waiver, and to view past winners.

Help the Homeless Art Contest Guidelines

Help the Homeless Art Contest Waiver

Help the Homeless Previous Art Contest Winners

During the Fall, Winter, and Spring months, Grace Church hosts a lunch and bible study on Saturdays for the homeless. Tomorrow, Grace Church will be hosting a special Monday edition of Grace’s Table, courtesy of Holy Trinity parishioners who are providing lunch.

Thank you, Grace Church and Holy Trinity, for coming together on MLK/Inauguration Day to host Grace’s Table for our guests.