August 31 (Day 184) Be A S*O*M*E Buddy!

So Others Might Eat (SOME) is an interfaith, community-based organization that exists to help the poor and homeless of our nation's capital. We meet the immediate daily needs of the people we serve with food, clothing, and health care. We help break the cycle of homelessness by offering services, such as affordable housing, job training, addiction treatment, and counseling, to the poor, the elderly and individuals with mental illness. Each day, SOME is restoring hope and dignity one person at a time. We invite you to join us.

SOME helps clients to maintain long-term stability through the provision of safe, supportive-service affordable housing, and currently operates more than 250 units for single adults and 43 units for families. More than 300 additional affordable units are in the pipeline as part of SOME’s Affordable Housing Development Initiative. Through the Initiative, and with the leadership of William E. Conway, Jr., Co-founder and Managing Partner of the Carlyle Group, SOME aims to create 1,000 new units of affordable housing for more than 2,000 of the District’s homeless and poor.

 
By the Numbers:

In 2009, SOME provided:

• 288,390 meals for hungry children, women, and men in our Dining Room for the Homeless
• 13,215 medical and dental care visits to homeless people who could not afford a doctor or dentist
• 17,525 showers and free clothing for homeless men and women
• 546 homeless children, women and men with safe permanent and long-term housing
• 103 homeless and low-income women and men with intensive job training at SOME's Center for Employment Training

 Your support helps SOME provide food for the hungry and homeless, medical care for the sick, safe, affordable housing for families and single adults, and other services that protect and transform the lives of the homeless and poor in our community.

Get Involved:

Donate to SOME.

Volunteer opportunities with SOME.

Gifts for SOMEone Special Catalogue.

Honor a special person in your life with a symbolic gift from SOME's Gifts for SOMEone Special catalogue.

40 Ways to Help the homeless in your community.


Source:  So Others Might Eat