The Saturday before Thanksgiving — November 21 this year — features one of the Washington, DC metro area’s largest charity events, the Fannie Mae Help the Homeless walk. It benefits dozens of local nonprofit organizations that serve the homeless, including Building Futures, whose supporters are registering for the walk, recruiting donors, and hosting Mini Walks [...]
Building Futures is pleased to announce three grants for Daffodil House, the 30-unit property in Columbia Heights that will provide homes to 30 extremely low-income households living with HIV/AIDS and other disabilities. Daffodil House’s new supporters include:
The William S. Abell Foundation provided $100,000 and ongoing technical assistance supporting the permanent financing of the property. The [...]
The date of the One Day, One Ride, One Cause charity bike ride through all 8 wards of the District of Columbia is quickly approaching, and the ride sponsors seek additional riders and volunteers for the event. Last year, 90 riders participated. This year, the ride will start and end in Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park [...]
This year on July 3, the official Independence Day holiday for many people, you can help make independence more of a reality for 30 individuals or small families living with HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC. Could you spend part of your day at Daffodil House as a volunteer cleaning out or painting vacant apartments to [...]
Daffodil House crossed a major milestone in June 2010. Half of the 30 apartments at Daffodil House are complete. Seven residents have moved into their new homes, and another eight units are available for new residents. Building Futures is working with organizations serving persons living with HIV/AIDS to identify new prospective residents. Residents must have [...]
Daffodil House has become a hub of activity, as volunteers busily prepare individual apartments, hallways, and stairwells for new residents. With 32 units receiving new bamboo and ceramic tile flooring, energy efficiency upgrades, new appliances and heating/cooling systems, closet organizers, and other upgrades, the enthusiasm is spreading.
Volunteers from organizations including Fannie Mae (ERG and HIV/AIDS [...]
The 2009 One Day, One Ride, One Cause charity bike ride is set for Sunday, August 16. Starting and ending in Adams Morgan, the course crosses the 8 Wards of the District of Columbia and raises awareness and funds to combat HIV / AIDS in the community. Building Futures is one of the [...]
Health Care Costs Put U.S. Workers and Employers at a Significant Disadvantage Compared With Global Competitors
by the Business Roundtable
According to the Business Roundtable Health Care Value Comparability Study, a new measure of the “value” (cost and performance) of the U.S. health care system relative to our competitors’ systems on a weighted scale, the workers and [...]
HIV epidemic
New studies show D.C. has highest death rate in the country
Amy Cavanaugh
Friday, March 13, 2009
The Washington Blade
Two new studies show the national HIV epidemic is growing — and the numbers are especially bad locally for men who have sex with men.
A report from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention says Washington has the [...]
The Black AIDS Institute released its annual report on the State of AIDS in Black America. The 2009 edition of State of AIDS in Black America report lays out both the promise and the peril of the unique moment in this epidemic. On one hand, the historic election of Barack Obama and a congressional majority [...]
