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Summer 2008
What’s Cooking
DPHW
Board
of
Directors
Diana
Bruce,
MPA
President
Rev.
David
Bowers
Vice
President
David
Bowman,
PhD
Secretary
R.
Matthew
Kelley,
Esq.
Treasurer
Erika
Barry,
MPA
Ex
Officio
Marisa
Gaither,
MCP
George
Madill
Lariena
D.
Matthews
Anne
K.
Nelsen,
PhD
Tiffany
Parker,
MPA
Ann
Shafran
Yvonne
Rice
Amy
Weaver,
MBA
HTH Walkathon 1Letter from theExecutive Director 2Partner Profile 2DC United Drives 3GoodSearch.com 3Client Spotlight 4Staff Departures 4New Faces 5Volunteer Corner 6Clyde’s 7Whole Foods 7Recent Donors 7Wish List 8New Board Members 2
In this issue:
Dinner Program for Homeless Women
DPHW’s Largest Fundraiser is here . .
21st Annual Fannie Mae
Help the Homeless Walkathon
Last
year,
DPHW
raised
over
$53,000
and
had
over
1,150
individuals
walk
in
support
of
our
cause.
Those
contributions
have
benefitted
the
homeless
residents
of
this
city
by
providing
resources
such
as
meals,
laundry
facilities,
bus
tokens,
individual
case
management,
and
group
therapy.
This
year,
we
are
striving
to
top
this
impressive
amount—
our
goal
is
$60,000
and
1,500
walkers
.
As
always,
we
cannot
do
it
without
you!
Please
see
below
for
a
list
of
ways
that
you
can
help.
Register
to
Walk:
When
you
register
to
walk,
100%
of
your
registration
fee
and
all
additional
donations
you
receive
go
directly
to
DPHW.
Plus,
if
DPHW
has
over
1,500
walkers,
Fannie
Mae
will
donate
an
additional
$25,000.
Consider
starting
your
own
team
of
walkers
and
choosing
DPHW
as
the
beneficiary
organization,
or
sign
up
as
an
individual
and
walk
on
behalf
of
DPHW.
Become
a
Partner:
Sponsorships
range
from
$1,500
to
$100,000.
100%
of
partner
contributions
benefit
DPHW;
plus,
Fannie
Mae
matches
20%
of
all
new
partner
contributions.
What’s
more,
all
members
of
the
partner
organization
walk
for
FREE,
and
their
registration
counts
toward
DPHW's
total
number
of
walkers,
pushing
us
closer
to
our
goal
of
1,500
walkers.
Talk
to
your
employer
or
consider
making
your
company
a
Help
the
Homeless
partner.
Host
a
Mini
‐
Walk:
All
schools,
community
‐
based
organizations,
and
faith
‐
based
groups
are
eligible
to
hold
mini
‐
walks
before
the
November
22
walk
takes
place.
Mini
‐
walks
are
a
great
way
to
engage
young
people.
They
can
be
held
at
your
location
and
on
the
date
that
you
choose!
Make
a
General
Donation:
Can’t
walk
on
November
22
but
still
want
to
make
a
difference
and
support
DPHW?
Make
an
online
donation
at
www.dphw.org.
For
more
information,
please
contact
Heather
Prince
Doss
at
202.737.9311
ext.
504
or
at
volunteer@dphw.org
.
United Way #8280CFC #56398CVC #8275
Saturday, November 22, 20089:00am
Register to Walk in 1, 2, 3, 4:
1. Go to www.dphw.org.2. Click on the “Register to Walk” link.3. On DPHW’s Walkathon Homepage,click “Join Team.”4. Answer the registration questions.
Amy
Weaver
has
13
years
of
diverse
experience
in
accounting,
sales,
marketing,
and
technology
management.
She
was
Principal,
with
Diamond
Management
and
Technology
Consultants
in
Chicago.
She
has
also
worked
with
Traveloc
‐
ity.com,
Cleveland
Children’s
Museum,
and
Mt.
Sinai
Hospital
Foundation.
Amy
attended
culi
‐
nary
school
and
has
a
passion
for
bringing
wholesome,
healthy
foods
to
families.
Amy
began
volunteer
‐
ing
with
DPHW
in
February
2008.
Dear
Friends,
During
the
summer
months,
when
our
minds
turn
to
sipping
iced
drinks
and
planning
lazy
vacation
days,
it
becomes
easy
to
forget
our
neighbors
living
each
day
without
a
place
to
lay
their
heads
or
food
to
put
on
their
plates.
However,
with
its
brutal
heat
and
threat
of
hyperthermia,
this
season
can
be
just
as
cruel
as
the
winter
months.
Fortunately,
DPHW
is
able
to
offer
a
cool
place
out
of
the
sun
for
our
clients
to
rest
and
to
receive
the
meals
and
services
they
need.
With
economic
troubles
beginning
to
impact
all
income
levels,
DPHW
is
seeing
an
increase
in
clients
(see
graph
below)
even
as
we
struggle
with
an
increase
in
food
prices
and
other
costs
of
doing
business.
I
urge
you
to
read
this
issue
of
What’s
Cooking
carefully
to
see
what
you
can
do
to
help
those
in
our
community
who
are
facing
hunger
and
homelessness.
Sign
up
for
the
2008
Help
the
Homeless
Walkathon,
volunteer
in
our
computer
lab,
or
bring
in
toiletries
and
supplies.
Even
more
important,
consider
making
a
monetary
donation
to
DPHW—
your
gifts
make
it
possible
for
us
to
offer
hope
and
options
to
those
for
whom
the
summer
months
have
brought
only
anxiety
and
hardship.
With
gratitude,
Erika
Barry,
Executive
Director
Letter from the Executive Director
Every
two
weeks,
Transgender
Health
Empowerment
(T.H.E.)
is
on
‐
site
at
DPHW,
providing
HIV
testing,
referrals
for
treatment,
connections
to
medical
care,
and
HIV
counseling
to
DPHW
clients.
As
an
incentive
to
engage
in
these
services,
T.H.E.
offers
clients
a
$10
gift
card.
Additionally,
T.H.E.
supplies
DPHW
with
safe
sex
educational
materials
and
supplies.
T.H.E.
is
a
nonprofit
organization
that
advocates
for
and
supports
a
continuum
of
health
and
social
services
for
underserved
sexual
minorities.
The
services
that
T.H.E.
provides
are
among
the
most
popular
activities
that
DPHW
offers,
and
this
thriving
partnership
engages
40
to
50
people
each
month.
We
are
glad
to
be
able
to
offer
clients
the
opportunity
to
be
proactive
about
their
health
status
and
medical
care
through
this
wonderful
provider!
Partner Provider Profile
New Members of DPHW’s Board of Directors
Marisa
Gaither
is
Principal
for
Green
Door
Advisors.
Marisa
also
served
as
Director
of
Real
Estate
Transactions
with
the
National
Capital
Revitalization
Corporation
(NCRC)
in
Washington,
D.C.
She
graduated
Summa
cum
Laude
from
UC
Berkeley
with
a
Bachelor
degree
in
American
Studies
and
received
a
Master
in
City
Planning
from
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Tech
‐
nology.
Ms.
Gaither
is
an
active
member
of
ULI
and
sits
on
the
Board
of
the
RCLCO
Foundation.
Lariena
D.
Matthews
is
Program
Coordinator
for
Meetings
and
Events
for
the
Congressional
Black
Caucus
Foundation.
Previously,
Lariena
worked
with
the
American
Red
Cross
doing
Leadership
Fund
‐
raising,
managed
events
and
community
outreach
with
RS
Consulting,
and
was
Assistant
Director
of
the
Columbia
College
Fund
at
Columbia
University.
She
received
her
BA
in
Social
Science
from
New
York
University
and
is
currently
working
on
her
MPA
at
the
University
of
Baltimore.
Tiffany
Parker
is
a
Senior
Consult
‐
ant
for
Booz
Allen
Hamilton.
She
received
a
BA
from
Howard
University
and
a
MPA
from
Columbia
University.
Besides
spending
almost
three
years
in
the
US
Foreign
Service,
Tiffany
was
Senior
Media
Specialist
with
Philip
Morris
USA
and
Director
of
Communications
for
REXAHN
Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.,
and
she
led
strategic
communications
for
DTI/Haverstick
Consulting.
Tiffany
is
also
on
the
Board
of
Directors
of
the
Breakthrough
Collaborative.
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Watch DC United vs. FC Dallas and Help the Homeless!
On
Saturday,
September
13,
2008
there
will
be
a
toiletry
donation
drive
benefitting
DPHW
at
the
RFK
Stadium.
All
items
collected
at
the
stadium
on
this
evening
will
be
donated
to
the
Dinner
Program
for
Homeless
Women.
United
Drives
is
one
of
the
many
great
community
involvement
initiatives
that
the
DC
United
team
sponsors.
Every
month,
donation
drives
are
held
before
home
games
to
collect
different
in
‐
kind
items
that
various
worthy
nonprofits
within
the
Greater
Washington
DC
area
need.
On
Saturday,
September
13,
DPHW
will
collect
all
of
the
toiletries
that
are
donated
prior
to
the
game.
Toiletries
will
be
collected
from
5:30pm
until
7:45pm
.
All
donations
will
be
collected
at
Gate
A
of
the
stadium.
Each
donor
will
receive
a
“Buy
One,
Get
One
Free”
ticket
voucher
that
is
redeemable
either
for
that
day’s
match
or
any
other
regular
2008
season
home
game.
RFK
Stadium
is
located
at
2400
East
Capitol
Street
SE,
Washington,
DC
20003.
For
more
information,
contact
Heather
Prince
Doss
,
Volunteer
and
Community
Resources
Manager
Email:
Phone:
202.737.9311
x504
What
if
DPHW
earned
a
penny
every
time
you
searched
the
internet?
Or
how
about
if
a
percentage
of
every
purchase
you
made
online
went
to
support
our
cause?
Now
it
can,
with
GoodSearch.com!
GoodSearch.com
is
a
new
Yahoo
‐
powered
search
engine
that
donates
half
of
its
advertising
revenue—over
a
penny
per
search—to
the
charities
its
users
designate.
We
urge
you
to
make
GoodSearch.com
your
homepage
or
add
it
to
your
tool
‐
bar.
Simply
list
“Dinner
Program
for
Homeless
Women”
as
the
charity
to
receive
proceeds
from
your
searches.
Use
it
just
as
you
would
any
search
engine,
get
quality
search
results
from
Yahoo,
and
watch
the
donations
add
up!
Also,
GoodShop.com
is
a
new
online
shopping
mall
which
donates
up
to
37%
of
each
purchase
to
your
favorite
cause!
Hundreds
of
great
stores
including
Amazon,
Target,
Gap,
Best
Buy,
eBay,
Macy’s
and
Barnes
&
Noble
have
teamed
up
with
GoodShop
so
that
every
time
you
place
an
order,
you’ll
be
supporting
your
favorite
cause.
Go
to
www.goodsearch.com
and
be
sure
to
enter
“Dinner
Program
for
Homeless
Women”
as
the
charity
you
want
to
support.
You
can
feel
good
about
yourself
every
time
you
look
up
something
online.
Be
sure
to
spread
the
word!
Search, Shop, and Support DPHW
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