Rescue Mission shining light on poverty during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Posted: 11/9/2021
The Rescue Mission is shining a light on poverty, food insecurity, and homelessness in Northeast Indiana during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
Community Connection: The Rescue Mission
Posted: 09/28/2021
Sign up for One Night, a virtual fundraiser and awareness event for The Rescue Mission.
Flattening the slippery slope toward homelessness
Posted: 08/9/2021
I got the call about two months ago. He said he was having a disagreement with his landlord about his rental payments. His records show he paid too much. The landlord said the opposite and refused to show receipts to prove it. So my friend simply stopped paying his rent to get his landlord's attention. In less than a week, he and his family of six were evicted.
Charis House receives $1 million ‘boost’ to help women and children
Posted: 07/23/2021
A “significant boost” of more than $1 million will help Charis House continue to offer real change to the women and children they serve to overcome homelessness.
CONNECT Allen County, one-stop service center, opens on Fort Wayne’s south side
Posted: 05/24/2021
A new one-stop center for those seeking services like counseling, healthcare and family support celebrated their grand opening on the south side of Fort Wayne Tuesday morning.
Conversations with Melissa Montana
Posted: 04/13/2021
Today, Melissa Montana is joined by Blake Douglas, Director of Marketing & Communications with the Rescue Mission, to talk about their upcoming Spring Gala happening on May 7th.
The Rescue Mission program graduate finds success helping others
Posted: 03/4/2021
The Rescue Mission has been around for more than 117 years. Thousands of people walk through its doors. But it wasn’t until recently that one of them started working at the Mission.
Dave Ward entered The Rescue Mission in 2015. He’s now a recovered drug addict. In 2019, he took on a role that he said was a message from the Lord.
The Rescue Mission counts the homeless at this ‘Point-in-Time’
Posted: 01/29/2021
Every January, cities around the country set one day aside to count the number of people experiencing homelessness in their communities. It's a day The Rescue Mission feels is very important.
Rescue Mission holds first day of annual Point in Time Count
Posted: 01/27/2021
The Rescue Mission is hosting the first day of the annual Point in Time Count on Wednesday. Every January the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development identifies one day as the Point in Time count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness throughout the United States. The count helps identify community-specific service needs and gaps, access additional funding and resources as well as increase public awareness of the challenges to ending homelessness.
Church Outside its Building | Christmas Eve Meditation
Posted: 01/7/2021
Fort Wayne Rescue Mission disputes social media ‘rumors’
Posted: 01/5/2021
To dispute “some rumors that have been spread on social media,” officials with the Fort Wayne Rescue Mission have shared December census numbers with WANE 15.
Rescue Mission serves of 2,500 carry-out Christmas meals
Posted: 12/29/2020
The Rescue Mission served over 2,500 free holiday meals to anyone in the community who needed one Thursday afternoon.