Employment Opportunities!!!
Carpenter's Shelter is looking for skilled, enthusiastic team players to join our award-winning staff:

• Director of Development & Strategic Alliances (posted July 2008)
• Child and Family Services Coordinator (posted July 2008)

If you are interested in either of these full-time positions (good salary, great benefits), please review the appropriate linked job description and respond to the contact person listed with a cover letter, resume, and three professional references. No phone calls, please. Selected candidates will be contacted by shelter staff.

If you would like to donate via credit card right now to Carpenter's Shelter, visit our host "Network for Good" (formerly Helping.Org) (then click on the "Donate Now" button). If you are interested in donating in other ways, please visit our "Donate" page for more opportunities.

Carpenter's Shelter is proud to announce our latest achievement -- Charity Navigator's 4-star rating for sound fiscal management! Charity Navigator is the nonprofit sector's premier evaluator, and as such, they constantly review efficiency and sustainability of nonprofits. This is our fourth consecutive 4-star rating. Click here to read more about this incredible award.

Carpenter's vision:

A community where all live safely and affordably

Carpenter' mission:

To end homelessness through services education and advocacy

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Workplace Giving: A wonderful way to support Carpenter's Shelter. It's easy to set up direct payroll deductions and many employers offer a matching gifts program, extending the value of your personal gift. [more...]

Want to hear more about what's happening at the Carpenter's Shelter? Open these Carpenter's reports and newsletters to find out:

• The 2007 Annual Report
• Fall 2007 Quarterly Newsletter
• Winter 2008 Quarterly Newsletter
• June 2008 Volunteer Newsletter
• July 2008 Volunteer Newsletter

• VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION SESSIONS:
• Tuesday, July 8^th, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 12^th, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
• Tuesday, September 9^th, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, October 14^th, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Carpenter's Receives Unprecedented Donation and Rededicates Building

On the evening of September 12th, more than 100 Carpenter's Shelter supporters gathered under a tent erected in our parking lot, eagerly anticipating the "unveiling" of Carpenter's future. The event marked the rededication of the shelter building as The Hubert N. Hoffman, Jr. Center for Homeless Families in honor of Mr. Hoffman, who passed away in 2002.

Mr. Hoffman, a lifetime Alexandrian, was orphaned as a teenager, left without a stable home and forced to drop out of school. A self-made man in adulthood, Mr. Hoffman was a longtime supporter of Carpenter's, making a significant contribution to our building campaign in 1999. Because of his humble beginnings, Mr. Hoffman was always willing to help others in need, offering his hand to assist those willing to help themselves.

Mr. Hoffman's family wanted to honor his memory and his abiding love for the well-being of children. Believing in the life-changing work of Carpenter's Shelter, they presented a $1 million dollar gift to Carpenter's Shelter. To acknowledge this unprecedented and unrestricted cash gift, Carpenter's Board of Directors unanimously voted to rename the building at 930 North Henry Street The Hubert N. Hoffman, Jr. Center for Homeless Families.

"This $1 million gift is challenging Carpenter's Board to do even more to end homelessness," Lee Fifer, Carpenter's Board Chair, said at the rededication event. "We are now more focused than ever on stopping repeated episodes of homelessness, one child, one family at a time."

CARPENTER'S CONTINUES COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING EDUCATION
In 2005, Carpenter's Board created the Carpenter's Shelter's Education Fund, a financial resource for clients whose lives can change with access to education. Any client in good standing who demonstrates both the need for education funds and the ability to complete his/her education goal can make a formal application. Qualifying programs include vocational school, trade school apprenticeships, GED programs, community colleges, or four-year colleges or universities.

This year, $20,000 in life-altering scholarships were awarded to three women and one man, two of whom are pursuing college degrees, one who is enrolling in nursing school and one who will begin computer technician training at an information technology school. Last year our Education Fund Selection Committee awarded $15,000 in educational scholarships to four exceptional women.

If you would like to find out more on how you can change a life through education, please contact Mary-Parker Lamm, Director of Transitional Services, 703-548-7500 or MaryParkerLamm@carpentersshelter.org.

Carpenter's Shelter Volunteers:

At Carpenter's Shelter we LOVE our volunteers!

Every month at Carpenter's Shelter there are:
  - 90 meals served
  - 61 front desk volunteers
  - 5 David's Place volunteers
  - 63 Children's volunteers
  - 269 meal volunteers
  - 5 IT volunteers
  - 12 Job Mentor volunteers
  - 10 Hypothermia volunteers during the winter
  - 12 Tutors
  - 10 Hours of professional medical assistance
  - 5 Hours of Legal help

Carpenter's Shelter would not be "more than just a roof" without all of our volunteers' time and dedication.
THANK YOU!!

Save Two Dates!!
Help us Celebrate 20 Years of Service to the Community

We hope you will join us in the celebration of our efforts to fulfill the needs of our clients as they work towards a better tomorrow.

Interfaith Prayer Service
Historic Christ Church
118 N Washington St
Alexandria, VA 22314
Thursday, September 25
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Join us for a reflective inter-faith service, full of scripture readings, singing, and inspirational messages from Carpenter’s Shelter members.

For more information, email Shaina at ShainaLamchick@carpentersshelter.org




Urban Country Night…on the Runway
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Historic Terminal A Lobby
Friday, September 26
8:00 pm – midnight
Tickets are $75 per person before September 1st and $100 per person after this date.
Reserved tables for ten: $1,000.

Purchase tickets online here!

Ticket price includes
complimentary parking in Terminal A.
Directions: Park in Terminal A, follow signs to the event. Also accessible by Metro via the blue/yellow lines.

Don’t miss this festive, hip evening with live entertainment, delectable food, silent auction items and more.

All proceeds from Urban Country Night will benefit our education program designed to empower our families to permanently end their homelessness.

For more ticket information, email Leah at LeahHostetler@carpentersshelter.org

Big Thank YOU to all Sponsors and Supporters of Carpenter's 6th Annual Cook-off. Your commitment to Carpenter's helped us raise nearly $100,000 for our Transitional Services Program.

This casual, family event was filled with excellent food from area restaurants, fun and "good times music" performed by The Melonheads.

Huge thanks to The Birchmere for hosting Carpenter's Cook-off for six years!

Lots of competition for our Best Dressed Restaurant, People's Choice and Kid's Choice Awards this year. ....and the winners are:

Best Dressed Restaurant Group:

Evening Star/Vermilion/Rustico/Buzz

People's Choice:

Jackson 20

Kid's Choice:

Stardust

Many thanks to ALL of our Participating Restaurants: The Birchmere, a la Lucia, Asian Bistro, DC Central Kitchen, Del Merei Grille, Evening Star Cafe, Vermilion, Rustico, Buzz, Fireflies, Generous George's, Hollin Hall Pastry Shop, Jackson 20, Landini Brothers, misha's Coffeehouse, Restaurant Eve, Majestic, The Warehouse Bar & Grill, The Wharf, Southside 815, Stardust Restaurant & Lounge and Union Street Public House.

Many thanks to ALL of our 6th Annual Cook-off Sponsors:

Click here for a complete listing of all of our Cook-off Sponsors!

Put Your Best Foot Forward (PYBFF):
A Free Workshop Sponsored by Grant Thornton for Carpenter's Clients, April 19, 2008. A workshop to provide resume writing, interview preparation, job success skills, and gently used professional attire to successfully land and keep a great job for low-income members of the Alexandria community. For more information, visit here.

Santa visits Children at Carpenter's Shelter, THANKS to a generous community's giving.

To see more holiday photos, view our Carpenter's Family Holiday Album.

IF YOU MISSED IT, see the NBC-4 news report on Carpenter's Shelter of Wednesday, 19 Apr 2006 here!!

Carpenters Shelter is proud to have been awarded the prestigious 2005 Bank of America Neighborhood Builder Award, and to have been a finalist for the 2004 Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management.

Carpenter's is excited to present its 2007 Annual Report. Thanks to our Board, staff, volunteers and community supporters for your time, talents and donations.

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