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  • The Rainbow Samaritan

    By on July 4, 2007

    The pleas for pink dollars are never ending, an annoying byproduct of the increasingly well-oiled machine of GLBT politicking. Whether it's to fight HIV/AIDS, gain...

  • Diving for Dollars

    By on June 13, 2007

    Lambda Divers, a not-for-profit social organization that works to promote scuba diving among the gay community, donated a total of $5,700 to three organizations that...

  • Granting Entry

    By on June 6, 2007

    Brother Help Thyself (BHT) announced on June 2 that it has begun taking applications for grants from organizations that serve the GLBT and HIV/AIDS communities...

  • On the Red Carpet

    By on May 16, 2007

    One in Ten, the organization that has produced the Reel Affirmations film festival in Washington for the past 16 years, among other events, raised over...

  • Athletic Support

    By on March 28, 2007

    Greg Campbell was attending a gay-straight alliance meeting at Wakefield High School in Arlington, where he teaches math and coaches swimming, when he came to...

  • Community Growth

    By on January 31, 2007

    Gigi Thomas is on call 24 hours a day. The transgender client advocate and hotline supervisor for Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS), in Adams Morgan,...

  • CTA gives to SMYAL

    By on January 24, 2007

    The Capital Tennis Association (CTA), a local not-for-profit organization that coordinates and promotes tennis in the gay community, recently donated $15,275 to the Sexual Minority...

  • Change at BHT

    By on December 13, 2006

    Several months from now you may not find Larry Stansbury of Brother Help Thyself working from his office on 14th Street NW. You may not...

  • Cherry Announces Grants

    By on August 16, 2006

    The Cherry Fund, the organization behind D.C.'s annual spring circuit party fundraiser, reported in early August that it would be distributing $30,000 to 12 beneficiaries...

  • Gay Grant Giver

    By on February 1, 2006

    Brother Help Thyself (BHT) both honored and supported the community minded during its annual grant reception on Saturday, Jan. 28. About 85 people attended the...

  • Dawson's Discount

    By on October 26, 2005

    The phrase ''Charity begins at home'' is open to some interpretation. Local musician Sharon Dawson is living one possible interpretation, with her newly-released discount card...

  • Art With Heart

    By on October 12, 2005

        From tsunamis to earthquakes, hurricanes to mudslides, the past year has been rough. Those in a position to donate may feel tapped out....

  • Mama's Mission

    By on August 10, 2005

    Noi Chudnoff inside Go Mama Go! If you drive by too quickly, the sign above the door might look more like ''Go Mango!'' warns Noi...

  • BHT Holds 27th Reception

    By on February 2, 2005

    Roughly 100 people gathered Saturday afternoon, Jan. 29, at Titan, for Brother, Help Thyself's annual grants reception. In all, the all-volunteer, Washington-Baltimore organization awarded $91,655...

  • No Cherry on Top

    By on November 17, 2004

    Four gay and lesbian community groups that were the designated beneficiaries for last spring's Cherry 9 circuit party will not be receiving any Cherry donations...