From the Archives: Photos From Last Year’s Hope Awards Dinner

Board member Kymber Messersmith celebrates onstage at the Hope Awards

Board member Kymber Messersmith celebrates onstage at the Hope Awards

Executive Director Kris Thompson with honoree Sandra Evers-Manly, emcee Steve Rudin of ABC7/WJLA-TV, and Board President Tracy Ballard.

Executive Director Kris Thompson with honoree Sandra Evers-Manly, emcee Steve Rudin of ABC7/WJLA-TV, and Board President Tracy Ballard.

One week from today we’ll be heading down to the Hope Awards Dinner! Every year brings new surprises, guests, awesome auction items or vacations, stories and inspiration. As Calvary is entering our 12th Annual Hope Awards Dinner and our 30th year providing services for women who are homeless in DC, we have a lot to be thankful for – and a lot to celebrate! Take some time time to enjoy some of the great moments from last year’s dinner from our Flickr page, and get excited about attending an event that does good and feels great.

Recent Posts

Back to Blog
November 26, 2025

This Holiday Season, Joy is Building a Future…

Joy is a resident at Calvary Women’s Services’ New Foundations program, her name echoing the spirit she carries. She came to Calvary after years of surviving domestic abuse. She was on the str…
March 19, 2026

Women Leading Change at Calvary: Jas Shackelf…

1. What is your role at Calvary? Program Manager at New Foundations 2. What does Women’s History Month mean to you in your work at Calvary? It means celebrating and honoring the sacrifices that incr…
October 17, 2025

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Whether it is acknowledged or not, we all know a survivor—a woman who has been physically abused or threatened with violence, had words thrown at her that have broken her confidence and sense of sel…