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Last Chance to Help Us Reach Our Goal of Giving all 81 Grandchildren a Gift this Holiday Season!

Thursday December 12, 2024

Gifts purchased from our Amazon Wish List have been rolling in all week but we still need your help making it to our goal of getting a gift to all 81 grandchildren in time for their holiday party next Thursday, December 18! We are about $2,000 shy of being able to purchase a $50 VISA gift card for the 54 children who did not request a specific gift from the Amazon List. Help make the holidays a little brighter for a deserving family by making a tax-deductible donation to MVT Community Foundation.

Every year we are blown away by our community’s generosity and thank everyone who has already contributed to helping make the holidays of a deserving family a little bit brighter this season. Located in our clean, safe, and amenity-rich Mount Vernon Triangle community with convenient access to transportation, retail, and employment resources, Plaza West is an innovative affordable housing development serving grandparents raising grandkids. The unique development has 50 units for head of households age 50 and older who have legal custody/guardianship of at least one minor child. Plaza West is just one of a handful of such projects across the country and is the first project of its type in Washington, DC.

More About the Grandfamilies of Plaza West: 

  • 81 youth between the ages of toddler to 18 years old:
    • 0-5: 8
    • 6-12: 39
    • 13-18: 34
  • All residents identify as African American/Black
  • Average household income: $23,000/year
  • Average household composition: three people per household
  • 40% of grandparents are age 65 or older
  • All but three of the apartments have a single grandmother raising a minor child
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