durham rescue mission

Durham Rescue Mission gives Hope to those in need

By Carl Kenney

February 6, 2013

Last year on January 24, after reaching their goal of $4.5 million, the Durham Rescue Mission broke ground on its new Center for Hope. The Mission has been ministering to the homeless, poor, and addicted since 1974, when CEO and founder Ernie Mills and his wife and CFO Gail Mills opened their doors to 12 needy […]

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Rescue Mission reshapes meaning of community

By Carl Kenney

February 3, 2011

By Anita Rao UNC Staff Writer The Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Although he now lives only five blocks from the neighborhood where he grew up, 53-year-old Jacob Nelson, a Durham Rescue Mission resident, said that when he runs into his former neighbors they hardly recognize him. He still shops at the same grocery store and walks […]

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Durham Rescue Mission mends vets’ lives

By Carl Kenney

November 19, 2009

By Jamese Slade NCCU Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com According to USA Today, about one in four of the homeless are veterans. That’s a statistic veterans Raymond Mays and George Johnson knew firsthand. When they found themselves at their lowest, they turned to the Durham Rescue Mission in Northeast Central Durham, a men’s program […]

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Fall Festival raises money for homeless

By Carl Kenney

October 20, 2009

By Brad Piland UNC Staff Writer the Durham VOICE thedurhamvoice@gmail.com Members of the Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church gathered Oct. 17 for the 3rd annual TAPC Fall Festival, a fundraiser in which the proceeds go toward funding Habitat for Humanity, the Durham Rescue Mission and Housing for New Hope. “We love raising the money for these […]

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