Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos have donated $11.25 million to fight homelessness in the Washington, DC, area through their Bezos Day 1 Fund, which earlier today announced the recipients of its annual leadership awards to “organizations doing compassionate, needle-moving work to help families experiencing homelessness.”

In our region, Community Crisis Services, Friendship Place, Harford Family House, and Lifestyles of Maryland each received a share of a larger $102.5 million fund allocated to this year’s cohort of organizations nationwide.

“This gift is for the thousands of families who sleep on our streets each night, enduring the cold with nowhere to turn,” Sandy Washington, CEO of LifeStyles of Maryland—awarded $2.5 million—said in a press release. “This donation is a testament to

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