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This is the last day to register for the last big Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walk. This is your last chance to walk down the middle of Independence Avenue flanked by thousands if other souls in support of a dignified solution to homelessness. We need you.

Register, walk, support GMC! Helpthehomeless.org
Register online until 5:00 p.m. Tonight.

Fannie Mae’s Help the Homeless walkathon on the National Mall takes place this Saturday, November 19! This is the last walkathon Fannie Mae will be hosting (the mini-walks will continue next year), so please help us make this last one the most successful one.

The deadline to register online is 5pm on Friday, November 18. If you miss the online registration, you can still walk! Just go to the Event Day Registration located at the Department of Agriculture on Jefferson Drive. Event day registration is $35 for adults ($5 more than the preregistration fee), and $20 for people 25 and under.

Don’t forget to check out the walkathon’s schedule for registration times and a list of entertainment.

We consider ourselves very lucky here at Georgetown Ministry Center. We have such amazing supporters, from individuals to local businesses to schools. Today, we have to give a great big thank you to Calvary Road Christian School in Alexandria. Every Halloween they run a sock drive, and this year we were the benefiting organization!

Calvary Road Christian School collected so many socks that, at the moment, we are able to give several pairs to each person, as well as some to those we see during street outreach. Usually when we have socks, we can only give one pair to each guest who comes in with none left over for street outreach.

The excitement and happiness that emanated through the center was palpable. I never thought that something as simple as socks could make someone so happy.

A thousand thanks to Calvary Road Christian School from everyone here at Georgetown Ministry Center!

Monday morning, 11am. It is time for our knitting group at GMC. The class usually starts out with everyone showing their progress– a few more inches of a scarf, the start of a hat, ideas of what they want to do next. When Pat, our teacher, asked Sandra what she’s been up to, Sandra nonchalantly replied, “Oh, I crocheted this the other day.”

A day and a half, and she made a multi-colored sweater with a hood, pockets, and ribbed trim. Our members are always impressing us.

We are in the midst of creating an informational video for our website. Nelson, our volunteer who is also a filmmaker, is helping us put together the video, but is also getting our members involved in the process. Today, Nelson came in to show everyone what he’s done so far, as well as to give a short overview about film editing — very handy for deleting all of the “umm”s that permeated staff member Stephanie’s interview!

Nelson projected the movie onto our white wall, which was great for allowing everyone to see the video.

Here, Nelson is explaining certain aspects of editing video. Check our website soon for the final product!