For Immediate
Release
Nov. 3, 2009
WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC TO HOUSE METRO DC PFLAG
Nonprofits Working Together to Weather Tough Economy
WASHINGTON – Whitman-Walker Clinic will house the office of Metro DC Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). The organization will rent space from Whitman-Walker Clinic for a reduced fee and will have access to the Clinic’s facilities for its functions. Metro DC PFLAG will move into space in the Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center in January.
“In this time of very limited resources, Metro DC PFLAG appreciates Whitman-Walker’s willingness to rent us office space at a reduced cost, permitting us to allocate more of our resources to programming and less to overhead,” said Lindy Garnette, executive director of Metro DC PFLAG. “We look forward to opportunities to work more closely with the Clinic as we all work to serve the LGBT community and their families.”
“We are happy to help Metro DC PFLAG reside in our space,” said Don Blanchon, the Clinic’s executive director. “They offer a tremendous service to the LGBT community in the DC metropolitan area.”
Serving the DC area (Northern VA, Montgomery and Prince George’s County, MD, and the District) since 1984, Metro DC PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) promotes the equality and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: Support to cope with an adverse society, Education to enlighten an ill-informed public, and Advocacy to end discrimination. Keeping families together is the mission of PFLAG. Our family values stress education, acceptance, support, and love. We provide: facilitated support groups, public education, materials and training for schools, corporations and the general public, and advocate on issues of relevance to LGBT persons and their families. We are: parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, children, and friends of gay persons; straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons; not affiliated with any ethnic, religious, economic, or political group.
Established in 1978, Whitman-Walker Clinic is a non-profit, community-based provider of health care in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Through two sites in the District of Columbia, the Clinic offers primary medical and dental care; mental health and addictions counseling and treatment; HIV education, prevention, and testing; legal services; and medical adherence case management. Whitman-Walker Clinic is committed to meeting the health needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and people living with HIV/AIDS.
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