In This Issue
|
|
|
Donate
|
|
Donate Online
|
Mission Events
|
Dream Dinners
|
|
282 S. Logan St. in Washington Park
Currently serving as a drop-off location for food donations. Also, a portion of all proceeds benefits the Mission.
For more information, please call May @ 303.885.7441, and to check out Dream Dinners’ wonderful dinner offerings, visit
www.DreamDinners.com.
|
Denver Rescue Mission Golf Tournament
|
|
Friday, August 28th
7:30 a.m.
Broadlands Golf Course
4380 West 144th Avenue
Broomfield, CO
For more information, please call Lisette @ 303.313.2414.
|
Camp Experience™: "Amazing Women Educational Retreat"
|
|
September 15th to 17th
Copper Mountain Resort
All proceeds raised at camp support charity partners, including the Denver Rescue Mission.
For more information, please visit www.CampExperience.com, or call Devany @ 303.313.2415.
|
Tours at The Crossing
|
|
Monday, July 6th & Monday, August 3rd
11:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
For more information or to RSVP, please call Shelley @ 303.313.2442
|
Planned Giving
|
|
Do you have questions about estate planning? Planned giving? Your will? Each month, we feature articles and interactive features that cover such topics. We hope it will be a useful resource for you.
Use Your IRA to Help Others
Giving In Tough Times Can Provide More for Your Heirs and Cut Taxes
Communicating Estate and Gift Planning Decisions to Family
|
|
Download and Print the Newsletter
|
|
Click here to download
 |
| |
| |
Quick Links
|
|
|
Statistics
|
|
How You Help
|
|
YTD
|
|
Meals served
|
|
|
|
Beds
|
|
73,659
|
|
Chapel attendance
|
|
28,878
|
|
Food boxes distributed
|
139
|
838
|
|
Furniture (households)
|
61
|
393
|
|
Clothing (lbs.)
|
34,553
|
156,005
|
|
Chiropractic
|
11
|
160
|
|
Dental
|
50
|
241
|
|
Medical
|
166
|
943
|
|
Optical
|
96
|
617
|
|
|
|
|
| » You are subscribed as %%emailaddress%% |
 |
 |
 |
|
Diapers & Hygiene Items
|
|
“God bless you and thank you,” Frances
(far right) says to all the people who donated food and diapers to the Mission. “Kids go through diapers so fast,” her mom Bernice (right) adds. “We run out of them. There are a lot of people who can’t afford them.” At the Mission, the women received diapers and everyday hygiene items for their families.
|
 |
Clothing
|
|
Melvin (right) is going to school during the day to become an auto mechanic. At night, he works late: “I clean floors at [a local drug store]. I needed red shirts and khaki pants.” He was able to find the clothes he needed for his job in the Mission’s clothing room.
Joe (far right) is a retired carpenter who has lived and worked in Denver since 1939, and has been married to his wife for 61 years. He says, “I’m all crippled up and my shoulders were broken. I’ve had surgery in one knee.” He came to the Mission with his son Mikkell (right), looking for shoes with an arch support that could take pressure off his back. “We’re pretty close,” Mikkell says, looking affectionately at his Dad. He currently stays with his parents while he looks for work. “It’s so hard to find a job out there right now. I don’t know what to do. This helps us tremendously. We can’t afford to go out and buy shoes.”
|
 |
Food Boxes
|
|
Anna (right) says, “My husband and I got separated. I’m concerned about getting a job.” She has four children. “This is a matter of life and death. When you get hungry, that is a terrible thing.”
|
 |
Household Items
|
|
When asked what receiving a washer and dryer through the Mission means to her family, Tzu-Yim (right) says, “It means I can have clean clothes. Sometimes I didn’t have money for the laundromat before.” She recently got a job working as a waitress. Tzu-Yim is most looking forward to getting back on her feet and being “able to help my kids.”
|
 |
Furniture
|
|
“I’m a single parent of two young boys,” David (right) says. “I’m recently laid off, struggling, and I need a dresser.” David worked in construction, but “the housing market is down now. I’m hoping to be able to go back to work. I’m out there job searching every day.” From the Mission, David received a bookshelf, a rug, furnishings, and a diaper disposal for his one-and-a-half year old son. “This means a lot to me, because I can’t afford to go purchase these things even at a thrift store. I’m very thankful for the Denver Rescue Mission.”
|
 |
|
Without your donations, we won’t be able to feed, clothe and help the thousands of people who are coming to us for help.
Please donate today.
|
|
| |
From the CEO
|
|
Dear Friends,
Sometimes the best advocates for our programs are those we serve. Recently, I was talking with a long-time donor who asked me:
“Brad, do you know how I got started giving to the Mission? I had a friend who was a homeless woman, and she recommended giving to the Denver Rescue Mission because she said you all did the best work of anyone. I have been giving to you these past years because of her recommendation.”
Wow!
And this unusual report came from a graduate of our New Life Program:
I was in jail, and knew I needed help with my drug addiction. I had contacted the Denver Rescue Mission’s Harvest Farm, and they had said they would take me into the New Life Program. The problem was that because of a waiting list there it would be 60 days until I could get in. When I stood in front of the judge who was about to release me, I told him about Harvest Farm and how I needed help. I asked him if I could stay in jail until a place opened up for me. The judge said, “In all my years on the bench I have never had someone ask me to stay in jail. If your parents can pay the $1.81 a day it costs to feed you, you can stay until there is a place for you in the Mission’s program.” So I stayed another 59 days in jail. My life was changed forever at the Farm. I am not the same person as the guy who was in jail so many months ago.
The work of Jesus is not slowed down by the economy. Lives are being changed in our city, and you are playing a significant and important role. Your donations help us address people’s most basic needs, provide long-term recovery programs, and share the hope only Jesus can bring!
Thank you so much for your partnership.
God bless,
Brad Meuli
|
|
News
|
Camp Experience
|
|
Denver Rescue Mission is proud and honored to be a charity partner of the fourth annual Camp Experience, a retreat designed exclusively for women. This year, one hundred percent of on-site activities at the retreat benefit the camp’s charity partners, including the Mission!
If you are a woman interested in attending, please contact Devany @ 303.313.2427, or visit www.CampExperience.com for more information.
|
Graduation Recap
|
|
Congratulations to the men and women honored during the Mission’s graduation ceremony held at The Crossing on Friday, June 5th. Supported by fellow residents, staff, family, and friends, 42 residents graduated from the New Life Program, 14 residents received GED diplomas, and 65 residents earned Life Skills, Education and Career Certificates of Completion. What wonderful accomplishments! We are proud of you.
|
Denver Rescue Mission Golf Tournament
|
|
At only $90 a person, anyone can come out and hit a "hole in one" for the hungry and homeless! Price includes registration, cart and a delicious lunch. The tournament takes place Friday, August 28th, at the Broadlands Golf Course. Sponsorships and player spots are still available! For more information, please call Lisette at 303.313.2414, or e‑mail her at lwilliams@denrescue.org.
|
Juarez Missions Trip
|
|
In May, 24 New Life Program residents went to Juarez, Mexico, to work with Hands of Luke Medical Ministry. Program residents helped paint houses, lay tile and repair roofs to bless children who are orphaned, neglected or abused. It was an amazing, enriching experience these men will never forget.
|
Whitewater Adventure!
|
|
A huge thank you to Wilderness Aware Rafting Company of Buena Vista, Colorado, for generously providing two special half-days of whitewater rafting for over 90 Mission residents in June. Because of you, hard-working residents striving toward sobriety and self-sufficiency had an exhilarating time in the Rockies!
|
|
