Uniting people facing homelessness with loving, supportive communities they can call home. |
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SUMMER 2022
FRIENDSHIP HOUSE NEWSLETTER
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We’re so excited to announce we had yet another successful Highmark Walk this year! Because of your loving support, FH raised over $75,000 through this fundraiser.
We joined for the first time in 3 years for the in-person Highmark 5k Walk for a Healthy Community on the Riverfront in Wilmington. Walkers gathered at Tubman Garret park Saturday, June 11, 2022, despite the chance of rain to support our mission of uniting people facing homelessness with loving, supportive communities they can call home. Thank you Highmark for putting on an incredible event!
To see your photos and read more, click here.
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Diamond came to our Clothing Bank Creating Excellent Outcomes (CEO) Training Program from Hazel D. Plant Women’s Treatment Facility’s Work Release Program in May of 2022. At 40 years of age, she has been incarcerated for more than half of her adult life. Most recently she has completed a 10-year sentence. When she started at the Clothing Bank, she expressed a desire to make a change in her life and not repeat her past mistakes. She has set goals of obtaining a full-time position and renting a place of her own. She has proven to be a hard worker, greeting everyone with a smile, and has shown a lot of potential. As we counted down the days until her release from incarceration in June, we braced ourselves for the hardship we knew she was about to face as many women before Diamond have experienced.
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This year, FH will launch an additional housing program specifically for women who work at the Clothing Bank Creating Excellent Outcomes (CEO) Training Program and are exiting incarceration. Our Transitional Housing staff have been working hard to build this new housing program to support women like Diamond.
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Our Clothing Bank’s Creating Excellent Outcomes (CEO) Training Program provides a wage-paying opportunity, a life skills and job training program, and a loving, supportive community for women committed to making a positive change in their lives. We employ women from our Transitional Housing Program or the Hazel D. Plant Women’s Treatment Facility Work Release Program. Our program is woman-centered at its core, with a focus on the unique needs, concerns, and lived experiences of the participants. Women can stay in our program for as long as they need; the average is about 4-5 months. The goal of the program is for the women to find meaningful, long-term employment that will allow them to remain self-sufficient.
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APPRECIATION PICNIC
Sunday, July 31, 2022
12 pm - 4 pm
Brandywine Springs Park
Rudy Williams Pavilion
3300 Faulkland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19808
We’re excited to share our annual
volunteer and donor appreciation picnic
is back. Please join us for food, fun, and friendship! All are welcome.
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COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER DAY
Saturday, August 6, 2022
9 am-12 pm
Friendship House Clothing Bank
1603 Jessup St.
Wilmington, DE 19802
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SAVE THE DATE
ANNUAL PARTY
Thursday, October 6, 2022
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UNIFORMS NEEDED
FH’s goal is to collect 10,000 school uniform items before the start of the 2022-2023 school year to support 13 local public schools. We’re looking for youth khaki pants sizes L, XL, and XXL and youth polo shirts in navy, red, or white, sizes L, XL, and XXL. Donations can be brought Monday-Thursday, 8:30 am - 2:30 pm to our Clothing Bank at 1603 Jessup St.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We’re looking for individual volunteers for our Boxwood, MOT, and Wilmington Empowerment Centers weekday mornings! Volunteers must be 18 years or older for this opportunity. Volunteers will support our case managers by managing the front desk, answering the phone, and assisting with hospitality like handing out hygiene items, food, or coffee. Please fill out our Volunteer Application if interested!
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FH WISHLIST
Our most needed items are ground coffee, powdered creamer, paper products, cleaning supplies, new socks, and new underwear! Please consider hosting an in-kind donation drive or donating these items regularly to our locations! Donations can be brought to one of our Empowerment Centers. Visit our website for locations and hours of operation.
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FH WORD SCRAMBLE
Fill in the clues using the newsletter, then unscramble the highlighted letters to reveal the hidden word.
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Want the answers to our FH word scramble? Visit the link here. |
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- THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVING SUPPORT! - |
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