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Thanks to you, we raised over $32,000!
Sing Out for Shelter Performers
Your host, and organizer for the past 31 years, The Augmented Eight is a men’s a cappella group that has entertained Washington audiences for over 65 years with a blend of old standards, modern pop, jazz, show tunes, and the occasional surprise.
DaCadence has just recently advanced to the regional competition of the ICCA, the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. The group is an all-gendered a cappella group that was first created in 2011. DaCadence strives to stimulate scholarship through advancing music and performance skills. With a Fall and Spring concert, along with competitions and creating albums, DaCadence offers students a chance to find a family while covering today’s most popular songs!
Vocal Point is an a cappella group at the University of Delaware. The group was started in 1998 with an 80’s music focus. Today, Vocal Point has branched out a great deal from its 80’s origins, singing songs by Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Lawrence, Christina Aguilera, and many others! We continue today as a fun-loving group of college students with a passion for singing.
The Virginia Gentlemen were founded in 1953 making them UVA’s first a capella group. Over the years, “The VG’s” as they are affectionately known, have grown to great renown. The VG’s are known for their annual cruises and performances at the White House, across the US, and all seven continents. The Virginia Gentlemen are available to listen to on all major streaming platforms including YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music!
The 31st Annual Sing Out for Shelter (SOS) concert to benefit organizations that serve homeless men and women is organized by the Augmented Eight, a non-profit, men’s a cappella singing group that has performed for Washington audiences for over 60 years. This year’s concert of a cappella vocal music will once again benefit three local organizations that serve the more than 30,000 individuals who experience homelessness each year in the Greater Washington DC Region – Friendship Place, Christ House, and National United Methodist’s own Transitional Housing and Services Ministry.
These concerts have raised over $330,000 over the past thirty years. In October, 2010, Friendship Place honored the Augmented Eight with the 13th annual Benjamin E. Cooper Award recognizing outstanding contributions by members of the Washington DC community to the cause of ending homelessness.
The National United Methodist Church is located at 3401 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20016, on the corner of New Mexico Ave and Nebraska Ave, across Nebraska Ave from the American University.
Free parking is available in the church lot or across Nebraska Ave in the underground garage of the AU School of International Service. All of the recipient organizations of SOS are 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, and each will receive one-third (1/3) of the value of each ticket or donation. Your contribution above the amount of any value you receive will be exempt from federal income taxation.
Concert Beneficiaries:
Christ House: Christ House is a 24-hour short-term medical respite facility for men who are experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C. For over 35 years, Christ House has provided comprehensive inpatient care to patients coming from area hospitals, shelters, clinics, and medical outreach initiatives. Patients have a variety of chronic and acute illnesses and injuries including diabetes, hypertension, stroke, amputation, HIV/AIDS, liver disease, cancer, major lacerations, fractures, and skin ulcerations. In addition to medical care, our patients receive shelter, nutritious meals, case management, addictions counseling, and opportunities to participate in patient activities. Our goal is that patients will leave Christ House with their medical needs stabilized and with the education or tools needed to manage their health conditions. The further goal is that these physical, mental, and emotional improvements will allow our patients to break the cycle of homelessness.
Friendship Place is a leader in Washington, D.C., in developing and implementing solutions to homelessness that have positive, demonstrable results and a lasting impact. Friendship Place offers the most effective model for addressing adult homelessness, with innovative, customized, person-focused programs that empower participants to rebuild their lives, find homes, get jobs and reconnect with friends, family and the community, permanently. Programs include street outreach, hospitality, free medical and psychiatric services, job placement, case management, transitional shelter, permanent supportive housing, and specialized services for Veterans and their families.
During the past year, Friendship Place and friends like you have:
- Found housing and assured security for nearly 4,500 people across the region.
- Served 750 Veterans and their families, making sure that we protect those who have protected us.
- Brought life-changing services to over 600 children during their formative years.
- Found jobs for over 100 people, including parents who must provide for their children.
For further information: 202-503-2963; www.FriendshipPlace.org.
National United Methodist Church “Transitional Housing and Services Ministry” – In 2022 the ministry sheltered three people in mental health crisis and asylum-seeking migrants or compañeros and will shelter up to 20 folks in a hypothermia shelter through this year. . For more information call 202-363-4900 or visit www.nationalchurch.org.
All of the beneficiaries of SOS are 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, and each will receive one-third (1/3) of the value of each ticket or donation. Your contribution above the amount of any value you receive will be exempt from federal income taxation.
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The Washington Society for Close Harmony Singing, Inc.
T/A The Augmented 8
A 501(c)(3) charitable organization chartered in Washington, DC.