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On February 23, 2022, TMH celebrated the 135th anniversary of our Charter from Congress to “provide a temporary home for young women coming to and being in the District of Columbia, who shall, from any cause be in want of and willing to accept temporary home, care and assistance.” To ensure that TMH is here for generations of young women to come, we are marking this historic achievement by launching a two-part Annual Campaign.

The first part is designed to reconnect and partner with hundreds of former residents from across the years and around the world to create a dynamic TMH Alumnae network. Check out the growing Alumnae section of the website and the TMH Facebook Page (and be sure to LIKE it while you are there!) for more information and get involved in DC events.

In the second part of the campaign, we invite and encourage many more people – alumnae, families, DC and Capitol Hill partners, vendors and friends – to support TMH financially. To pay it forward so that we can continue to offer the unique TMH experience to women for decades to come.

In 2019, 373 young women from 26 countries and 47 states called Thompson-Markward Hall their “home away from home.” They shared thousands of meals, streamed dozens of videos, studied for their college and graduate classes and prepared for certification exams. They started new jobs, interned on Capitol Hill and in dozens of agencies, binge-watched TV shows together, talked into the wee-hours of the night and made lifelong friends.

Each year we receive dozens of notes from young women like Hannah who say, “TMH made my internship experience. I loved getting to meet so many wonderful young women and knowing I had a safe, lovely place to stay.” As a nonprofit, we provide them with their housing and meals within a caring community in the safe and convenient Capitol Hill neighborhood at a very affordable price. We want to be able to keep the cost affordable for them while ensuring high quality and great customer care.

We believe that our historic building and grounds TMH is core to the TMH experience – a place that blends an inspiring, rich heritage with modern convenience and innovation.

But, a 90 year-old building requires a great deal of care and attention just to keep up. And, we want to do more than keep up because each of our young women deserves a truly memorable TMH experience. We are already moving forward: we recently made a major upgrade to the Wi-Fi access for the residents and updated the look of both the kitchen and dining room.

To keep the room & board rates reasonable while delivering great customer care, we need your financial support. To mark our 133rd anniversary, we ask you to please support our Annual Campaign with your generous gift. The Board, the residents thank you in advance!