What is the Help the Homeless Program?
Fannie Mae created the Help the Homeless Program in 1988 and it has become the nation’s largest fundraising collaboration focused on homelessness. The Help the Homeless Program, which culminates each year with the Walkathon held the Saturday before Thanksgiving, has raised more than $80 million for nonprofit organizations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that serve homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless. The Help the Homeless Program works to: • Raise public awareness to prevent and end homelessness in the Washington, D.C.
