Rescue Mission to Restore Souls of Homeless With Free Sneakers
#SolesRestoreSouls Shoe Campaign a Success as Organizations Plan To Give To Needy ORLANDO, FL– Today, the National Osteopathic Medical Association (NOMA) and the Orlando Union Rescue Mission (OURM) will be hosting a free community wide Health Fair, and will give away sneakers to those in need. OURM’s goal for the #SolesRestoreSouls campaign to get one […]
Rescue Mission Offer FREE SNEAKERS at Health Fair
#SolesRestoreSouls Campaign Meets Goal of 1,000 Pairs of Sneakers to Give Away to Those in Need ORLANDO, FL– On Friday, October 16, 2015 from 3pm-7pm, the National Osteopathic Medical Association (NOMA) in collaboration with the Orlando Union Rescue Mission (OURM) and local chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) will be hosting a FREE community-wide […]
2015 October Newsletter – Mission Accomplished
Dawn Sipley’s memories of her time the Mission ore fleeting, but one stands out. “The cross was the one thing that always allowed me to know where I was,” she recalls. Dawn, her mother and sister stayed at the Mission for o short time in the 1980s – before O.U.R. Mission Home was built and […]
2015 October Newsletter – New Faces Mean New Chances to Save Lives
Fall is our busiest season here at the Mission. Between now and the end of the year, we’ll see hundreds of new faces come through our doors seeking meals, shelter and other basic needs. Some of these men, women and families are new to Central Florida, while others have been here for years. Some have […]
2015 October Newsletter – Full Circle: Alex’s Story
Alex’s addiction to painkillers was so bad that he crossed a line he never imagined crossing. While staying with his sister after losing hisapartment, he pilfered money from her purse to buy pills on the street. Even worse, desperate for drugs, he stole some of the pain medicine his mother took for multiple sclerosis. “Stealing […]
Oct. 2015
Local High School Organization Helps Collect Shoes for Central Florida’s Homeless
ORLANDO, FL– Eillen Martinez contacted and accepted the challenge to help restore the souls of Central Florida’s homeless that couldn’t afford the replace the soles that the Orlando Union Rescue Mission (OURM) The Soles Restore Souls campaign is more than a shoe-drive, it’s a movement to restore dignity to homeless individuals that may feel less […]
Central Florida Dignitaries and Homeless Gather to Celebrate Renovation Project
ORLANDO, FL– Tonight, Congressman Daniel Webster, and City of Orlando District 5 Commissioner, Regina Hill, will join in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the completion of Orlando Union Rescue Mission’s (OURM) latest renovation project. The $200,000 overhaul is the first of the Arthur J. and Marie H. Williams Family Life Center (FLC) since its 1998 […]