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We are currently searching for a reliable and trustworthy individual to join GMC’s team of Shower and Laundry Managers.

This is a part-time position (20-30 hours). The Shower and Laundry Manager is responsible for running the day-to-day operations of our center and for making the center a safe and comfortable place for all.

This position involves keeping track of who comes into the center, running the shower/laundry program, and making sure the center is clean at the end of the day. Light administrative duties include answering the phone, sorting mail, and some light data entry. The Shower and Laundry Manager monitors behavior in the center and outside our door, ensuring a safe environment.

The ideal candidate:
– is punctual, reliable, and courteous but firm.
– is willing and able to work well with people who have a history of mental illness, and is able to cope well under stress.
– is willing and able to work some holidays.

If interested, please send your resume and cover letter as a single PDF to info@gmcgt.org
A background check will be conducted before employment.

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You can read more about Recoup in the original blog post we did about our partnership with them.

Extra, extra, read all about it! Click here to read our Fall 2012 Newsletter. Highlights include spotlights on GMC’s psychiatrist and general practitioner, progress with housing our guests and helping them with benefits, and a management retreat with a team of MBA students.

Many of us encounter the same scenery every day during our regular commute: the street team sweeping sidewalks, the throng of people crowding the metro during rush hour, the same homeless individual at the same street corner every day. That homeless person often becomes a fixture of the landscape and is sometimes acknowledged, sometimes not. Nonetheless, there is always a feeling that something is missing, something different, when that person disappears from the landscape. Such is the case for those who passed by and knew Peter Bis, a homeless man who spent his days close to Union Station and Capitol Hill.

Read about Peter Bis and the lives he touched in the Washington Post.

And though Peter was not part of our Georgetown community, there are many individuals just like him who are. Whether it’s the quiet man with the cane outside of the Foggy Bottom metro during the evening commute or the skinny guy hanging out inside Starbucks, these people are part of our community and there, rain or shine. Next time you pass by, why not take a moment to make eye contact and say hello.

Many people are often surprised to discover that many homeless people have cell phones. Even more surprising to many is that homeless people are also on Facebook and Twitter. A new study has found that homeless people are using their cell phones to connect to each other and to non-homeless people via Facebook and Twitter.

A recently published article in The Atlantic cites several statistics regarding homelessness and cell phone use, including one statistic from 2009 that states 30-45% of homeless people have cell phones. We can only imagine that that number has grown significantly with the widespread availability of pay-as-you-go phones and allure of smart phones.

At GMC, we have five beautiful computers for our guests to use. While a handful of our guests use the computers to search for jobs, the majority of our guests are on Facebook and YouTube. They are talking to their friends, homeless and not, and their family. They are watching the news and Tweeting about it, watching sports, nature documentaries, etc. I think this article in The Atlantic aptly describes why we see so many people in our center on social media sites:

It may just be that being able to connect through social networking and media sites makes it both easier to be homeless and easier to escape homelessness.