Gallery: 2017 Thanksgiving Banquet
An estimated 1,000 hungry men, women, and children were served a delicious Thanksgiving meal of turkey and all the trimmings by volunteers at the final Great Thanksgiving Banquet hosted by the Orlando Union Rescue Mission at the old Men’s Home in downtown Orlando. Guests also received coats and other clothing, as well as hygiene items […]
The Best Year of Yuneisha’s Life
In one short year, Yuneisha went from being unemployed and sleeping in her car to having a good-paying job and her own apartment. During that year, she also became a certified pharmacy technician and paid off more than three thousand dollars to become debt free. “This has been the best year of my life,” the […]
Nov. 2017
I Finally Have Hope: Jason’s Story
Jason never considered himself an addict. After all, every drug he took was prescribed by physicians to treat the severe depression that plagued him since childhood. “I never used illegal drugs – cocaine, meth, heroin or anything like that,” he says. “I figured it was OK if the doctor prescribed it, and my life was […]