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Friendship House Adds
Another Site
To Its Transitional Housing Program
Westminster Presbyterian Church celebrated the transfer of Daughtry House to Friendship House's Men's Transitional Housing Program with an Open House on November 23rd .
The Clothing Bank 10th
Anniversary
Open House
The Clothing Bank's 10th Anniversary
celebration and back-to-school clothing drive was a huge success.
Click here to view the photo album.
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Snapshots From the Often Overlooked
A Photovoice Project
This fall, Friendship House and the Delaware State Housing Authority has conducted a Photovoice project with the residents of Andrew's Place.
1. Enabling homeless people to record and reflect the strengths and needs of the homeless in Wilmington by teaching them the Photovoice methodology, coordinating their efforts, and providing them with the resources to record their experience through pictures.
2. Using the complete photo display with its accompanying stories to dialogue with policy makers and community leaders about the issue of homelessness in Delaware.
The Photovoice project has been graciously offered a gallery space at 605 N. Market Street, Wilmington DE by the Buccini/Pollin Group. The opening exhibit is planned for December 18th from 4 pm to 7 pm. The final exhibit should include between 30 to 60 photos. Captions, written by the men will accompany all photos
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New Newark Homeless Ministry Website
To celebrate its collaborative homeless ministries with Friendship House, the Newark Homeless Coalition has created its own website. Visit it at www.fhnec.org.
Benefit Concert For
Newark Homeless
Sunday, December 28, 2008 from 2 to 4pm
Renowned musician Scott
Williams will perform a hammered dulcimer concert at the UUFN on Sunday,
December 28, 2008 to benefit the Newark Empowerment Center and Code Purple.
50% of ticket sales and 25% of CD sales will benefit these deserving causes
that help the homeless in our community. Advance ticket purchase is
recommended: $10 for adults, $5 for children 10 and under, with refreshments
and CDs available for purchase at the concert.
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Friendship House Tours
For the last year Friendship House has offered its supporters a personalized tours of its programs and facilities. Lu Johnston, our outreach minister, coordinates several weekday tours per month around people's busy schedules. If you have two hours to spare, Lu can arrange visits to our primary sites and brief interviews with our core staff. This is a wonderful opportunity for the ministers and lay leaders from our sponsoring churches to see Friendship House in action and to put faces on the Friendship House ministry team. Lu can be reached at the Friendship House Women's Center on Tuesdays and Fridays at 652 - 8033.