Our 2019 Winter Warm-Up at the Northwest office was a great success! Samaritan Ministry hosts the warm-up annually to provide our participants with essential warm clothing in anticipation of the DC winter cold. This year, SMGW volunteers and staff rallied together early Monday morning (and even over the weekend) to move, sort, and fold all the clothing donated through Gifts for the Homeless, Inc. Many hands made light work!

On Thursday, February 7, we held our Next Step Giving Society Major Donor Reception hosted for the first time by Marianne and Paul Budde at their home in Washington, DC. We welcomed 50 guests, including staff, who heard moving testimony by Next Step Program participant Michael Anthony Hood-Bey and SMGW volunteer Michele Lewis-Muzzatti.Both speakers are from the Anacostia office.