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Thank you to Ambassador Thani Thongphakdi and the entire staff at the Royal Thai Embassy for their generous donation of 100 bags of essential items to the GMC! The bags consisted of canned soup, meat and vegetables, crackers, fruit cups, custard cakes, hand sanitizer, and face masks. As neighbors in Georgetown, we are thrilled to continue to grow our relationship with the Royal Thai Embassy after the delicious meal they catered for our guests and staff back in December. During such unprecedented times, we are grateful to Ambassador Thani Thongphakdi for his commitment to community service.

Thank you so much for your support of our gift card and face mask initiative last month. Your donations have been pivotal in helping folks who are homeless throughout the COVID-19 crisis.  As of June 24th, GMC is open again with limited services. We are also making alterations that that will allow us to resume offering showers and laundry in the weeks in the safest environment possible for our staff and guests. To continue our process of reopening, we need your support in securing these supplies;  – Disposable washcloths – Disposable bath towels – Travel size shampoo, lotion and body wash – Toothpaste and toothbrushes – Disposable razors – Shaving cream – Masks – Granola bars and other prepackaged snacks. To donate these items, HERE is the link to our COVID-19 Amazon wishlist.  Reopening Updates: We will be open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9am to 2pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 12pm. The following services will be provided: ● Coffee and snack to go ● Mail pick up ● Toiletries ● Masks etc.  Bag lunch pick up Monday thru Friday from 10.30am to 11.30am Thanks for Veritas Church for providing bag lunches!

Thank you for your continued support! Because of you, we will be able to reopen safely, and continue our support of the folks who are homeless in Georgetown.  – The GMC Team

On the 23rd of March, we posted that we would be closed until the 29th of March at the least. Unfortunately, we have made the difficult decision to remain closed until further notice. This decision was made for the safety of our guests, our staff, and our Georgetown community.

If you would like to support GMC during this challenging time, financial donations will provide the most flexibility in addressing our most pressing needs.  You can click here to make a financial contribution online by clicking HERE. Or you can mail a donation to: Georgetown Ministry Center, 1041 Wisconsin Ave., Washington DC, 20007. If you would like to donate items, we would ask you to support us through in-kind donations of items in short supply such as hand sanitizer, gloves and masks for when we do re-open the center.  You can visit our Amazon Wish list page HERE.

We thank you for your support now more than ever, and look forward to our reopening as soon as it is safe.

When so much attention is given to what makes us different, generosity is what brings people together. We’re proud to be apart of the #GivingTuesday global movement for generosity.

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Thank you Ritz Carlton Georgetown for providing a wonderful Thanksgiving lunch. And a big thank you to our GMC Angels for assembling and distributing warmth kits on the same day!