Your September Challenge Toolkit is Here ✨

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It’s almost September, and that means Everyone Home DC is ready to launch its signature Fall fundraising campaign–September Challenge. It will run throughout September and consist of a various fundraising experiences to raise $70,000 for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness in our city.

This year, we are excited to share a new resource to support you in engaging with this year’s September Challenge—the September Challenge Toolkit! Everyone Home DC has gathered all you need—from text message templates to social media strategies—to help you build a fantastic fundraiser!

Here are some things you will find in the September Challenge Toolkit:

  • Clearly understand the Everyone Home DC’s need and the impact your participation will have!
  • An abundance of Fundraising Tips.
  • Templates, scripts, and graphics to support you in spreading the word!
  • Information on the September Challenge online auction. Bid on unique items and experiences, which will go live on Wednesday, September 6 at 10 am!
  • Get inspired with ideas for hosting a successful event.
  • A guide to support you with joining the September Challenge Leaderboard by creating your fundraising page.

The need to raise critical funds to support people facing homelessness is more urgent than ever, with an 11.6% increase in homelessness in DC from 2022 to 2023, leaving 4,922 of our neighbors unhoused. 

Building a successful fundraiser—and helping us reach our September Challenge goal—is a breeze with the right tools. Everyone Home DC’s September Challenge Toolkit contains everything you’ll need to make that call, host that event, and raise those dollars. Check out YOUR September Challenge Toolkit today!

Back-to-School With Everyone Home DC

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Support Everyone Home DC’s Back to School Initiative to Distribute Gift Cards to Rising Scholars.

With many schools’ summer break now upon us, Everyone Home DC is preparing for 2023/24 school year, which is right around the corner! Each year we begin planning around this time so that when our families start to think about the new school year, Everyone Home DC is ready to provide support with any back-to-school needs. Everyone Home DC is committed to providing flexible monetary support to the families we work alongside, which encourages families to shop together in anticipation of the new school year.

Everyone Home DC is raising funds for the 2023/24 school year to provide gift cards for families to use during back-to-school shopping. We aim to distribute $50 gift cards to each Everyone Home DC scholar, requiring us to obtain 200 gift cards this year. AND we need YOUR help to reach our goal.

Here are some other ways you support Everyone Home DC in reaching our goal:

  • Make a donation today towards our fundraising goal.
  • Create a fundraising page to share with your community. We are on standby to provide support!
  • Host a drive to collect gift cards (Visa, Mastercard, Target, Walmart, and Amazon) at your work, place of worship, or with your favorite people.
  • Spread the word and share the need with your friends and family by emailing or posting on your favorite social media platform.

Everyone Home DC plans to begin distributing gift cards to families the week of August 7.

Every little bit helps. Below is more information on how to get started and how to get gift cards or cash gifts to Everyone Home DC.

Spring Social Success!

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It was an absolute honor to spend time with so many friends last Wednesday evening at Everyone Home DC’s Spring Social held on the rooftop of Biergarten Haus. It was inspiring to be in the presence of people who share the vision of our city as a thriving and diverse place where all people can obtain and remain in safe, affordable, and comfortable homes. Collectively, we raised nearly $3,000! We will immediately invest those funds into the people we work alongside each day. Thank you. Enjoy photos from the evening below.

We look forward to growing in partnership with you. Below are ways we can stay connected. Please consider taking action today by doing one, two, three, or ALL of the following.

  • VOTE Everyone Home DC Best Nonprofit in Washington City Paper’s Best of DC! Learn more here on our website and vote today!

  • BECOME a monthly donor to Everyone Home DC by joining the GoodNeighbor Circle! This sustaining program provides critical and dependable support to Everyone Home DC year-round.

  • FOLLOW Everyone Home DC on your favorite social. Find @EveryoneHomeDC on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

  • JOIN our Resource Development Committee to support Everyone Home DC with reaching its fund, friend, and awareness raising goals! 

  • COORDINATE an in-kind donation drive to collect essential items for our neighbors experiencing homelessness—email Kate to discuss our most urgent needs.

  • LEARN about the latest Point-in-Time Count findings from Executive Director Karen Cunningham’s reflections in this Washington Examiner article. Additionally, through this DCist article, gain a better understanding of successful advocacy efforts to restore ERAP funding and add housing vouchers for individuals experiencing homelessness in the initial approval of the 2024 DC Budget.

We are so glad you are here. We could not do this work without your support and positive energy. We are excited to stay connected in the months ahead!

Quick Action: Vote Everyone Home DC Best Nonprofit

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Washington City Paper’s Best of DC is BACK! In years past, Everyone Home DC has been proud to receive the 3rd place honor in the Best Nonprofit category, and we would love to see if we can do it again this year…or maybe move up a little bit!

You can help by voting Everyone Home DC Best Nonprofit today! The process is easy and only takes a minute. Here is what you need to know:

  1. Click this link to get to the “People and Places” section. OR try to go directly to the “Best Nonprofit” nomination box by clicking here.
  2. If this is your first time voting this year, you will be redirected to a sign-in form where an email is required, and you will need to enter a validation code sent to your inbox. After that, you don’t have to enter an email again.
  3. In the People and Places section, under “Categories,” scroll down to “Best Nonprofit” — it is in alphabetical order and after “Best Middle School” and before “Best Park.”
  4. Type in Everyone Home DC. Please be sure to enter the full name — Everyone Home DC. Select “Vote.”
  5. You are done! Consider voting for your other DC Bests and encourage your friends to nominate Everyone Home DC too!

DC Reports Increase in Homelessness

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Results from this year’s Point-In-Time Count are out, and there is an almost 12% increase across populations this year. Some factors that could be driving this increase include the slow rollout of FY22 and FY23 housing resources coupled with an increase in inflow. You can view the 2023 Point in Time Dashboard here, which includes numbers broken down by population and demographic information. 

In this timely piece titled “DC reports homelessness increase year after record-low numbers,” The Washington Examiner spoke with our very own Executive Director Karen Cunningham about the recent findings and what is necessary to end homelessness in DC. 

“We had unprecedented investments in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals in the FY22 and FY23 budgets,” Cunningham said. “And as of now, there are no new resources budgeted for FY24, which is really concerning because we know that permanent supportive housing works, that housing is the solution to homelessness.”

 You can read the full article here.

Your 2022 Annual Report

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On behalf of our Board of Directors, staff, and clients, Everyone Home DC is proud to present your 2022 Everyone Home DC Annual Report.

Within these pages, we reflect on shared experiences and share our vision for the path here ahead. We invite you to scroll through a few of the highlights you have made possible. You can view your full 2022 Everyone Home DC Annual Report.

As we look forward, Everyone Home DC remains committed to working with our community to put the needs of people at risk of or experiencing homelessness at the center of a just recovery. We cannot do this work without you. We are grateful for your unwavering support.

Thank you for being a part of this community!

Karen Cunningham
Executive Director
Everyone Home DC

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Can’t Wait to See You at Our Spring Social

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Gather with friends, old and new, at the Biergarten Haus on Wednesday, May 17 from, 5:30-7:30 p.m. We will come together to harness collective energy around our shared vision of the District of Columbia as a thriving and diverse community where all people can obtain and remain in safe, affordable, and comfortable homes. 

Come alone or bring friends! Arrive early to mingle while enjoying light hors d’oeuvres and tasty Hill Prince beverages. All are welcome. The dress for the evening is smart casual.

TICKETS ARE REQUIRED, AND SPACE IS LIMITED!
RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!

If you are interested in supporting the Spring Social as a sponsor or in-kind supporter or in joining the planning committee, don’t hesitate to contact Kate at akalonu@everyonehomedc.org to discuss!

Accessibility: If you have access needs or questions, please get in touch with Kate at akalonu@everyonehomedc.org before the event. 

Take This Quick Action Today! End Chronic Homelessness.

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The District is closer than ever to ending chronic homelessness. Next Wednesday, DC is expected to release its proposed budget for the fiscal year 2024. We need your help to ensure the next budget prioritizes the funding necessary to make this a reality for our city!

Everyone Home DC is a proud member of The Way Home Campaign and supports its budget asks. Today, we are asking you to take action now and urge Mayor Bowser to fund proven solutions to ensure our neighbors can access the housing and services they deserve.

Join Everyone Home DC, The Way Home Campaign, along with a coalition of 110 partner organizations and 7,000 individual supporters as we call on Mayor Bowser to:

  • Invest $36.6 million to end chronic homelessness for 1,260 single adults with Permanent Supportive Housing.
  • Invest $18.87 million to provide 480 families with Permanent Supportive Housing.
  • Ensure the continuation of non-congregate shelter capacity.
  • Expand programs that prevent chronic homelessness. 
  • Ensure that DC, particularly the Department of Human Services, has the staffing and capacity to implement historic investments made in FY22 & 23 to end chronic homelessness. 
  • Make shelters more dignified, non-congregate, and service-rich, and add medical respite beds.  
  • Address DC’s dire lack of low-income housing. 
  • Increase funding for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) in an FY 23 supplemental budget and the Fiscal Year 2024 budget. 

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This Year, Join Our GoodNeighbor Circle

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We are so glad you are here! And we would love to invite you to invest monthly in ending homelessness by joining Everyone Home DC’s GoodNeighbor Circle. 

The GoodNeighbor Circle includes 38 of Everyone Home DC’s most committed partners, and collectively, members of the GoodNeighbor Circle raised more than $15,000 in 2022. This year, Everyone Home DC has a goal of reaching 50 members. Will you help us reach our goal and join our GoodNeighbor Circle today?

Joining Everyone Home DC’s GoodNeighbor Circle is the easiest and most consistent way to support Everyone Home DC. Members make automatic monthly donations, which allows Everyone Home DC to plan long-term, budget more efficiently, and create more life-changing opportunities for individuals and families in our city. You choose how much to give, and you can change your amount or cancel anytime.

Become a GoodNeighbor with your monthly gift today and ensure everyone in our city can access safe, affordable, and comfortable homes.

We really like you!

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Friends! We like you. We really, really do!
Everyone Home DC’s staff curated a Valentine’s Day Spotify playlist
to get you through the rest of your day.
Enjoy!

love, Everyone Home DC

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