Wishing You a Happy Thanksgiving from New Endeavors by Women

Give 2 the Max - Help us reach $250

Thank you to everyone who's given today!

If you haven't donated, there's still time to do so...
We've raised $240 so far. Can you help us reach $250?

Donate $10 by 11:59PM and we'll reach that goal!

Click here

And to everyone who's given today in other ways--

buying fundraiser tickets, donating auction items,
and registering for next week's walkathon:

THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING YOUR MAX TODAY!

Give 2 the Max to Help NEW

  7 Days and 3 Ways to Support NEW!
#1 Way to Support = TODAY through Give 2 the Max DayNearly 200 women and children make their home at NEW each year. Your gift of $10 or more will help us provide housing, nourishing meals, and the support that our residents need to conquer homelessness.Click here to give Thank you for your support!  

Resident receives a fabulous makeover on Fox5

In July, New Endeavors by Women teamed up with The Capital Area Food Bank and their “Ambassador Against Hunger” Paul Wharton for a beauty makeover of a NEW resident, televised on Fox 5 DC. Wharton is a renowned local lifestyle and beauty expert, and the Capital Area Food Bank is a long-time partner in our work. The beauty makeover recipient was Kim Caruthers, a resident in our New Transitions program, and an active job seeker at the time. Kim’s makeover included hair, skin care, makeup, a custom designed dress, jewelry designed by Wharton, and beautiful new shoes. 

The makeover helped Kim put her best foot forward while searching for employment. Following the segment, Kim was offered paid training and a paid position at the nursing home where she was volunteering! We are delighted to share in Kim’s success, and grateful to our friends at The Capital Area Food Bank for making her makeover possible.

Kim "after" the makeover:

CAFB Makeover At FOX 5 For Hunger Awareness: MyFoxDC.com

A Sweet Success, InDEED!

Thank you to everyone who helped us to earn funds through Deals for Deeds last week!

When the week of deals to benefit NEW ended on Sunday night, we'd earned about 70% of our $500 goal to support women and families in our transitional housing programs.

To each and every person who helped us earn through Deals for Deeds, we thank you for your support...and we hope you enjoy the great deals you got on great food, cupcakes, spa treatments and more!

Bank of America awards $10,000 grant to NEW

We are so grateful to Bank of America for its generous gift of $10,000 to support NEW’s work with homeless women and children in Washington!

Our Executive Director, Wanda Steptoe, and resident Renee Nwigwe, joined Bank of America Banking Center manager, Rodney Coleman, and the staff of the Metro Center location for the grant award presentation (pictured above and below).

The “big check” from Bank of America is proudly on display in our reception area (pictured below), and the grant dollars are already at work helping to house and support more than 100 women and children who make their home at NEW.

New Endeavors by Women, founded in 1988, operates two transitional and three permanent supportive housing programs for homeless women and children in Washington, DC. Each year, more than 150 women and children receive housing, supportive services, and a helping hand at NEW.

In 2010, NEW provided housing to over 190 residents, partnering with participants to achieve stability and independence goals: 30 of 70 transitional residents moved on to permanent housing; working residents in transitional programs earned an average $9.00 hourly wage, while those in permanent programs earned an average of over $2,000 per month. More than 80% of residents were engaged in education and employment activities, including employment, training classes, and school. Three residents were enrolled in college courses.

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Another photo, with Metro Center Banking Center staff:




The "big check" on display in our reception area:

Thank You for helping to preserve DC’s Continuum of Housing!

June 1, 2011 - A great big THANK YOU to all NEW supporters who rallied with us as part of the DC Housing for All Campaign in the fight for critical housing and economic development programs! You made phone calls, sent emails, participated in Advocacy Day - and you helped fill the Council chamber to standing room only capacity.

Out of $42.4 million in housing and economic development cuts, together we won back $40.8 million!! Your support and hard work paid off, and the Council voted to:

Restore homeless services funding
Appropriate $18 million of anticipated future revenue to fully restore the Housing Production Trust Fund
• Reestablish LRSP (Local Rent Supplement Program) as a locally funded line item in the budget
Prevent the transfer of 175 Housing First participants to LRSP - using anticipated future revenue to keep Housing First residents from being displaced and preserve LRSP units for LRSP residents
Restore Neighborhood Investment Fund authority
Restore Small Business Technical Assistance - with an increase for inflation

We hope we can count on you for one last push! Come out on June 14 for the DC Council's final vote on the FY 2012 Budget Support Act to confirm the use of anticipated future revenue.

To learn more about the DC Housing for All Campaign, check out the campaign blog: http://housingforallblog.org

Vote for NEW at Deals for Deeds!

DC, MD and VA Friends:

Please vote for NEW on

Deals for Deeds!

And tell your family & friends

to vote, too!

http://dealsfordeeds.com/page/vote

It takes less than 1 minute to vote,

and it will help us tremendously!

WHO

You and Everybody you know in the DC-MD-VA area

WHAT

Vote for New Endeavors by Women on Deals for Deeds. No purchase of anything is required - just cast a vote for NEW! Your vote will help us get selected as next week's Deals for Deeds charity.

WHEN

RIGHT NOW through Friday, May 20th at 5:00PM

HOW

At http://dealsfordeeds.com/page/vote

WHY

If we get the most votes, we'll be the featured charity next week! As the featured charity, we'll earn up funds from Deals for Deeds to help us operate our programs. Some organizations earn up to $2,000 by being the featured charity--so please vote to help NEW get featured!!

REMEMBER: No purchase of anything is required - just cast a vote for NEW! Thank you!!

NEW rallies to save housing funding

Our Executive Director, Wanda Steptoe, joined by residents of our New Transitions program, took part in today's "Housing for All" Rally on the steps of the Wilson Building. (more photos below)

Housing organizations, DC residents and activists took part in the rally to urge the DC Council to restore housing funds cut in the proposed 2012 budget--funding for the Local Rent Supplement Program, Housing First, and the Housing Production Trust Fund.

We urge all of our supporters to make their voices heard in support of funding for affordable housing for all in DC! To learn more and to get involved, visit the Housing for All Blog: http://housingforallblog.org

Thank you for caring!


Photos: Rally "banners" made from pillowcases, sheets and blankets; The crowd gathered at the rally; DC Council members addressing the crowd: Councilmember Marion Barry-Ward 8; Councilmember Jim Graham-Ward 1; Councilmember Michael Brown-At-Large.

Two years of New Horizons!

Two years ago in April 2009, we launched a permanent supportive housing program for women and children who face the most difficult journeys out of homelessness: households headed by women who are also recovering from domestic violence, battling addiction, managing mental illness, or living with HIV/AIDS.

We are proud to celebrate two years of successes and achievements at New Horizons, with the promise of more to come.

New Horizons provides apartments and intensive case management support to women-headed families moving out of homelessness. Our capacity is 17 families. Right now we have 15 mothers and 41 children participating in the program. All 15 families have at least 12 months in the program; 13 of the families have 18 months or more in the program.

Among the New Horizons households, 14 of the 15 women are employed or attending school, and many of them juggle school and work, along with parenting. Women attend NOVA Community College, Potomac College, and the University of Phoenix.

Each New Horizons family participates in services designed to meet their unique needs, from support groups to parenting skills development, to addiction recovery treatments and domestic violence trauma counseling. We help families identify the support they need to heal and we connect them to the right resources. We equip them with the tools they need to leave behind homelessness, and reach what lies ahead on their new horizons.

Join with us in celebrating two years of New Horizons!