Shackled by an addiction he could not overcome, Isaac called our city streets home for six long, painful years.
It was a cold January day when he finally came through the Mission doors. He was freezing, starving, and desperate to change his life.
Alboney Siebert gets a first look at her new home – a place for her and her three young children to lay their heads and to call their own. It’s a gift, rent-free for two years from Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, the 110-year-old organization – that helps the homeless.
James has lived and worked in Detroit all his life. He has a wide range of skills that helped him excel at work, and he even started a company of his own at one point. But after some toxic relationships and a few difficult years, James ended up on the wrong path. Before long, he’d lost everything—his livelihood, savings, and home.
As you may have heard in the news, at 2am on June 27th, our premises on 138 Stimson was broken into and $25,000 worth of landscape training equipment was stolen.
Before his grandmother got sick, he lived on his own and had three jobs. He was doing so well that he didn’t hesitate to drop everything and move in with her to tend to her urgent needs.
Tracey Dunbar and her five children, including a daughter with special needs, will be sleeping in their new home tonight thanks to the Detroit Rescue Mission.