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Donate Fundraising: Denver Rescue Mission
Denver Rescue Mission
Your donation goes to support the core mission of:
Denver Rescue Mission, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Founded in 1892, the Denver Rescue Mission is the oldest full-service Christian charity serving the poor and needy in the Rocky Mountain region. The Denver Rescue Mission exists to meet people at their physical and spiritual points of need. It is our aim to return the poor, needy and homeless to society as self-sufficient, productive community members. We do this through meals, shelter, food and clothing distribution, education, medical care, Christian counseling, case management, work discipline, transitional housing programs, and assistance for permanent housing.
Programs
The Lawrence Street Shelter is the Mission''s most recognizable location. Many refer to it simply as "Jesus Saves," because of the neon Jesus Saves sign that adorns the corner of the building. This facility shelters up to 200 men nightly, 300 in inclement weather. Emergency care is provided through meals, shelter, food boxes and clothing distribution. Our clinic is also located here and provides medical care mainly for program residents.
Champa House is a long-term New Life rehabilitation program in a residential setting, offering help toward self-sufficiency to single mothers and their dependent children.
Harvest Farm, located in Wellington, Colorado (near Fort Collins), is a rural New Life rehabilitation program for men. Harvest Farm is a fully operating farm and ranch with food and clothing distribution, youth camps, and a fall festival with a corn maze.
The Crossing offers a long-term New Life rehabilitation program for men; transitional housing for homeless families, single men and women, and New Life Program graduates; and temporary housing for interns and visitors. Many of our offices for our program staff are also located at The Crossing.
Ministry Outreach Center is home to our administrative offices and central warehouse. We distribute clothing, food boxes, household goods, and furniture from this location.
Family Services provides transitional housing, assistance for permanent housing, and mentoring for homeless working families, single men and women, seniors, and refugee families.
Global Ministry Outreach offers consultation, resources and support to city and rescue missions around the world.
Recent Cause Activity
Updated: The cause has raised $50.
I was a volunteer in Syracuse, New York for a year. I worked at a soup kitchen called the Samaritan Center. I got to know many of the people we served well and called them friends. This story was one which ripped my heart apart and still almost two years later come back to thinking of the sitution and lack of understanding. So here it is,
So a few weeks ago there was an encampment that was razed and I know and love many of the men who lived there. I really don’t know how others feel about this, but I think that we all need to see these homeless men as people and not just as a nuisance on the streets. Like I say, they all have a name, Jay, Pat, Rich, they all have the same flesh as we do, but are just found in hard situations. This is actually an editorial I wrote to the new paper that covered the stories.
With the recent articles about the camps, or “homes” to some, that have been razed, there have been a variety of reactions. Some applauded the efforts of the police to clean up the city and track the homeless while some were furious that the city would rip apart “homes” which were the only earthly possessions that the men that lived there had. Many of these men eat at the Samaritan Center. The Samaritan Center is a program to feed and assist the hungry in Syracuse. At the Samaritan Center the staff is proud of calling the men that lost their “homes” friends.
These men want what everyone else wants from life, love, happiness, comfort, they want it all. When looking at the faces of these men we realize that we are all the same. Many may ask if we are all the same, ‘Why do they not have homes and we do?’ People are the same, we all have the same flesh, the same wants, the same dreams we all have a name but the situations that people are in are different. One person’s situation may be having a warm place to go home to at night while another person’s situation may be going home to cardboard box under a bridge. Next time you read about a homeless camp that was razed, the Samaritan Center staff challenges you to look at these people as people and know we are all the same.
I was a volunteer in Syracuse, New York for a year. I worked at a soup kitchen called the Samaritan Center. I got to know many of the people we served well and called them friends. This story was one which ripped my heart apart and still almost two years later come back to thinking of the sitution and lack of understanding. So here it is,
So a few weeks ago there was an encampment that was razed and I know and love many of the men who lived there. I really don’t know how others feel about this, but I think that we all need to see these homeless men as people and not just as a nuisance on the streets. Like I say, they all have a name, Jay, Pat, Rich, they all have the same flesh as we do, but are just found in hard situations. This is actually an editorial I wrote to the new paper that covered the stories.
With the recent articles about the camps, or “homes” to some, that have been razed, there have been a variety of reactions. Some applauded the efforts of the police to clean up the city and track the homeless while some were furious that the city would rip apart “homes” which were the only earthly possessions that the men that lived there had. Many of these men eat at the Samaritan Center. The Samaritan Center is a program to feed and assist the hungry in Syracuse. At the Samaritan Center the staff is proud of calling the men that lost their “homes” friends.
These men want what everyone else wants from life, love, happiness, comfort, they want it all. When looking at the faces of these men we realize that we are all the same. Many may ask if we are all the same, ‘Why do they not have homes and we do?’ People are the same, we all have the same flesh, the same wants, the same dreams we all have a name but the situations that people are in are different. One person’s situation may be having a warm place to go home to at night while another person’s situation may be going home to cardboard box under a bridge. Next time you read about a homeless camp that was razed, the Samaritan Center staff challenges you to look at these people as people and know we are all the same.
You, Too, Can Be A Philanthropist
"When the word "philanthropist" is used, the average individual thinks of someone who is both rich and generous, a person who not only is capable of donating large sums of money to worthwhile causes but also does that very thing on a regular basis. However, the word "philanthropy" comes from two Greek words, "philos," which means "loving," and "anthropos," which means "man." When you put those two together, a "philanthropist" is a "loving man."
This reminds us that all of us can be -- should be -- philanthropists because we can be loving and we can do things for the betterment of mankind. We can give something that can't be bought. We can give our interest, our love, our time and our concern to our fellow human beings.
As the population ages, more and more people are being confined to their homes, or they're spending the last few years of their lives in nursing homes or retirement homes. The need for something beyond medical care and a place to get food, shelter and clothing is growing every day. One service, which brings the greatest mutual benefit, is for people to visit these retirement homes regularly and spend time with the individual residents. These residents feel extraordinary joy and delight when someone gives them personal attention and occasionally takes them out for a meal.
Other things you can do to qualify as a philanthropist are reading for the blind, regularly calling shut-ins just for a chat, working with Meals On Wheels to take nutritious meals to those who are confined to their homes, being a regular contributor to blood drives, serving as a nurse's aide, or being a volunteer at a hospital. All of those services are needed and bring considerable satisfaction."
- Zig Ziglar, ArcaMax Publishing Business Success Newsletter
You, Too, Can Be A Philanthropist
"When the word "philanthropist" is used, the average individual thinks of someone who is both rich and generous, a person who not only is capable of donating large sums of money to worthwhile causes but also does that very thing on a regular basis. However, the word "philanthropy" comes from two Greek words, "philos," which means "loving," and "anthropos," which means "man." When you put those two together, a "philanthropist" is a "loving man."
This reminds us that all of us can be -- should be -- philanthropists because we can be loving and we can do things for the betterment of mankind. We can give something that can't be bought. We can give our interest, our love, our time and our concern to our fellow human beings.
As the population ages, more and more people are being confined to their homes, or they're spending the last few years of their lives in nursing homes or retirement homes. The need for something beyond medical care and a place to get food, shelter and clothing is growing every day. One service, which brings the greatest mutual benefit, is for people to visit these retirement homes regularly and spend time with the individual residents. These residents feel extraordinary joy and delight when someone gives them personal attention and occasionally takes them out for a meal.
Other things you can do to qualify as a philanthropist are reading for the blind, regularly calling shut-ins just for a chat, working with Meals On Wheels to take nutritious meals to those who are confined to their homes, being a regular contributor to blood drives, serving as a nurse's aide, or being a volunteer at a hospital. All of those services are needed and bring considerable satisfaction."
- Zig Ziglar, ArcaMax Publishing Business Success Newsletter
Thank you. It's something that I have been planning for years, and am now at a point where I can begin making it happen, with the help of kind people like yourself.
Welcome to you, Carol, and anyone else who is reading this.
Please take a moment to introduce yourself in the thread in the Discussion board above.
Thank you. It's something that I have been planning for years, and am now at a point where I can begin making it happen, with the help of kind people like yourself.
Welcome to you, Carol, and anyone else who is reading this.
Please take a moment to introduce yourself in the thread in the Discussion board above.
This is one of the best ideas I've heard of in a long time to help the homeless. I think its awesome!
This is one of the best ideas I've heard of in a long time to help the homeless. I think its awesome!
In case anyone was wondering, the red bird in the photo is a Phoenix - a mythical fire bird which dies and is ressurected from the ashes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_...
Thanks to everyone who's joined so far - I appreciate your efforts at recruiting others very much!
Hopefully we can keep this up and snowball this thing into thousands of people.
Then it will only be a matter of time before one or more people decide to do this project in their community and make a difference.
In case anyone was wondering, the red bird in the photo is a Phoenix - a mythical fire bird which dies and is ressurected from the ashes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_...
Thanks to everyone who's joined so far - I appreciate your efforts at recruiting others very much!
Hopefully we can keep this up and snowball this thing into thousands of people.
Then it will only be a matter of time before one or more people decide to do this project in their community and make a difference.
Hey man, since Carol is a busybody I'll introduce her for her. She is pretty much the brother I never had, and I mean that in the best possible way. She spends most of her time oogling over her Mr. Navy man hubby these days and working. She's pretty dern nifty.
Oh yeah, and I'm Dustin, to everyone else.