WSSU Trustee Karen McNeil-Miller
to Karen McNeil-Miller, WSSU graduate and Board of Trustees member, who recently competed as a dance partner in the Bethesda Center’s “Take the Lead” Dance Off fundraiser for the homeless at Embassy Suites May 6. She and Curtis Lipscomb prepared well for the event and displayed some nifty moves.
She personally raised more than $8,100 for the homeless men and women who need shelter, day services, and case management. Bethesda says at least 25 percent of their nightly shelter residents are the new homeless – men and women who were gainfully employed and had adequate housing, but have lost their jobs, drained all their own resources and the goodwill and hospitality of friends and family. Another 25 percent are homeless and employed.