Green Door June 2009 Wish List

Green Door prepares women and men with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental illnesses to work and live in the Washington, D.C. community. For information, visit us at www.greendoor.org.

Items should be fully functioning, gently used, and new items that are only on the wish list. Please contact Megan Butler at Megan.Butler@greendoor.org or 202-408-1977 x2 before donating.

Volunteer Opportunities

We are looking for Guest Chefs/Servers and Speakers for our monthly Education and Employment dinners. Please contact Ashawnda Fleming at 202-408-1977 x1 or Ashawnda.fleming@greendoor.org for more information.

We need volunteers for the Learning Center at the Clubhouse to tutor members in GED preparation, Monday through Friday from 3pm-5pm.

Have you always wanted to see what’s behind the Green Door?

Come take a one-hour tour of our Clubhouse, which is changing the way people with mental illness recover, live, and work in the community. You are welcome to bring a friend (s). Please RSVP with Ashawnda Fleming at 202-408-1977.

Thursday June 11, 2009 at 8:30am
Wednesday June 24, 2009 at 11:30am
Thursday July 9, 2009 at 8:30am
Wednesday July 22, 2009 at 11:30am
Thursday August 13, 2009 at 8:30am
Wednesday August 26, 2009 at 11:30am
Thursday September 10, 2009 at 8:30am

Metro cards for members without income to get to their doctors, jobs, or school. Please send all metro card donations to the attention of the Development Office at the address listed below.

Toiletries, especially deodorant and toothpaste, for our men’s and women’s emergency closets.

Safeway/Giant cards for members without income that are awaiting approval of their benefits.

Green Door housing needs five vacuums for the five housing units. The vacuums consistently break from the constant use. This will help them maintain a clean and healthy home. Gail Chow

Melvin currently moved and has a limited income. He needs twin size sheets, towels, wash cloths, dishes, and pots and pans to help him get started with learning to live independently.

Pamela is in need of a bed (mattress, box spring, and frame-full size or larger) for her new apartment. She has very limited income and currently has no bed to sleep on.

Kim is in need of pots and pans. She just started a diet and will need to cook most of her meals.

Nancy needs an iron. She has limited income and is unable to purchase an iron.

Kenneth recently gained custody of his teenage daughter and would like a few things to make their apartment more comfortable. He needs king size sheets, bath towels, wash cloths, a vacuum cleaner, and a 27-36” television (one that is cable-ready).

Piney Branch, Minnesota House, and Pennsylvania House are housing units of Green Door. The members would really appreciate exterior table and chairs (3 sets that seat six people). This will allow them to socialize with roommates and to have comfortable furniture to sit outside.

Steven just moved in to his new apartments and could really use pots and pans.

Jessica has limited income and really needs a bra (size 36B).

The Green Door Clubhouse is starting to have their monthly summer cookouts. The members would really appreciate to have horse shoes (metal), a kickball, a volley ball and net at the cookouts.

Cidney has been homeless for several years and just moved into a new apartment. She is in need of dishes, pots and pans, queen size sheets, queen size comforter, pillows, silverware, towels, and shower curtain.

Ricky is a hard-working member of the communications unit and he is in need of an iron. Ricky interns at a small firm, and having an iron would benefit him in his effort to portray himself in business appropriate attire.