Aged Woman's Home Blog

As autumn approaches, we face the end of summer’s bounty and anticipate the rich fruits of fall soon to come. The arrival of cooler weather sharpens our awareness of our mission at The Aged Woman’s Home of Georgetown, to house independent senior women of limited means...

Along with the rest of the DC metro area, the Aged Woman’s Home of Georgetown has recently had an abundance of heat, wind, and tree branches flying about the yard. We are happy to report that, besides having a plethora of sticks to clean up and a few bent-over lilies,...

We had a wonderful Christmas celebration at the Home. Once again a huge thank you to the volunteers who helped bring the festive spirit of the holidays to our Guests and staff. We wanted to share even more pictures of the Home in full holiday glory. Our volunteers...

It's been splashed all over DC's local news, so you may already know this year's National Christmas Tree hails from Auburn, Pennsylvania. The tree is an 18 1/2-foot Concolor fir that arrived in DC by horse-drawn wagon on November 21, 2022. It is decorated, as it is...

GivingTuesday, November 29, 2022, will soon be upon us. We hope you will consider donating to The Aged Woman's Home in this season of giving.  Many hands make for light work, as our treasured volunteers continually remind us. This past weekend, volunteers from...

As we are all aware, the holidays are once again hurtling toward us. First upon us is Veterans Day, followed by the season of thanks, and then of giving. In the back of all of our minds are those rising grocery store prices as we shop for turkeys, mashed potatoes,...

Summer is high upon us here at the Home, with all its abundant growth and revelry. We held celebrations for Juneteenth, July 4th, a few birthdays, and enjoyed strawberries and cream while watching Wimbledon. Now we anxiously await the harvest of our Guest gardener...

One thing that transplants from somewhere else appreciate about Washington is the enjoyable nature of the city’s many tourist sites. Who doesn’t like to roll out of bed early to hit the National Gallery of Art or Air and Space Museum—parking by 9:30 am to beat the...

Guests at The Aged Woman’s Home of Georgetown, as we enter the spring of 2022, range in age from 66 to 90. We have Guests who are just a month or so with us, one since 1993, and several between 8 and 15 years. Providing these Guests with housing at no charge continues...

The Aged Woman’s Home of Georgetown is just about to enter its 154th spring, and we cannot wait! Soon, redbuds will be flowering, cherry blossoms blooming, and later, May's amazing peonies and azaleas will burst forth. We are already seeing a few crocuses, and any day...