2021-2021 The Washington Post Helping Hand Beneficiaries
Bread for the City
Provides food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services to reduce the burden of poverty.
Friendship Place
Empowering individuals to rebuild their lives, find homes, get jobs, and reconnect with friends, family, and the community, permanently.
Miriam's Kitchen
From meals to housing, Miriam’s Kitchen plays a critical role in the fight to end chronic homelessness in D.C.
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From co-pay to no-pay: Bread for the City treats low-income patients
“We are going to see you, even if you don’t have the funds,” says medical director.
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Coming in from the cold after 29 years on the streets of Washington
Miriam’s Kitchen fed Wesley Thomas. Then it helped him find a home.
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Bread for the City’s new Southeast D.C. dental clinic puts smiles on a lot of faces
Low-income patients can find a medical home on Good Hope Road SE.
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All are welcome at Friendship Place, whatever their needs
The Helping Hand charity is fighting homelessness in Upper Northwest.
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At Miriam’s Kitchen, a healthy meal can be the first step toward a home
Every weekday, the Foggy Bottom charity serves breakfast and dinner to all who stop by.
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At Bread for the City, they hope to meet immediate needs — and future ones
Addressing the upstream causes of poverty is as important as helping with the effects.
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When a veteran struggled with homelessness, Friendship Place offered help
The Helping Hand charity works to find supportive permanent housing for those who need it.
The Washington Post Helping Hand
The Washington Post Helping Hand seeks to facilitate significant financial donations directly to human service nonprofit organizations in the Washington, D.C. metro area through high-impact, in-depth narratives about those in need and the programs that assist them.
The Washington Post Helping Hand names its 2021-23 beneficiaries
The Washington Post Helping Hand, a charitable giving initiative, today announced the selection of Bread for the City, Friendship Place and Miriam’s Kitchen as the three beneficiaries of the 2021-2023 cycle. Over the next three winter holiday seasons, Local Columnist John Kelly will highlight the work of each nonprofit through bi-weekly “John Kelly’s Washington” columns in The Washington Post. Post Helping Hand will help facilitate direct donations from readers to the nonprofits through Kelly’s column.
How to apply to The Washington Post Helping Hand
The Washington Post is launching its third cycle of Helping Hand, a nonprofit giving initiative started by The Post to help connect the D.C. community with local nonprofit organizations. Helping Hand is currently seeking letters of inquiry from human services nonprofits that work toward the prevention and remediation of hunger, homelessness and poverty, in the Washington, D.C. area for a three-year commitment.
The Washington Post Helping Hand raises record $816k for beneficiaries Bright Beginnings, N Street Village and So Others Might Eat
The charitable giving initiative has raised a total of $1.4 million for Washington, D.C.-area nonprofits focused on alleviating hunger, homelessness and poverty since its inception in 2014.
The Washington Post Helping Hand raises record $1.1 million to support local nonprofits
The Washington Post Helping Hand announced it has successfully raised over $250,000 in the 2018-2019 season bringing the total funds raised to $1.14 million since the charitable giving initiative began in 2014.