Thank you from Reshon
Dear Friend, My name is Reshon Moore, and I was a guest at the Orlando Union Rescue Mission Family Home, along with two of my children, for two years in the 1990s. Today, I’m a member of the Mission’s Board of Directors. I just want to tell you about the difference the Mission made in […]
Summer 2016 Newsletter – Turning a Mess into a Message
Ron Betts calls it a “jacked up life.” How else would you describe the life of a 4-year-old boy whose aunt sexually abused him and exposed him to street drugs, who grew into a drug-addicted homeless man who couldn’t hold down a job and ate food out of a trash can? Ron had every excuse in the world […]
October 2016 Newsletter: Mission Accomplished
It’s been more than three years since John left O.U.R. Men’s Home, but he remains a familiar face around the Mission as a volunteer. “I help with iDignity every other month, and I sometimes cut the grass at the Family Home,” he says. “I’ll always give back to this place that gave so much to me.” […]
October 2016 Newsletter – President’s Corner: Preparing for our busiest time of the year
We are entering our busiest season of the year here at the Mission. Over the next few months, we will see a big increase in the number of men, women, and children who need food, shelter, and clothing. Consequently, all our available beds are occupied, our kitchens are feeding as many of the desperately poor […]
2016 October Newsletter – A Second Chance at Life: Marie’s Story
Three days. That’s all the time Marie had to find a new place to live before she faced losing her kids. Life had been going well for about a year since Marie and her family successfully transitioned her of O.U.R. Family Home. Then, out of the blue, her husband told her he was leaving her […]