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Happy Holidays! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday surrounded by loved ones. Thank you to everyone who has donated sandwiches, hats, scarves, gloves, toothbrushes, washcloths, and socks. You have been a tremendous help, and our members appreciate everything you’re doing to help keep them warm.

If you are in the DC area this week and have a bit of time, would you please consider making sandwiches and bringing them in to the center? With people on vacation and out of town, there has been a lull in sandwich donations. Can you help us out this Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday?

Questions – please call Stephanie at 202-338-8301. Thank you!

Need a last minute gift? Stressed from the holidays?

Treat yourself or someone you love to a deep tissue massage!

Join Recoup and get up to 50% off a deep tissue/Thai massage at Studio F3 in Dupont Circle! Give a massage to someone you love (including yourself!), and give to Georgetown Ministry Center at the same time.

If you take advantage of this deal, a percentage of your purchase automatically goes to GMC. It’s a simple way to give to yourself and to Georgetown Ministry Center.

Georgetown Ministry Center is very excited to announce our new partnership with Recoup, the first online marketplace connecting people with the brands they like and the causes they care about, like GMC.  And, it’s based right here in Georgetown!

What is Recoup?

Recoup is similar to Groupon or LivingSocial and allows you to purchase great deals from local or national merchants, and then automatically donates a percentage of your purchase to us. What’s cool about Recoup is that you can also choose to increase that donation by converting more of your savings through a tax-deductible donation. Want to read more about how it works? You can on Recoup’s website.

How do I sign up?

You can click here to sign up and support us on Recoup. If we can reach 100 supporters on Recoup by the end of the year, Recoup will double donations to us!

So what kind of offers does Recoup have?

Check out this offer for Il Canale and enjoy delicious Neapolitan food in Georgetown! It’s a great way to support the local community! We hope many of you will take advantage of the offers Recoup will have to offer.

Recoup: Buy what you like. Save what you want. Support what you love.

Here at GMC, we have several guests whose native language is not English, and we do our best to learn at least “hello” and “goodbye” in their language. We have a few guests who are deaf and use sign language to communicate, and so it follows that we should learn the basics in ASL.

On December 14, Carlos, one of our members, taught a sign language class in our center, which is hopefully the first of many. Watch the videos above for an excerpt from his lesson!

Have you ever had questions about what mental health services are available for the homeless?

The West End Library is hosting an information session where you can hear from the Office of Homeless Services and DC Department of Mental Health. Feel free to swing by on Thursday, December 8 at 11am and learn more about what services they provide!