Calvary Captain Countdown
2010 Help the Homeless Walkathon Wrap-up
Thanks to all who joined us for the Help the Homeless Walkathon on Saturday. This year marked Fannie Mae’s 23rd time sponsoring this outstanding event to benefit over 130 organizations like Calvary that serve people in the D.C. area facing homeless…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – 1 more day!
The 2010 Help the Homeless Walkathon is tomorrow morning! I hope you’ll be joining us! For our final day of the Calvary Captain Countdown, we’d like to bring you one last story from a member of our volunteer team, Abie Siegel, in her own…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – 2 days!
“Bring your kids, bring your dogs, bring your friends! There is no better way to spend a Saturday morning than coming together to help others (and have fun in the process).” Cindy Schwarz is a first-year walker, with a great support team behind h…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – 3 more days!
Swafia Lopez Ames is a first-time walker, but she’s already getting creative about the Walkathon. Today she’s holding a jeans-day fundraiser at her office. For a Walkathon donation, employees can participate in this “casual Wednesday” and wea…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – 4 days!
This will be Judy Gillespie’s first time participating in the Walkathon. After gearing up for the walk by fundraising throughout the fall, she is excited to wake up on Saturday morning and see the Walkathon finally come together on November 20th. J…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – 5 days!
You may remember Jaclyn Fontanella from last year. A former Calvary staff member, she had the pleasure of being the team leader for Calvary’s 2009 Walkathon. She’s happy that, through the Walkathon, she still has a chance to give back to Calvary.…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – 6 days!
Melissa Maybe was recruited to join the walk through her friend Catherine Bisson, Calvary’s Operations Director. Melissa and fellow Calvary Captain and friend Natalie Sorkin both hail from Whippany, New Jersey. They’re joining forces not only to…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – One more week!
That’s right… we are in the LAST week of our Countdown. Only 7 more days until November 20th! Courtney Wright (fun fact – she’s a twin!) is jumping right in to the Walkathon this year! She’s a new Calvary staff member at our Pathway…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – 8 days!
Olivia Devereux first started volunteering at Calvary Women’s Shelter in 1998. Now, over 10 years later, Olivia is on the Board at Calvary and still loves the volunteering experience. Introducing the second generation of Devereux volunteers to Calv…
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Calvary Captain Countdown – 9 days!
“I’m looking forward to the excitement in the air when over 50,000 people come together for one cause.” Natalie Sorkin was recruited to join the walk through her friend Catherine Bisson, Calvary’s Operations Director. She and fellow Calvary C…
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