Make a Donation to Sing Out for Shelter and The Augmented 8

The Augmented 8, which has performed for Washington audiences for over 60 years, is a nonprofit a cappella singing group known formally as “The Washington Society for Close Harmony Singing, Inc.” and is a 501(c)(3) corporation chartered in Washington, DC.

For the past 28 years, the organization has sponsored the Sing Out for Shelter (SOS) concert to benefit organizations that serve homeless men and women and specifically 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 Metropolitan House.

These concerts have raised more than $300,000 over the past twenty-seven 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.

You may donate online through the form below, or if you prefer to donate by mail, please make your check payable to:

WSCHS, Inc
(Washington Society for Close Harmony Singing, Inc.)
c/o Dr. John Symington, President
4674 Garfield Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20007

Please indicate “Sing Out for Shelter” or “General Fund” in the check memo, including any memorial or honoree designation. We will send you a letter of acknowledgment for your records. Thank you!

The Washington Society for Close Harmony Singing, Inc. T/A The Augmented 8, is a 501(c)(3) corporation chartered in Washington, DC.

Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.