Eat.
Shop.
Give.
Donations Welcome
There’s a day for
giving thanks and a
day for getting bargains.
Giving Tuesday, December 2,
is the day for giving back!
With a busy holiday season
coming, where we’ll provide
more than 3,600 meals a day,
your Giving Tuesday donation
will go a long way toward
helping us feed and care for our
community’s hungry, homeless
people.
Visit our website
BayAreaRescue.org on Dec. 2
to celebrate this special day of
charitable giving. Thank you
for caring!
Connect with us
online!
Facebook.com/BayAreaRescue
Twitter.com/BayAreaRescue
Youtube.com/ BayAreaRescueMission
H
Right now, even more people are
coming to us with requests for help as
nights around the Bay can reach nearfreezing temperatures, along with bonechilling rain or wind.
»
»
»
»
»
»
»
emergency items like food, blankets,
clothing and hygiene items.
BayAreaRescue.org has all our most
immediate needs listed – visit today
and see all the ways you can help this
holiday season! Or get your family, your
co-workers or your church involved by
organizing a collection drive.
A Publication of the Bay Area Rescue Mission
BayAreaRescue.org »
Get Involved »
Organize a Collection Drive
2114 Macdonald Avenue • P.O. Box 1112 • Richmond, C A 948 01 • www.BayAreaRescue.org
“I needed to get my life together”
For nearly eight years, there
wasn’t a day where Jesús didn’t drink
alcohol. Not one.
He’d wake up in the mornings,
exhausted and sick, but just couldn’t
imagine giving up his addiction. “I
didn’t care,” he says. “Not about my
future, or myself.”
It took a close friend being
diagnosed with cancer to make him
start thinking about his future -- and
his problem with alcohol. “I realized
my life was messed up,” he says.
“I was living for myself, but also,
against myself.”
Then, he discovered the Men’s
Recovery Program at the Bay Area
Rescue Mission. Right away, Jesús
felt he’d found the help he needed to
make big changes. “I knew I needed
to get my life together.”
Jesús had never thought much
about making God a part of his
life. But he was touched by the
encouragement of our staff, who
Donations can be dropped off at 123 Macdonald Ave., Richmond. Thank you!
$16.40 to feed and care for 8 people
$26.65 to feed and care for 13 people
$53.30 to feed and care for 26 people
$_________ to help as much as possible
$100 to provide 205 special Thanksgiving meals during Turkey in the Tent.
Please send me information on the Rescue Mission’s Bridge of Hope campaign.
_________________________________________________________________
NAME
_________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS
❍
Check enclosed
❍
❍
❍
Bill my credit card
❍
❍
CREDIT CARD #
EXP. DATE
PHONE #
Donate online at www.BayAreaRescue.org,
or call (510) 215-4555.
Bay Area Rescue Mission
P.O. Box 1112
Richmond, CA 94802-0112
_________________________________________________________________
CITY / STATE/ ZIP
_________________________________________________________________
E-MAIL
Please return this completed form with your donation. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law. You will receive a receipt.
2014 Holiday Newsletter
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HOPE
Bay Area
Blankets (including baby blankets)
Bottled water
Hygiene kits (regular & travel size)
Toothbrushes & toothpaste
Underwear (all sizes)
Socks (all sizes)
Gloves, scarves & hats
ere’s my gift to provide help & hope
during the holidays:
❍
❍
❍
❍
❍
❍
Holiday Issue 2014
Your donations make a big
difference in helping us meet the
increased number of people who need
Donate 1 or more
of our most urgent
needs today!
Message from
2 AJohn
Anderson
2 Alone at a big table
cold &
3 “Hungry,
in desperate need”
HOL14
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cared and prayed with him.. But
each day he stayed at the Rescue
Mission, his faith grew. “I believe
now that God led me here.”
Jesús joined our long-term
recovery program. The classes, work
therapy and spiritual guidance
help men not only recover from
addictions, but from harmful
patterns in their lives.
“All my life, I’ve been making
bad choices. The Rescue Mission
has taught me how to make better
choices and how to be patient
while I learn.”
Jesús recently got his GED and
is thinking about his future for the
first time.
“I’m doing culinary arts training
to be a chef,” he says, smiling. “I’m
excited and a little scared…but I’m
just praying to get through it. And I
believe I will.”
Jesús now has dreams of starting
his own business here in the Bay Area!
He knows that all the positive
changes in his life are because of
the Rescue Mission. “The people
here have helped me a lot…not just
because they gave me a place to
sleep or food to eat, but because
they gave me the motivation and
support to believe in myself.”
A Message From
Rev. John M. Anderson
Building our Bridge of Hope |
YEAR-END
UPDATE
A capital campaign to create hope and a
home for women & children
A Home for the
Holidays
The holidays are so close! If your
home is anything like mine, the
refrigerator is full, decorations
are coming out of storage and
excitement about seeing family
and friends is building.
At the Rescue Mission,
thousands of men, women and
children will spend the holiday
season with us. They don’t have
homes to decorate, or money for
gifts. Many don’t have family or
friends in their lives.
But thanks to you, these hurting
people will not be alone this
holiday season.
Your support, and your kindness
to others, provides hot meals, a
safe place to sleep and recovery
programs with the power to
change lives. When I talk to the
men and women here, they’re
incredibly grateful. “I didn’t know
where else to go” or “No one
would help me,” or simply “Thank
God you’re here.”
I thank God that “you’re here”
for the Rescue Mission. We never
know what the holidays will bring,
or how we may touch a person’s
heart with a simple holiday meal
and a cheerful smile. Please help
us reach out to our family, the
poor and the hurting, this holiday
season.
Rev. John M. Anderson
Executive Director
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At the end of 2014, we’re thankful
to all those who have helped us reach
over $1,000,000!
In the last few months, the
thermometer has been climbing toward
our goal of $6,000,000 to build our new
Center for women and children.
The Center will be a refuge for those
experiencing homelessness, domestic
abuse or poverty.
Some women
may only stay
a few nights...
some will stay longer. Others will choose
to join our long-term recovery program
and transform their lives.
Whatever their needs, our Center
will be there for them.
Bridge of Hope:
Housing...and so much more!
150 additional beds
Classrooms for education
Private counseling areas
Culinary Arts training center
Medical Center
Rooftop recreational area &
Fitness Center
$6,000,000!
$3,000,000
ac h
Help us lr!e
our goa
$1,000,000
$500,000
With your pledge of support for this
project, you’ll make sure that each of
them finds a safe place to recover and
grow into strong, healthy people with
hope for a brighter future.
“Hungry,
cold & in
desperate
need…”
When Maryum was laid off from
work several years ago, she found herself
slipping into unhealthy relationships and
behaviors – and drug use. “I was almost
at the point of not being able to recover
because my behavior was so out of hand.”
Then, Maryum lost everything when
her house burned down. Too proud
to ask her family for help, she became
homeless. “I lived on the streets. My only
source of shelter was sleeping in wash
houses or in parks.”
There’s much to be thankful for
at the end of 2014. But there’s still
more to do before we’re ready to break
ground on this new home for women
and children.
If you haven’t had a chance to read
up on the Bridge of Hope project,
project take a
moment to do so at our Bridge of Hope
website, BridgeofHopeBARM.org. To
learn how you can get involved with this
special project, call (510) 215-4555 or
e-mail [email protected].
He’s sitting alone at a big table...
His face is tired and
careworn. His eyes are
downcast. It’s Thanksgiving
day, and he’s alone. Now,
watch his face as you
approach the table.
You wish him a “Happy
Thanksgiving,” and put down a heaping
plate of turkey with a pile of mashed
potatoes and dressing smothered in
gravy in front of him.
“We’re so glad you could join us
today,” you say. “It’s great to have you
here for Thanksgiving.”
He looks up and smiles...perhaps for
the first time in weeks. Then, so quietly that
you lean in to hear, he says, “Thank you.”
As a member of our Rescue Mission
family, you bring fresh smiles to the
faces of thousands of people. You make
those who are homeless feel welcome.
You fill those who are hungry with more
than food.
Each time a meal is served, each
time a homeless person sleeps in
a warm bed, each time prayers are
offered up in chapel, it’s because
you’re part of a family that cares for
those who are lost, hurting and alone.
Thank you for all you do!
During her time on the streets,
Maryum reflected on her situation – and
herself. “I saw my life flashing before
me. In those troubled moments, I felt so
much despair.”
Desperate to find shelter, Maryum
finally called the Bay Area Rescue
Mission. “They offered me a bed! I got on
a bus and came right here.”
“After being hungry, cold and in
desperate need of warm clothes, I was so
grateful,” Maryum remembers. “I showed
up just in time to eat dinner. I was so
happy to get a hot meal and settle
down for the night.”
Maryum eventually joined our
Women’s Recovery Program, designed
to help women heal from the inside out
through classes, work therapy and oneon-one counseling.
“The staff is wonderful. Their love
and compassion for the residents here is
so great.”
Our staff offered Maryum spiritual
encouragement, too. “I was saved before
I came here, but I didn’t have a real
relationship with the Lord,” she says. “The
Bible studies here helped me so much.”
Maryum also served as part of the
Culinary Arts team in our kitchen, where
she discovered a new passion for cooking
for people in need – a passion she plans
to turn into a career!
Today, Maryum is a graduate of our
program and working on her GED.
She’s also preparing to go to college for a
degree in Hospitality.
Through it all, she thanks God for
leading her here. “If God hadn’t saved
me in the timely fashion that He did,
I would’ve never recovered from life’s
challenges.”
And Maryum knows that your
support has helped make her journey
from homeless to hopeful possible. “The
donors make such a difference…when I
see the daily arrivals of boxes of food in
the kitchen, it just shows me how all God’s
people care and work together for good.”
Turkey
in the Tent:
Almost here!
Just two weeks left until
Turkey in the Tent! It’s our
annual week of Thanksgiving
meals – and so many people
show up that we move our
meals outside. With more
than 14,000 breakfasts &
lunches to provide, please keep
us in your prayers as we reach
out to our community’s poor,
vulnerable and homeless people.
You can help! To find out
more, or to donate toward this
event, call (510) 215-4555 or
visit BayAreaRescue.org.
Please help
!
Here are the food items
we need most:
Turkeys
Potatoes (5-lb. bags)
Boxes of Stuffing Mix
#10 cans of Corns &
Green Beans
Pies
Coffee, Creamer &
Sugar
Drop off donations at 123
Macdonald Ave., Richmond.
Thank you!
3
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A Message From
Rev. John M. Anderson
Building our Bridge of Hope |
YEAR-END
UPDATE
A capital campaign to create hope and a
home for women & children
A Home for the
Holidays
The holidays are so close! If your
home is anything like mine, the
refrigerator is full, decorations
are coming out of storage and
excitement about seeing family
and friends is building.
At the Rescue Mission,
thousands of men, women and
children will spend the holiday
season with us. They don’t have
homes to decorate, or money for
gifts. Many don’t have family or
friends in their lives.
But thanks to you, these hurting
people will not be alone this
holiday season.
Your support, and your kindness
to others, provides hot meals, a
safe place to sleep and recovery
programs with the power to
change lives. When I talk to the
men and women here, they’re
incredibly grateful. “I didn’t know
where else to go” or “No one
would help me,” or simply “Thank
God you’re here.”
I thank God that “you’re here”
for the Rescue Mission. We never
know what the holidays will bring,
or how we may touch a person’s
heart with a simple holiday meal
and a cheerful smile. Please help
us reach out to our family, the
poor and the hurting, this holiday
season.
Rev. John M. Anderson
Executive Director
2
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At the end of 2014, we’re thankful
to all those who have helped us reach
over $1,000,000!
In the last few months, the
thermometer has been climbing toward
our goal of $6,000,000 to build our new
Center for women and children.
The Center will be a refuge for those
experiencing homelessness, domestic
abuse or poverty.
Some women
may only stay
a few nights...
some will stay longer. Others will choose
to join our long-term recovery program
and transform their lives.
Whatever their needs, our Center
will be there for them.
Bridge of Hope:
Housing...and so much more!
150 additional beds
Classrooms for education
Private counseling areas
Culinary Arts training center
Medical Center
Rooftop recreational area &
Fitness Center
$6,000,000!
$3,000,000
ac h
Help us lr!e
our goa
$1,000,000
$500,000
With your pledge of support for this
project, you’ll make sure that each of
them finds a safe place to recover and
grow into strong, healthy people with
hope for a brighter future.
“Hungry,
cold & in
desperate
need…”
When Maryum was laid off from
work several years ago, she found herself
slipping into unhealthy relationships and
behaviors – and drug use. “I was almost
at the point of not being able to recover
because my behavior was so out of hand.”
Then, Maryum lost everything when
her house burned down. Too proud
to ask her family for help, she became
homeless. “I lived on the streets. My only
source of shelter was sleeping in wash
houses or in parks.”
There’s much to be thankful for
at the end of 2014. But there’s still
more to do before we’re ready to break
ground on this new home for women
and children.
If you haven’t had a chance to read
up on the Bridge of Hope project,
project take a
moment to do so at our Bridge of Hope
website, BridgeofHopeBARM.org. To
learn how you can get involved with this
special project, call (510) 215-4555 or
e-mail [email protected].
He’s sitting alone at a big table...
His face is tired and
careworn. His eyes are
downcast. It’s Thanksgiving
day, and he’s alone. Now,
watch his face as you
approach the table.
You wish him a “Happy
Thanksgiving,” and put down a heaping
plate of turkey with a pile of mashed
potatoes and dressing smothered in
gravy in front of him.
“We’re so glad you could join us
today,” you say. “It’s great to have you
here for Thanksgiving.”
He looks up and smiles...perhaps for
the first time in weeks. Then, so quietly that
you lean in to hear, he says, “Thank you.”
As a member of our Rescue Mission
family, you bring fresh smiles to the
faces of thousands of people. You make
those who are homeless feel welcome.
You fill those who are hungry with more
than food.
Each time a meal is served, each
time a homeless person sleeps in
a warm bed, each time prayers are
offered up in chapel, it’s because
you’re part of a family that cares for
those who are lost, hurting and alone.
Thank you for all you do!
During her time on the streets,
Maryum reflected on her situation – and
herself. “I saw my life flashing before
me. In those troubled moments, I felt so
much despair.”
Desperate to find shelter, Maryum
finally called the Bay Area Rescue
Mission. “They offered me a bed! I got on
a bus and came right here.”
“After being hungry, cold and in
desperate need of warm clothes, I was so
grateful,” Maryum remembers. “I showed
up just in time to eat dinner. I was so
happy to get a hot meal and settle
down for the night.”
Maryum eventually joined our
Women’s Recovery Program, designed
to help women heal from the inside out
through classes, work therapy and oneon-one counseling.
“The staff is wonderful. Their love
and compassion for the residents here is
so great.”
Our staff offered Maryum spiritual
encouragement, too. “I was saved before
I came here, but I didn’t have a real
relationship with the Lord,” she says. “The
Bible studies here helped me so much.”
Maryum also served as part of the
Culinary Arts team in our kitchen, where
she discovered a new passion for cooking
for people in need – a passion she plans
to turn into a career!
Today, Maryum is a graduate of our
program and working on her GED.
She’s also preparing to go to college for a
degree in Hospitality.
Through it all, she thanks God for
leading her here. “If God hadn’t saved
me in the timely fashion that He did,
I would’ve never recovered from life’s
challenges.”
And Maryum knows that your
support has helped make her journey
from homeless to hopeful possible. “The
donors make such a difference…when I
see the daily arrivals of boxes of food in
the kitchen, it just shows me how all God’s
people care and work together for good.”
Turkey
in the Tent:
Almost here!
Just two weeks left until
Turkey in the Tent! It’s our
annual week of Thanksgiving
meals – and so many people
show up that we move our
meals outside. With more
than 14,000 breakfasts &
lunches to provide, please keep
us in your prayers as we reach
out to our community’s poor,
vulnerable and homeless people.
You can help! To find out
more, or to donate toward this
event, call (510) 215-4555 or
visit BayAreaRescue.org.
Please help
!
Here are the food items
we need most:
Turkeys
Potatoes (5-lb. bags)
Boxes of Stuffing Mix
#10 cans of Corns &
Green Beans
Pies
Coffee, Creamer &
Sugar
Drop off donations at 123
Macdonald Ave., Richmond.
Thank you!
3
2014 Holiday Newsletter
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Eat.
Shop.
Give.
Donations Welcome
There’s a day for
giving thanks and a
day for getting bargains.
Giving Tuesday, December 2,
is the day for giving back!
With a busy holiday season
coming, where we’ll provide
more than 3,600 meals a day,
your Giving Tuesday donation
will go a long way toward
helping us feed and care for our
community’s hungry, homeless
people.
Visit our website
BayAreaRescue.org on Dec. 2
to celebrate this special day of
charitable giving. Thank you
for caring!
Connect with us
online!
Facebook.com/BayAreaRescue
Twitter.com/BayAreaRescue
Youtube.com/ BayAreaRescueMission
H
Right now, even more people are
coming to us with requests for help as
nights around the Bay can reach nearfreezing temperatures, along with bonechilling rain or wind.
»
»
»
»
»
»
»
emergency items like food, blankets,
clothing and hygiene items.
BayAreaRescue.org has all our most
immediate needs listed – visit today
and see all the ways you can help this
holiday season! Or get your family, your
co-workers or your church involved by
organizing a collection drive.
A Publication of the Bay Area Rescue Mission
BayAreaRescue.org »
Get Involved »
Organize a Collection Drive
2114 Macdonald Avenue • P.O. Box 1112 • Richmond, C A 948 01 • www.BayAreaRescue.org
“I needed to get my life together”
For nearly eight years, there
wasn’t a day where Jesús didn’t drink
alcohol. Not one.
He’d wake up in the mornings,
exhausted and sick, but just couldn’t
imagine giving up his addiction. “I
didn’t care,” he says. “Not about my
future, or myself.”
It took a close friend being
diagnosed with cancer to make him
start thinking about his future -- and
his problem with alcohol. “I realized
my life was messed up,” he says.
“I was living for myself, but also,
against myself.”
Then, he discovered the Men’s
Recovery Program at the Bay Area
Rescue Mission. Right away, Jesús
felt he’d found the help he needed to
make big changes. “I knew I needed
to get my life together.”
Jesús had never thought much
about making God a part of his
life. But he was touched by the
encouragement of our staff, who
Donations can be dropped off at 123 Macdonald Ave., Richmond. Thank you!
$16.40 to feed and care for 8 people
$26.65 to feed and care for 13 people
$53.30 to feed and care for 26 people
$_________ to help as much as possible
$100 to provide 205 special Thanksgiving meals during Turkey in the Tent.
Please send me information on the Rescue Mission’s Bridge of Hope campaign.
_________________________________________________________________
NAME
_________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS
❍
Check enclosed
❍
❍
❍
Bill my credit card
❍
❍
CREDIT CARD #
EXP. DATE
PHONE #
Donate online at www.BayAreaRescue.org,
or call (510) 215-4555.
Bay Area Rescue Mission
P.O. Box 1112
Richmond, CA 94802-0112
_________________________________________________________________
CITY / STATE/ ZIP
_________________________________________________________________
E-MAIL
Please return this completed form with your donation. Your gift is tax-deductible as allowed by law. You will receive a receipt.
2014 Holiday Newsletter
41104 ARM
Newsletter - 17x11
PMS 3262 & Black
HOPE
Bay Area
Blankets (including baby blankets)
Bottled water
Hygiene kits (regular & travel size)
Toothbrushes & toothpaste
Underwear (all sizes)
Socks (all sizes)
Gloves, scarves & hats
ere’s my gift to provide help & hope
during the holidays:
❍
❍
❍
❍
❍
❍
Holiday Issue 2014
Your donations make a big
difference in helping us meet the
increased number of people who need
Donate 1 or more
of our most urgent
needs today!
Message from
2 AJohn
Anderson
2 Alone at a big table
cold &
3 “Hungry,
in desperate need”
HOL14
2014 Holiday Newsletter
41104 ARM
Newsletter - 17x11
PMS 3262 & Black
cared and prayed with him.. But
each day he stayed at the Rescue
Mission, his faith grew. “I believe
now that God led me here.”
Jesús joined our long-term
recovery program. The classes, work
therapy and spiritual guidance
help men not only recover from
addictions, but from harmful
patterns in their lives.
“All my life, I’ve been making
bad choices. The Rescue Mission
has taught me how to make better
choices and how to be patient
while I learn.”
Jesús recently got his GED and
is thinking about his future for the
first time.
“I’m doing culinary arts training
to be a chef,” he says, smiling. “I’m
excited and a little scared…but I’m
just praying to get through it. And I
believe I will.”
Jesús now has dreams of starting
his own business here in the Bay Area!
He knows that all the positive
changes in his life are because of
the Rescue Mission. “The people
here have helped me a lot…not just
because they gave me a place to
sleep or food to eat, but because
they gave me the motivation and
support to believe in myself.”