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YOUR DONATIONS ALLOWEDUS TO SERVE OVER 80,000 MEALS IN 2015
WE’VE MOVED TO 10 MILLSTREET AND WE’RE EXCITEDTO TELL YOU ABOUT IT
2015 was an exciting year for the Springfield Rescue Mission as we moved from our long time home at 19 Bliss Street to our beautiful new building at 10 Mill Street. The larger and more modern facility, within Springfield’s South End, allows us to better meet the needs of the homeless we serve.
Last year your donations allowed us to reach deep into the community with great blessing, providing vital assistance to over 7,000 of our area’s hungry, homeless, addicted and poor with food, clothing, shelter, rehabilitation and hope—thank you!
It was a big fundraising year as we needed to raise almost $600,000 to successfully move into the new facility and be completely functional for the increased services the building’s capacity would enable us to provide. We are not there yet, but God is good and so are our donors—thank you!
Summer was a time when we saw donations dip, but with your help we rebounded in the fall and continued our services to the homeless—thank you!
During the Thanksgiving and Christmas season we served thousands of meals to men, women and children who came to the Rescue Mission looking for a nutritious, holiday meal, served to them with love and caring by our faithful volunteers—thank you!
Thank you volunteers! Your help in delivering services to the poor is priceless. Volunteers are the lifeline of the Springfield Rescue Mission. With over 20,000 hours of volunteer time donated in 2015, you’ve loved on those who are thought of as society’s castaways, minis-tered to those who have lost hope for a better future, and cared for our hungry neighbors who have hit rock bottom. You have provided hope, love and tender care for those Jesus called “the least of these”. Thank you for giving of yourselves and enriching the lives of others all year long!
YOUR GENEROSITY PROVIDEDOVER 19,000 SAFE, SHELTERBEDS IN 2015
www.springfieldrescuemission.org January 2016
We said farewell to 19 Bliss Street (1962-2015)
Our new home at 10 Mill Street (November 2015)
YOUR DONATIONS ALLOWEDUS TO SERVE OVER 80,000 MEALS IN 2015
WE’VE MOVED TO 10 MILLSTREET AND WE’RE EXCITEDTO TELL YOU ABOUT IT
2015 was an exciting year for the Springfield Rescue Mission as we moved from our long time home at 19 Bliss Street to our beautiful new building at 10 Mill Street. The larger and more modern facility, within Springfield’s South End, allows us to better meet the needs of the homeless we serve.
Last year your donations allowed us to reach deep into the community with great blessing, providing vital assistance to over 7,000 of our area’s hungry, homeless, addicted and poor with food, clothing, shelter, rehabilitation and hope—thank you!
It was a big fundraising year as we needed to raise almost $600,000 to successfully move into the new facility and be completely functional for the increased services the building’s capacity would enable us to provide. We are not there yet, but God is good and so are our donors—thank you!
Summer was a time when we saw donations dip, but with your help we rebounded in the fall and continued our services to the homeless—thank you!
During the Thanksgiving and Christmas season we served thousands of meals to men, women and children who came to the Rescue Mission looking for a nutritious, holiday meal, served to them with love and caring by our faithful volunteers—thank you!
Thank you volunteers! Your help in delivering services to the poor is priceless. Volunteers are the lifeline of the Springfield Rescue Mission. With over 20,000 hours of volunteer time donated in 2015, you’ve loved on those who are thought of as society’s castaways, minis-tered to those who have lost hope for a better future, and cared for our hungry neighbors who have hit rock bottom. You have provided hope, love and tender care for those Jesus called “the least of these”. Thank you for giving of yourselves and enriching the lives of others all year long!
YOUR GENEROSITY PROVIDEDOVER 19,000 SAFE, SHELTERBEDS IN 2015
www.springfieldrescuemission.org January 2016
We said farewell to 19 Bliss Street (1962-2015)
Our new home at 10 Mill Street (November 2015)
YOUR DONATIONS ALLOWEDUS TO SERVE OVER 80,000 MEALS IN 2015
WE’VE MOVED TO 10 MILLSTREET AND WE’RE EXCITEDTO TELL YOU ABOUT IT
2015 was an exciting year for the Springfield Rescue Mission as we moved from our long time home at 19 Bliss Street to our beautiful new building at 10 Mill Street. The larger and more modern facility, within Springfield’s South End, allows us to better meet the needs of the homeless we serve.
Last year your donations allowed us to reach deep into the community with great blessing, providing vital assistance to over 7,000 of our area’s hungry, homeless, addicted and poor with food, clothing, shelter, rehabilitation and hope—thank you!
It was a big fundraising year as we needed to raise almost $600,000 to successfully move into the new facility and be completely functional for the increased services the building’s capacity would enable us to provide. We are not there yet, but God is good and so are our donors—thank you!
Summer was a time when we saw donations dip, but with your help we rebounded in the fall and continued our services to the homeless—thank you!
During the Thanksgiving and Christmas season we served thousands of meals to men, women and children who came to the Rescue Mission looking for a nutritious, holiday meal, served to them with love and caring by our faithful volunteers—thank you!
Thank you volunteers! Your help in delivering services to the poor is priceless. Volunteers are the lifeline of the Springfield Rescue Mission. With over 20,000 hours of volunteer time donated in 2015, you’ve loved on those who are thought of as society’s castaways, minis-tered to those who have lost hope for a better future, and cared for our hungry neighbors who have hit rock bottom. You have provided hope, love and tender care for those Jesus called “the least of these”. Thank you for giving of yourselves and enriching the lives of others all year long!
YOUR GENEROSITY PROVIDEDOVER 19,000 SAFE, SHELTERBEDS IN 2015
www.springfieldrescuemission.org January 2016
We said farewell to 19 Bliss Street (1962-2015)
Our new home at 10 Mill Street (November 2015)
We’ve Moved! An exciting message from the Executive Director
The verse at the top of the page sums up how we feel after last year! We knew we’d be moving to Mill Street at some point, but as the year progressed, it seemed like we were running out of time.
We finally closed on Mill Street on October 30. Just five weeks later we moved our Program residents, chaplain, nurse, business offices, and our Give Away Center to Mill Street! At the beginning of the year it seemed impossible, but
God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly more than we can ask or imagine—and all the glory goes to Him!
Now that the move is finished, we are still fundraising to completely outfit the increased capacity for Rehabilitation and Learning Center Services. We have the capability to increase Rehabilitation Services by 20 additional men. Each dorm room will cost us $1,100—and we need 60. We have 5 dorm rooms sponsored and hope to have the rest sponsored by Easter!
Our Learning Center now has the potential to be doubled. We currently have eight
workstations but we need funding for the remaining eight stations. At $1,550 each, we hope to have local businesses sponsor a
workstation and complete the fundraising by Easter as well.
Right now, we’re busy feeding, sheltering and clothing our City’s homeless. Winter on the streets is a desperate place to be. Our goal is to reach out to the homeless and get them into our shelter. At that point, we can help them address the reasons for their homelessness and
move them into our Rehabilitation Program, where they have the opportunity to learn about Jesus Christ and make their way back into society as productive citizens. With your help, we can make it happen.
We are excited to see the blessings God has prepared for us this New Year!
The larger and more modern facility at 10 Mill Street, within Springfield’s South End, allows us to better meet the needs of the homeless we serve.
Ron Willoughby, Executive Director
10 Mill Street, P.O. Box 9045 Springfield, MA 01102-9045 (413) 732-0808FAX (413) 732-5512
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to Him be glory” Ephesians 3:20-21
Upcoming Events:
COLDEST DAY 5K Saturday, February 6, 2015
10 Mill Street, Springfield
Bringing awareness to homelessness in Springfield.
Your registration fee will provide two nights of emergency shelter to our
City’s homeless!
Register at www.hope4springfield.org
OPERATION HOPE TOTE February 1—March 31
Give a gift in February that could be the first step in changing a life. Pick up Hope Tote bags at the Rescue Mission beginning February 1, then return bags by March 31 filled with new personal care items, underwear and socks.
For more information go to our website www.hope4springfield.org
EASTER CELEBRATION Saturday, March 26
10 Mill Street, Springfield
Volunteers are needed to prepare, serve, and deliver meals.
Breakfast is at 7:00 a.m. Deliveries go out at 2:00 p.m. Dinner is served at 4:00 p.m.
Register to volunteer at www.hope4springfield.org
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