June 9, 2016

Empowering Women to Change their Lives

A guest post from our 2016 Hope Awards Dinner Honoree, Erica May-Scherzer. By operating the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline, we know homelessness is a vulnerability traffick…
May 26, 2016

Living at Calvary and Going to College

Yolanda recently earned her associate’s degree in corrections administration from the University of the District of Columbia. The process took three years of determination and hard work. What makes…
May 20, 2016

15th Annual Hope Awards Dinner Draws Attentio…

Calvary Women’s Services continued a long tradition of celebrating women’s achievements and raising awareness on the issues facing women who are homeless during its 15th Annual Hope Awards Dinner…
May 9, 2016

Living on Her Own

“This was nothing new to me,” Glenda said. When she moved into Calvary Women’s Services, it was not the first time she had been homeless. She was not surprised by the “house rules” at Calvar…
May 5, 2016

Volunteer Spotlight: Aarthi Ananthanarayanan

Aarthi Ananthanarayanan’s volunteer experience at Calvary Women’s Services demonstrates just how flexible and unique our volunteers can be. She currently offers her professional skills as a Jo…
April 26, 2016

15th Annual Hope Awards Dinner to Celebrate W…

Calvary Women’s Services will host the 15th Annual Hope Awards Dinner on May 18, 2016 and celebrate the accomplishments of women who overcome homelessness and empower one another to reach their goal…
April 19, 2016

Service Never Sleeps Fellows Join Calvary for…

Calvary Women’s Services has partnered with Service Never Sleeps (SNS) – a nonprofit organization with a mission “to transform communities by mobilizing young professionals to combat urgent soci…
April 14, 2016

Stepping Stones to Independence

Within the next few days Joyce will be moving from Calvary Women’s Services into her own private room. She will live among a new community of people who are committed to sobriety and making healthy…
April 7, 2016

Volunteer Spotlight: Yael Nagar

Yael Nagar is one of Calvary’s tried-and-true overnight volunteers. She heard about Calvary originally through Terps4Change, a volunteering club at the University of Maryland. Yael says, “Calvary…
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