We posted this on our Facebook page in early September, but in case you missed it, Street Sense newspaper recently published a fabulous overview of Georgetown Ministry Center. Check it out if you haven’t already, and if you have read it before, read it again! We think it provides a great description of who we are and what we do.
Categories: In the Press
2k Walk and 5k Run for Georgetown Ministry Center
Join members from the Georgetown neighborhood, Georgetown University community, and Georgetown Ministry Center family on a beautiful Fall afternoon to raise awareness and support for Georgetown Ministry Center.
You can take in Georgetown University’s beautiful campus with a leisurely 2k walk or participate in some friendly competition in the 5k run. Not sure if you can train for the 5k in time? Register anyway; you’ll be able to decide whether to walk/run the day of during check-in. Costume are encouraged, but entirely optional!
We will have music, a cookout, and prizes for the fastest male and female 5k runners, the best costume, and the registrant who raises the most money in sponsorships for GMC.
If you don’t want to run or walk, register anyway and come cheer on GMC’s Executive Director, Gunther, who will be running the 5k!
When: Sunday, October 20, 2013.
Schedule: Registration at 11:00am-11:30am ; Blessing and Keynote Speaker at 11:30am; Start at 11:45am
Where: Georgetown University campus, registration at Red Square
Who: This event is open to everyone and all ages!
Why: Because nearly 12,000 poeple in Washington, DC are homeless. Georgetown Ministry Center guides chronically, service-resistant homeless individuals toward stability and housing through aggressive street outreach, providing a safe and welcoming environment in our center where everyone is treated with respect, and educating our community about homelessness. We seek to end homelessness one person at a time.
To join us, register on our event page on the Help the Homeless website.
Categories: Events
Tags: HelptheHomeless
We made a mistake. An oversight has resulted in Georgetown Ministry Center being left out of the United Way and Combined Federal Campaign this year. To those who have given through the United Way and CFC in the past, we thank you so much for your past support. It is still possible to write in Georgetown Ministry Center the United Way campaign. We will be a part of the United Way and CFC again next year, but in the meantime ask for your continued support. Georgetown Ministry Center’s Executive Director, Gunther Stern, would be happy to chat with anyone about the United Way and other ways to give.
Though we lost the United Way and CFC this year, we are happy to announce a new giving opportunity through the International Monetary Fund’s Helping Hands Campaign. If you are an IMF employee or know someone who is, please let them know that Georgetown Ministry Center is now part of the Helping Hands campaign.
With the HHC, 100% of every dollar donated will go to the designated organization, plus a 50% matching grant from the Fund up to $5,000.
The IMF’s Helping Hands Campaign runs from September 16, 2013 to November 15, 2013, and donations can be made by check or payroll deduction. All pledges must be made by November 15, and all checks must be received by November 22, 2013 to be eligible for a US tax deduction in 2013. For more information, please contact Stephanie Chan, Communications Director at GMC, or find it on the IMF website.
We are still part of the World Bank’s Community Connections Fund, which will take place during November and December this year. As the time gets closer, we will release more information and details. The World Bank typically matches 50% of donations, although in some strong giving years, the World Bank Community Connections Fund has matched 100% of donations! We have had great support in the past from friends at the World Bank and encourage World Bank employees to help us grow this way.
The Catalogue for Philanthropy named Georgetown Ministry one of the best small non-profits in the greater DC area in 2013-2014. Around November 1, the Catalogue for Philanthropy will list us in their print and online materials detailing opportunities to give through CFP and volunteer at GMC. We will have a celebration later in the year to honor this achievement and encourage participation in any form. If you are not an IMF or World Bank employee and would like to give through an organization, you might consider doing so through the Catalogue for Philanthropy.
Categories: What's New
During outreach, we used to see Johnny Rossettos, aka “Charlie Noodles,” all the time. Sitting either in front of the Avenue Suites on Pennsylvania Ave, by the West End Library, or on GW’s campus, Georgetown Ministry Center staff, Georgetown residents, and GW students came to know him well.
Gunther reminisces that Charlie Noodles “was a real character around the GW campus who had a biting wit.” Our Case Manager, Roy Witherspoon, concurs and recalls that the first time he met Noodles, he told Roy, “Google me!” And that’s what Roy did. He found Charlie’s Story.
Yesterday, we saw Charlie Noodle’s obituary in the Washington Post. Death is always sad, but we are glad that Charlie is no longer experiencing any pain.
We’ll leave you with this poignant quote from Noodles, which is quoted in the GW’s article “Charlie’s Story.”
If I’m mad at you, that means I love you, because I won’t get mad at someone I don’t care about.
Categories: Uncategorized
We know you were all probably wondering while sitting on the beach this summer what we’ve been up to at GMC. Our Fall Newsletter 2013 is out, and we hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn about the many exciting opportunities we’ve had and will soon have.
Some highlights from this issue:
Categories: Newsletters