Intellilink Joins Washington-Area Residents To Raise Awareness,
Funds To Prevent And End Homelessness 

Fannie Mae Foundation Hosts
18th Annual Help the Homeless Walkathon on the National Mall

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 20, 2005 – Thousands of walkers from the Washington metropolitan area, including participants from Intellilink, converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, November 19, for the 18th Annual Fannie Mae Foundation Help the Homeless Walkathon. The annual Walkathon is the largest event of its kind in the nation designed to help prevent and end homelessness, and is a cornerstone of the Fannie Mae Foundation Help the Homeless Program.

“Fannie Mae is one of our most valued clients”, said Patrick Boylan, President & CEO of Intellilink, “and we are delighted to become a corporate sponsor of the Help the Homeless Walkathon. It is a truly worthwhile cause and one which clearly demonstrates Fannie Mae’s passion for improving our society.”

Fannie Mae Foundation President and CEO Stacey D. Stewart and Foundation Chairman and Fannie Mae President and CEO Daniel Mudd kicked off the 5K Walkathon on the National Mall.

“On any given day, according to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, more than 12,000 people in the Washington metropolitan area are homeless,” Stewart said. “Washington-area residents demonstrated their commitment to end homelessness in the nation’s capital by participating in the Help the Homeless Walkathon.”

The number of homeless people in the Washington area includes people staying in shelters and with friends and family, or living in transitional or permanent supportive housing, and people living on the streets. “Street homelessness” is the image commonly presented to portray homelessness. Yet, less than 13 percent of the homeless people in the Washington region regularly live on the streets. In addition, nearly a third of the region’s homeless adults are employed.

“More than 40 percent of the area’s homeless people are families and nearly one-third of those who are homeless are children,” Stewart said. “Most of these families are homeless because they cannot find affordable homes, and this is a problem we can solve as a community.”

The funds from the 2006 Help the Homeless Program activities, which include the Walkathon, related mini-walks, and other fund-raising events, will go to support the nearly 200 beneficiary organizations in the Washington area that are working to prevent and end homelessness, with an emphasis on programs that help homeless people return to independent living.

About Intellilink
Intellilink is a specialist management consulting firm that improves the automation and control of knowledge worker organizations – the most dynamic organization type in the economy. Intellilink improves operations through process redesign, organizational change and technology implementation. The firm is capable of deploying a unique combination of expertise to solve complex business problems in areas such as; talent management, workforce effectiveness, project management, IT governance and business intelligence. Intellilink has deep industry expertise and has served government entities and Fortune 500 companies in a diverse range of industries including; financial services, aerospace & defense, management consulting, advertising, pharmaceuticals, business services and software development. For more information, call 212-465-3100 or visit the company online at http://www.intellilink.com.

About the Help the Homeless Program
In 1988, Fannie Mae Corporation created the Help the Homeless Program to respond to the growing needs of homeless people in the Washington metropolitan area. The program — a fund-raising and awareness-raising effort — culminates each year in a Walkathon on the National Mall on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. The first Help the Homeless Walkathon included 150 Fannie Mae employees walking in Rock Creek Park to raise $90,000 for four local nonprofit agencies. Now, 18 years later, the Fannie Mae Foundation Help the Homeless Program has become the largest funding collaborative in the nation focused on homelessness. To date, the Help the Homeless Program has raised more than $54.5 million for more than 220 nonprofits that serve homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless.

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