Rescue Mission, parter businesses, raise awareness of homelessness
Posted: 11/6/2025
In partnership with eight area coffee shops and four local businesses, The Rescue Mission leads an awareness campaign this month about homelessness in our community to direct individuals toward ways to help and to counter false perspectives of those experiencing homelessness as other or less than.
“Who do you see when you see an individual experiencing homelessness? Often, we jump straight to the what or how (do you feel) and miss the who,” says Thomas McArthur, President and CEO of The Rescue Mission. “Especially this month, we implore individuals to pause and ponder this, talk about it, and take action.”
Norfolk Southern grant $20,000 to Fort Wayne's REscueMission
Posted: 11/4/2025
The Rescue Mission is proud to announce it has received a $20,000 grant from Norfolk Southern through its Thriving Communities Grant Program. The funding will support residential programming and services focused upon mental, physical, and spiritual health stabilization, helping to restore dignity, self-worth, and independence for many of our community neighbors with the greatest needs.
Fort Wayne businesses help out local non-profit
Posted: 11/3/2025
This month, five different businesses are asking for donations to help the Rescue Mission and Charis House continue to help others this holiday season.
Thomas Hire, president of Hires Automotive Center, has lived in Fort Wayne his entire life and has spent his career working for his family’s business.
“It’s been great for me and great for my family,” he said. “We have fourth-generation Hires working with us now.”
He said since people in Fort Wayne have supported his business for almost a century, he decided he wanted to give back.
“Our community is only as strong as our most vulnerable people, so we need to help them,” he said. “We need to give them a hand up.”
Fort Wayne businesses showing support to The Rescue Mission, Charis House with month-long donation drive
Posted: 10/29/2025
November is National Homeless Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of homelessness and engage communities in efforts to end it.
In 21Country, four Fort Wayne businesses are showing their support with a month-long donation drive for The Rescue Mission and Charis House.
This November, ACE Radiator, Fort Wayne Rod & Custom Show, Hires Automotive Center, and Klotz Synthetic Lubricants will be collecting items for individuals and families experiencing homelessness and hardship in our community.
Alliance Health Centers opens on-site clinic at Charis House
Posted: 10/22/2025
On Monday, Alliance Health Centers (AHC) brings on-site behavioral health services to women and children served through The Rescue Mission’s Charis House program.
Located at 5920 Decatur Rd., Fort Wayne, the new clinic is designed to meet residents where they are. The clinic offers mental health counseling and psychiatry for women and children living at Charis House.
Alliance Health Centers, Rescue Mission's Charis House opens mental health clinic for homeless
Posted: 10/20/2025
A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place today for a new mental health clinic for the homeless.
It comes as the result of a partnership between Alliance Health Centers and the Rescue Mission’s Charis House, a shelter for women and children facing homelessness.
The clinic is located inside the shelter, at 5920 Decatur Road.
Nikki King, CEO of Alliance Health Centers, says the partnership made sense because it aligns with their mission.
New mental health resource open in Southeast Fort Wayne
Posted: 10/20/2025
Alliance Health Centers and The Rescue Mission are expanding access to mental health care for women and children experiencing homelessness.
Local nonprofit leaders celebrated the opening of a new behavioral health clinic at Charis House today.
The on-site clinic offers therapy and psychiatry services for women and children — helping families receive care in a safe, familiar setting.
The Rescue Mission raising money for Thanksgiving meals
Posted: 10/18/2025
The Rescue Mission in Fort Wayne is raising money for Thanksgiving meals this holiday season.
Every $2.59 provides a meal and a seat at the table for families and individuals who have nowhere else to turn. If one cannot donate but still wants to help, the Rescue Mission is also looking for volunteers.
The Most Important Question of Homelessness: The "Who"
Posted: 10/17/2025
Whom do you see when you see an individual who is homeless?
Notice that I didn't ask "what do you see" or "how do you feel." We can often jump to the "what" or the "how" and miss the core foundational thought.
Rescue Mission asking for help during overwhelingly busy season
Posted: 10/15/2025
Between now and Thanksgiving Day, the Rescue Mission will need to plan to serve more than one thousand meals a day, but they are dealing with an “overwhelmingly busy season.”
The shelter is now asking for help to keep its pantry stocked to continue serving those in need, specifically asking for donations to help them reach a goal of $271,328.
“We get to engage with each human being as they walk into our doors to be able to provide a meal, but it’s so much more than that. It’s to be able to provide hope, and how do we do that,” said Rescue Mission President and CEO Thomas MacArthur. “We walk with them one step at a time.”
Live Stream to Highlight Fort Wayne Homeless Crisis
Posted: 10/10/2025
The Rescue Mission is raising awareness about the rising rates of homelessness with a 24-hour livestream called Conversations on a Bench. The event began at 10 a.m. Thursday and continues through 10 a.m. Friday, streaming live on the organization’s Facebook page.
As part of the campaign, Rescue Mission President and CEO Thomas McArthur is spending the full 24 hours sitting on a bench outside the organization, talking with a variety of guests. Community leaders, donors, program participants, and passersby are joining him to share stories and reflect on the state of homelessness in the region.
The Rescue Mission holds 24 hour livestream raising awareness of homelessness
Posted: 10/10/2025
The Rescue Mission continues to raise awareness around homelessness by holding a 24-hour livestream called “Conversations on a Bench”.
Their livestream on Facebook started at 10 a.m. on Thursday and stretches until 10 a.m. on Friday.
This is just one of hundreds of locations around the nation that are participating in the campaign started by Citygate Network members, a faith-based association across North America.