We are thrilled to welcome three exceptional individuals to the Miriam’s House Board of Directors—Rachel Dalton, Jeni Mays, & Dr. Christian Neal!
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In 2022, Allie Frantz joined our team as a Housing Case Manager. Over the past two years, she has moved countless households experiencing homelessness into homes and supported them in their new homes as they rebuilt their lives. Take a moment to get to know Allie and what makes her such an exceptional part of the Miriam’s House team.
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On Saturday, February 24th, hundreds of you showed up on Magnolia Street to participate in our 3rd annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk!
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A word from our Executive Director. “I know that our dedicated staff, board and each of you will join together to ensure that families in our community have a safe place to call home. I am grateful to live and work in a community that does not accept homelessness as an unsolvable reality but rather works so hard to move families into homes where they can thrive.”
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Leah Wiebe is our Director of Administration & Community Engagement and has been with us since July 2017. Over the past six years, Leah has been an integral part of Miriam’s House’s growth, and we are always grateful for her incredible attention to detail and creativity.
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On November 16th, Miriam's House was celebrated alongside other outstanding organizations and initiatives that are making significant contributions to the field of affordable housing and homelessness prevention. Members of our team attended to receive this incredible honor.
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In 2013, with a $10,000 grant through the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, we launched a pilot program, Community First, to offer homeless families an opportunity to move directly from homelessness and into a home of their own. Learn more about the success and impact of this program as we reflect on this milestone.
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Since 2016, Kathy Kreeger, has provided monthly financial support for our work to end homelessness. Her support over the years has provided meant the hundreds of homeless families now have the safety of a home. Learn more about Kathy and her generous commitment to our work.
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Each year, we move homeless families and individuals out of homelessness and into homes of their own. This work would not be possible without the incredible landlord partners who provide affordable and decent housing to these families. One of these wonderful landlord partners is Charlotte McLinden, Property Manager with NBS Rentals.
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Because of a committed team and a radically generous community of supporters. In 2022 alone, we were able to provide 462 of our homeless neighbors the opportunity to rebuild their lives with dignity and support, including 140 children.
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We are thrilled to announce that our 2023 Elizabeth M. Forsyth Community Service Award recipient is The Honorable MaryJane Tousignant-Dolan! We are honored to present Ms. Tousignant-Dolan with this award and are grateful for her lasting impact through her service to Miriam's House and the broader community!
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Grace inspires us with her generosity and the impact she is making in our community, even as a student! We reached out to Grace to learn more about her and why she is committed to our mission to end homelessness.
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We are incredibly proud to welcome two new board members to our Board of Directors—Mary Stuart Battle and Linda Hall.
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On Saturday, February 25th, hundreds of you showed up on Magnolia Street to participate in our second annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk!
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Our Strategic Plan is the result of a year’s worth of collaborative effort managed by The Spark Mill. Informed by 291 key external stakeholders, as well as clients, staff, and board, our strategic plan outlines our goals that will guide our work over the next three years.
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A word from our Executive Director. Looking back on 2022 and all that we accomplished together. Looking, with confidence, toward the year ahead. “Every person, every child, deserves the basic dignity of a home, and together, we will ensure this happens in the year ahead.”
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We are honored to have the support from board members like Laura Grosvenor. Laura reflected on what makes her proud to be part of the work at Miriam’s House: "Miriam’s House keeps evolving to meet the needs of the community. Each year they add additional programs to help reach more in the community who are experiencing homelessness." We sat down with Laura to learn more about her impact and commitment to Miriam's House.
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Meet Key Member and long-time friend to Miriam’s House, Andy Flint! We have so valued the support of Andy and his company, LG Flint, over the years. Read on to learn about how Andy has been a part of MIriam’s House since the beginning, even before we opened our doors on Magnolia Street in 1994! In addition to all the ways he has supported our work over the years, we were thrilled to have Andy join The Key, our community of monthly givers, last year. We reached out to Andy to learn more about him and his generous commitment to support our work to end homelessness through his ongoing gifts.
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Emily Hartka and the Charlottesville Ballet have been such wonderful friends to Miriam’s House for many years. Emily gives in honor of the Charlottesville Ballet, and her advocacy, generosity, and impact means so much to us. We reached out to Emily to learn more about her and why she is committed to our mission to ending homelessness.
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For more than four years, Sarah Fuentes has worked as the Homeless System Coordinator at Miriam’s House. We interviewed her to give you the chance to get to know a bit more about Sarah and the work that she does every day in pursuit of our mission to end homelessness.
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