Every holiday, Charlotte Rescue Mission provides free phone calls for all of our guests.  For Thanksgiving and Christmas, Cricket generously provided our cell phones for free long distance including international calls.  Charlotte Observer has the following story from Christmas day:

Kevin Duffy, who has been homeless for years, asked for a cell phone Friday and called his mother for the first time in nearly a month.

Duffy was among dozens of impoverished men who used donated cell phones at the Charlotte Rescue Mission to talk to family and friends on Christmas. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Charlotte Observer has an online photo gallery of Christmas day photos from the mission.

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The Charlotte Observer reports on how our new Dove’s Nest facility will share a lot with United Family Services to reduce overhead costs for both ministries. We are expanding our Dove’s Nest program by building a new 90 bed facility and will share land with another women’s shelter.   This partnership is expected to save over $1 million in costs.   Read more about our Dove’s Nest Capital Campaign here.

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Charlotte Rescue Mission would like to express our deepest appreciation for Drew ( age 10 ) and Hannah ( age 8 ) who recently decided that instead of getting presents for their birthday this year, they would ask for donations to the Charlotte Rescue Mission.  These two unrelated kids happened to come on the same day with their parents to make their donation.  What a moving statement of generosity from two very generous individuals!
Thank you Drew and Hannah!  Your donations will be used to help homeless men and women this Christmas.

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Students from Northside Christian Academy decorated the mission’s dining room with lights for the Christmas holiday.  News 14 has the story and video.

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Charlotte Rescue Mission is launching a Ham Drive for its upcoming Christmas Day Extravaganza. “We will prepare 150 Hams for our community dinner” says Tony Marciano, Executive Director. “We need the community’s help to insure this is a memorable day for all who come”

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Wells Fargo donated $6 million to Charlotte area non-profits yesterday and Charlotte Rescue Mission was among the recipients.  The bank designated $700,000 for the Dove’s Nest Capital Campaign.   Thank you Wells Fargo!

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The Charlotte Observer writes:

Members of the Carolinas Chapter of Safari Club International will serve “wild game” for dinner today at the Charlotte Rescue Mission.

The highlight of the “Eighth Annual Wild Game Feast for the Hungry” at 5:30 p.m. will be the meatloaf venison harvested from local whitetail deer by members of the chapter. Chapter members will also serve slow-cooked pork barbeque. Read the rest of this entry »

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Fox News covered this story on using GoodSearch to support the mission for free. GoodSearch is powered by Yahoo! and is an easy way you can support your favorite charity by simply searching the internet.

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News 14 has a great video of volunteers serving Thanksgiving breakfast at the mission.

CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte Rescue Mission wants the area’s homeless to know there’s no need to go hungry this Thanksgiving.

Officials and volunteers served breakfast in the morning and cooked a complete turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

Last year, volunteers served more than 500 people from the community. The menu included everything from hotcakes to eggs.

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