Charlotte Observer has the story:

The Charlotte Rescue Mission is making sure Easter Sunday lunch and a connection to home are available to everyone.

On Sunday, the Rescue Mission will serve a hot meal that will be open to all of Charlotte’s homeless. Last year, volunteers prepared more than 1,400 Easter meals in the Rescue Mission kitchen.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/03/28/1338981/mission-ensure-no-one-goes-hungry.html#ixzz0jZSQL4fz

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News 14 covers the following story on our Dove’s Nest Capital Campaign with an excellent video:

CHARLOTTE — A 2008 study by the Charlotte Rescue Mission found that there were more than 1,000 women living in Charlotte-area shelters with substance abuse problems. And those numbers are only expected to rise.

With the increase in need, the Dove’s Nest in Dilworth is in the middle of a $10 million fund-raising campaign to transform the 12-bed house to a 90-bed facility.  See the story and watch the video.

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One of our clients recently said, “…since coming to Rebound, I’ve been given back so many things I have lost, like faith, confidence and hope. My debt [to all who’ve made this possible] can only be repaid each and every day I stay clean and sober. I will be forever grateful to this place for giving me back my life and taking me from a shell of a man to one who can walk with my head held high…”

Read the rest in this month’s Beacon. You may also want to sign up for our newsletter by email.

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One of our clients recently said, “…CRM and the donors show how much they care and love other people that they don’t even know. That shows me that God is real and that He has always and will never stop loving me…”

Read the rest in our latest issue of the Beacon. You may also want to sign up for our newsletter by email.

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A client recently said, “…the volunteers and donors made me realize that there are people out there who are willing to help a man that is trying to help himself…”

Read the rest in our latest issue of the Beacon.  You may also want to sign up for our newsletter by email.

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In our Easter newsletter, clients share their stories and express their gratitude. “I was living in a tent existing only to stay drunk. My only concern was how I was going to have the money to drink the next day. I couldn’t bring myself to beg for money, so I sold my plasma twice a week. I went from 170 lbs to 150 lbs in 3months. I was a wreck both mentally and physically. I was wasting away and I felt I couldn’t make it much longer.”

Read the rest in this month’s Beacon. You may also want to sign up for our newsletter by email.

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The following is a letter from one of our recent clients at Rebound.

To Whom It May Concern:

Please let me express by deepest gratitude for the compassion and grace that I have received while being a client of the Rebound program. This was not the first time I went through a treatment program. It is the first time I have felt hopeful and have a desire to go on with my life, wherever that may take me. Read the rest of this entry »

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Let me tell you about Chris. Not long ago, his only “love” was for the drugs that had ruined his life. He turned to them early, in a futile attempt to numb the toxic feelings of failure and worthlessness he had lived with since childhood.  By the age of 15, Chris was an addict. Over the next 20 years, drugs cost him his friends…family…even his freedom when he committed a drug-related crime and went to prison. Read the rest of this entry »

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A ‘halfway house’ is a stepping stone back into society.  When clients complete our programs, they have the option to extend their stay by enrolling in our halfway house.

I always get excited about clients who complete phase one of our Dove’s Nest women’s program and move onto our halfway house.  One in particular has worked hard to make the streets a thing of the past.  For years, she believed the lies she was told that she was worthless and would never amount to anything.  Today, she is gainfully employed, and is excited about her future.

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A new survey conducted by the Urban Ministry Center found that Charlotte has “nearly double the national average of homeless people visiting hospitals more than three times a year.“   At Charlotte Rescue Mission, our goal is to end the cycle of poverty and homelessness by addressing the root problems and by treating the individual as a whole. Read the rest of this entry »

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