Gallery – 2017 Easter Banquet
Video: I am the Mission
The men we serve at the Mission’s Men’s Home aren’t the stereotypical faces of homelessness. They all have different stories of how they arrived here, but the one thing they have in common is a desire to improve their lives and become hard workers, productive citizens and good neighbors.
Sheila’s story
Sheila had a good job in Gainesville and was taking classes to become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) when her life changed in an instant in March of 2016. On their way home from the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City, she and her daughter were involved in a car accident. Sheila was unhurt, but […]
Brittany & David’s story
Instead of earning their diplomas after attending four years of high school, Brittany and David received certificates of completion. It turned out, both had fallen just a few points short of passing the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). “We were both under the assumption we had graduated,” Brittany says. Sadly, without diplomas, the couple couldn’t […]
Thank you from Lesley
Hello friend! My name is Lesley and I was a guest at O.U.R. Family Home for about a year and four months. I never would have imagined I would end up living at a Mission but it’s one of the best experiences I ever had. You’d think a homeless shelter would be a cold, dark […]
Thank you from Khallid
Hello my friend! I’m Khallid and I’m preparing to move out of the Orlando Union Rescue Mission’s Men’s Home. I don’t know where I’d be without the Mission. I was born in Egypt and raised a Muslim. When I first found myself homeless, I didn’t come to the Mission because my Muslim friends told me […]
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 […]
Thank you from David
Hello Friend, My name is David, and I’m a disciple at the Orlando Union Rescue Mission’s Men’s Home. I never thought I’d find myself homeless, but in 2013 I lost my marriage, my job, and my home – all in a three-day span. I knew homelessness existed but I never gave it a second thought. […]
Thank you from Jazzmine
Dear friend, My name is Jazzmine, and I just want to tell you how your support of Orlando Uniaon Rescue Mission made a difference in my life and in the lives of my two daughters. We came to O.U.R. Mission Family Home in October of 2013 and moved into our own apartment this past March. […]
Thank you from Juan
Hello friend, My name is Juan and I want to tell you how Orlando Union Rescue Mission saved me and my family from homelessness and despair. I was living recklessly when we moved to Florida in 2011. Using and selling drugs, I had no rules in my life and no desire to change. But we […]