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		<title>Come help us raise some “green”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s the end of the summer so it’s par for the course that we’re all thinking about upcoming events this fall. Usually our thoughts run to commonplace activities such as preparing the kids for school and going back to work after that last memorable vacation.
Sometimes we also think ahead about major events. Only 122 days [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=262</link>
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		<title>You are thanking me???</title>
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On my way home from work last night I stopped by Brenda&#8217;s house.  She lives in my old neighborhood and I met her through a friend.  For several years now Brenda has purchased school supplies for the kids in our programs.
This whole routine of speaking briefly with donors and volunteers felt very familiar until I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=258</link>
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		<title>Goodnight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Good Shepherd Housing, we seek to build partnerships with other providers.  Last September, we teamed up with HomeAID Northern Virginia— a nonprofit organization supported by the local homebuilding community and dedicated to renovating homeless shelters and homes—to replace the roofs at two of our townhouse units.  With HomeAID’s help we were able [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=247</link>
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		<title>GSHFS &#8220;New Employee Experience&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I find it a breath of fresh air when inspiration, hope and support are at the core of a company’s mission. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=236</link>
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		<title>Vehicles for Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Daphne Steinberg
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about replacing my aging car. Knowing that I’m in the market for a replacement, the question I keep asking myself is where should I go?
Recently, while conducting research for a fundraiser, I checked out the Lindsay Automotive Group. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that if you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=232</link>
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		<title>Talking Tree Wins Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so pleased to announce that Talking Tree Creative won the Blue Diamond Award from the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.  Talking Tree was generous enough to donate over $25,000 of taping and editing services for our new GSH video.  Congrats to them for a well deserved honor!
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		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=227</link>
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		<title>New Opportunity to Join the Team as the Housing Locator Program Assistant.</title>
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Happy Memorial Day holiday weekend!
It is with both pride and sadness when I say that Sarah Bridger, our Housing Locator Program Assistant, has accepted an job offer at ICF International&#8217;s Housing and Community Development Group. Her last day here at Good Shepherd Housing will be Friday, June 11.
I am very grateful to have had Sarah&#8217;s in getting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=221</link>
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		<title>Small gesture; big impact</title>
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Sometimes simple words from a client carry so much meaning.  I just saw this thank you note in my office Inbox:
&#8220;I want to thank all who [were] involved in my getting the apartment I live in.  When everybody said &#8216;No&#8217; &#8211; you told me &#8216;Yes&#8217;!  I will never, never forget your kind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=216</link>
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		<title>Ten in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Alison Utermohlen
As the chair of Good Shepherd Housing &#38; Family Services’ (GSH) new “Ten in 2010” initiative, I would like to extend a hearty and sincere “THANK YOU!” to all participants who have so generously donated an amount to GSH this year that is 10% more than the amount they donated in 2009.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=205</link>
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		<title>Moving Towards Prevention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The general consensus among homeless services providers is that it is preferable to prevent people from becoming homeless rather than waiting to re-house them after they become homeless. The reasons are not surprising and usually come down to cost. Homelessness is very costly to both the homeless individual as well as the system as a whole.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodhousing.org/blog/?p=200</link>
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