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Stories from Skid Row – Peter

Stories from Skid Row: Peter

Peter grew up without a father and struggled in school. But today he’s the father of two girls and the Youth Coordinator at Union Rescue Mission. He came here for a job but found personal transformation as he began to work with children experiencing homelessness…

Your generosity gives precious children a safe place. And with over 350 children living on the streets of Los Angeles, the need has never been greater. I hope you’ll give now and DOUBLE your impact — through a $500,000 Matching Challenge. Your gift will be matched to help even more children escape a life on Skid Row. Please share this opportunity by clicking an option below!

Stories from Skid Row – Sebastian

Stories from Skid Row: Sebastian

Homelessness is devastating for kids. When little Sebastian’s mother struggled, he ended up in foster care. Before reuniting with his mom at Union Rescue Mission’s Hope Gardens Family Center, he started acting out at school. His anger grew and his grades suffered.

Thanks to friends like you, Sebastian is getting the medical attention and loving care he needs at Hope Gardens Family Center. Every child suffering in homelessness in Los Angeles deserves that kind of care.

Stories from Skid Row – Ronald

Stories from Skid Row: Ronald

Many of the women and men who come to Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles have lost all hope that life will ever be different. They’ve burned every bridge to friends and family who could help them. When Ronald came to URM, after spending 30 years struggling with drugs and alcohol, many thought he wouldn’t make it. Even HE didn’t think he’d make it.

 

Today, Ronald has totally turned his life around and he’s currently working with one of our chaplains, encouraging other struggling men on Skid Row and showing them that life really can be different.

Stories from Skid Row – Kimjoy

Stories from Skid Row: Kimjoy

Union Rescue Mission believes that everyone deserves a second chance. When Kimjoy left prison, she was 57, depressed, and had nowhere else to go. So she came to live in the seniors’ wing at Hope Gardens, where she started to rebuild her life.

 

Today, she’s a college graduate with a new career at Hope Gardens! Thanks to friends like you, struggling men and women in Los Angeles get the second chance they deserve — and truly find their way home.

Education breaks the cycle of homelessness

Alex had nothing when he came to URM, but today…

Fifteen years after arriving at Union Rescue Mission as a guest, Alex is still here… as our Manager of Development.  It took a lot of hard work and dedication for Alex to get where he is today, but he didn’t do it alone.

The Learning Center, available to all men and women in our programs, made all the difference in the world. “Once you get thinking again, your creativity opens up,” Alex says. “You feel really encouraged.”

Encouragement comes from our wonderful Learning Center staff and volunteers. They connect personally with each resident, providing Individual Learning Plans to help them meet their own unique educational goals.

As you know, we face an unprecedented number of people seeking refuge at URM. One of the most important ways to ensure that these precious men, women and children break the cycle of homelessness is through education.

Your online gift today will continue to provide important emergency care. It’s also an investment in the lives of men and women loved by God.

We’re proud to make the Learning Center available to our guests. With your generous support, all of our guests can continue to enjoy the same opportunities as Alex and find their calling in the community.

Stories from Skid Row – Myra

Stories from Skid Row: Myra

Myra has overcome so much in her life . . . sexual abuse as a child, a 20-year drug addiction, and working to regain custody of her daughter. But then she learned she would be fighting for her very life — she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

 

Thanks to friends like you, Myra is getting the care she needs at Union Rescue Mission. But so many other hurting souls are struggling to escape the streets of Skid Row and overcome homelessness, poverty, and addiction.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Everyone at Union Rescue Mission felt so blessed to have had so much help over the holidays! We couldn’t have done it without your donations of time and treasure! You each have a special place in our hearts even if we didn’t have the space to thank you individually here.

We all want to acknowledge some those that specifically helped with our Christmas Store. Because of these wonderful volunteers and donors, hundreds of families were able to experience the joy of Christmas shopping that otherwise might not have been possible.

  • KASE Real Estate Thank you!
  • Stateside Agency
  • El Segundo Post office
  • CSI Financial Planning
  • Assembly Member Miguel Santiago
  • USB America
  • Brian Adams and Sovereign Media
  • Salem Media Group
  • San Fernando American Legion
  • Trinity Church
  • Crenshaw Christian Center
  • This is Refuge
  • Sunland Neighborhood ChurchThank you! 1
  • Hollywood United Methodist Church
  • School on Wheels
  • Bel Air Presbyterian Church
  • St. James Church
  • Pasadena Cyclery
  • All Nations Church
  • Shepherd of the Hills
  • Sherman Oaks United Methodist Church
  • Salvation Army

Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

Stories from Skid Row – Maria

Stories from Skid Row: Maria

Maria is one of more than 1,300 men, women, and children experiencing homelessness that Union Rescue Mission is sheltering today. Thanks to you, we’re able to provide them emergency services like beds, meals, medical and dental care, legal aid, counseling, and much more.

 

But so many people like Maria on Skid Row and in Los Angeles are seeking our help today, we’re running out of space — and resources. It will take a miracle to meet the needs of everyone who needs our help. We have to find a way to keep our doors open. Please help.

25th Annual Christmas Store Toy Drive

Join us to help make Christmas brighter for deserving families! Please donate new, unwrapped toys and gifts for children and teens at Union Rescue Mission.

Suggested Gifts:
*Action figures * Hot Wheels * Lego sets * Board games * Sports jerseys * College Apparel * Dolls * Barbies * Watches * Jewelry * Cameras * Lotion sets * Electronic games * Headphones * Gift Cards

*Teen Gifts are our greatest need

Last day for donations is December 9th

 

For more information, contact:

Phillip L. Anderson

213-673-4845

panderson@urm.org

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Stories from Skid Row – Alayna

Stories from Skid Row: Alayna

Alayna is one of the nearly 4,000 men, women, and children on Skid Row – many of whom are sleeping in tents and boxes on the sidewalk. She has lived in her tent in front of Union Rescue Mission for the past five months. She faces potential violence and rape almost constantly.

 

Thanks to generous people like you, men and women experiencing homelessness like Alayna have hope that one day they’ll be able to escape these streets and start their lives afresh.