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Save Us Now Inc.

THE SPOTLIGHT - December 2021

Stories about real people in our community

Save Us Now Inc. was presented the the 11th Annual "Sheila Stewart Spirit of Giving Award" from Michael and Cassandra Morgan from Hope Toys and Laughter organization. We feel honored to receive this award from an organization that faithfully gives Christmas Toys annually to children at Children's Hospital as well as children in the community.  We appreciate Michael and Cassandra Morgan so much and the work they have contributed towards programs and services of Save Us Now Inc. 


Save Us Now Inc. receives the "Sheila Stewart Spirit of Giving Award"

December 24, 2021

THE SPOTLIGHT - March 2021

Stories about real people in our community

Ms. Imani Edwards came to our attention from a referral through the Sterling Shelter located at 1700 Rhode Island Ave NE. She contacted our organization and told us that she had just received permanent housing located near the Stadium Armory area of northeast Washington DC. She has a young daughter that is about one years old and she is a single Mother raising her.  She explained that moving into the apartment from the shelter with basically nothing has been challenging, and they need so much.  Save Us Now Inc. was able to assist Ms. Edwards with a $250 gift card from our "Comforts of Home Free Market Program" to help with purchasing items for her baby daughter and some items for her new apartment. We will be checking in on Ms. Edwards periodically to make sure that she and her daughter are doing alright.  We are so happy for Imani, and if you would like to continue to help this young single Mom and her daughter you can donate to them through Save Us Now Inc. 

Imani Edwards...a young single Mother striving for more 

March 1, 2021

THE SPOTLIGHT - February 2021

Stories about real people in our community

Mr. Darnell Edwards came to our attention from a referral through the Sterling Shelter located at 1700 Rhode Island Ave NE. He contacted our organization and told us that he had just received permanent housing located in the Trinidad neighborhood of northeast Washington DC. He has a young daughter that is about one years old and he is a single father raising her.  He explained that moving into the apartment from the shelter with basically nothing has been a real challenge, and is basically starting over.  Save Us Now Inc. was able to assist Mr. Edwards with two $100 gift cards from our "Comforts of Home Free Market Program" to help with purchasing items for his baby daughter and some items for his new apartment. We will be checking in on Mr. Edwards periodically to make sure that he and his daughter are doing alright.  We are so happy for Darnell, and if you would like to continue to help this young single father and his daughter you can donate to them through Save Us Now Inc. 

Darnell Edwards...a young single father fighting against the odds 

February 1, 2021

​THE SPOTLIGHT - December

Stories about real people and events in our community

Corporate Sponsors that supported this event

This year Save Us Now Inc was not able do our annual giving program "A Feast for My People Project" due to the Covid-19. This unfortunately impacted a large number of people that we would normally service. We did not want to put our volunteers at risk as well as the populations of people we service to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

But the needs are still there and we wanted to still help so we decided to put together grocery bags for those who are living without shelter in encampments around the city of Washington DC., especially near Union Station.

Save Us Now Inc. was supported again by its wonderful giving partners: Giant Food, Food Lion, Wegmans, Costco Warehouse, and Whole Foods Community Giving Program that has enabled us to purchase food to and products to fill the Grocery Giveaway bags this holiday season. 

Save Us Now Inc. partnered with another organization on Sunday December 20, 2020 to distribute food and other items to those living in the encampments. Save Us Now will be doing another distribution again in two weeks to those living in encampments. 

THE SPOTLIGHT - November 2020

Stories about real people in our community

David Watts and Heather Beall came to our attention from an article in the City Paper back on July 30, 2020. They were without shelter along with their less than a year old baby at that time. They were literally living on the streets. They asked for help from Washington DC's Virginia Williams Resource Center and was refused for not providing certain documents that they didn't even have to provide.  The City allowed this family to go without shelter with a baby, and live in the street until the  Washington Legal Clinic got involved to help them. Here is a small quote from that article.

"At first, David Watts says, he was told he needed to provide proof that he and his family had nowhere else to go. That task was near impossible for a family that’s spent months sleeping in parks, Metro stations, and, when they can pull together enough money, hotels. Watts, his partner Heather Beall, and their almost 1-year-old son have been seeking emergency shelter in D.C. for more than a year. Most recently, they say they were turned away on July 15, in the middle of a record-setting heat wave.  “She told me it wasn’t nothing they could do for me,” Watts says of his conversation with the intake worker at the Virginia Williams Family Resource Center, where families apply for emergency shelter. “So I told her to have her supervisor call me, and she kept trying to say, ‘Well, it’s nothing we can do for you.'”

He never received a call back. So that night, Watts and Beall slipped through the backyard fence of a property in Southeast and spent the night in a shed. Their son stayed with a family member. The next day, July 16, Watts called the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless looking for help. Staff attorney Amber Harding inquired with the Department of Human Services, which provided an explanation that conflicts with Watts’ version of the circumstances and that she says runs afoul of the law.    DHS responded to Harding via email that the agency never denied Watts and Beall shelter. “The family abruptly ended the call,” a DHS representative writes in one email. “Due to this, there was no eligibility determination.” In another email, an agency representative writes that Watts and Beall refused to provide information verifying that they are D.C. residents, a requirement for emergency shelter in the District, and would not provide photo ID. The email says they became “irate” and ended the call before the intake worker could finish the eligibility process.  Watts disputes that he ended the call, and says the intake worker hung up the phone after promising to refer him to a supervisor. Harding notes that DHS used similar terms to describe Shadon Freeman, a pregnant mother City Paper spoke with last year, who was also initially turned away from Virginia Williams.  David Watts and Heather Beall was placed in temporary shelter by Virginia Williams after Washington Legal Clinic got involved. 


Save Us Now Inc. contacted them shortly after they were placed in short-term housing at The Sterling, 1700 Rhode Island Ave NE, where we gifted them a $500 gift-card to buy personal essentials to help them. Since that time David  and Heather have moved into permanent housing and Save Us Now Inc. has been able to donate items to them through our "Comforts of Home Free Market Program", where its sole purpose is to provide basic household items and furniture to families and individuals determined to rebuild their lives in a new permanent home of their own. We are so happy for David and Heather. If you would like to continue to help this family you can donate to them through Save Us Now Inc. 

David & Heather...a real miracle

November 30, 2020