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Moving Day at a Not-Quite Home;Calvary Women's Shelter Residents Take One Box Each to Their New Quarters
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The Washington Post
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February 11, 1994
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Copyright informationCopyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
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When it was time to pack, the women were told to put all of
their things into one box each. Some cheated, and took a little
extra. Others asked friends to keep their valuables. But for most,
there was little to pack. Being homeless is a bit like being at sea
in a sinking ship: All nonessentials go overboard.
"All you have is you," said a 30-year-old Ethiopian immigrant
with a delicate oval face and dark eyes, deep as pools. "That, and
what people out of the graciousness of their heart will give you."
The occasion was moving day at Calvary Women's Shelter, which
for 11 years has had quarters at Calvary Baptist Church, 755 Eighth
St. NW.
Four years ago, renovations at the church and the ...
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