Stories

The Blessing of Safe Shelter During a Pandemic

Desperate to make changes, Kevin turned to DRMM for help overcoming drug addiction and rebuilding his life. Shortly after his arrival, though, the pandemic turned our city, state, nation, and world upside down.

“DRMM saved me”

The day Scott* came through the Mission doors, he was hungry and homeless. He had been aimlessly walking our city streets. He stopped in front of the Mission for a long while, agonizing about coming inside . . .

What Detroit’s Boys and Girls Need Now . . . and in the Days Ahead

We all have friends, family, colleagues and neighbors negatively impacted by COVID-19. Don’t we? Some are either sick, recovering, retrenched or struggling to get needed medications and food supplies in the ongoing lockdown, which simply means they need the good old empathy and compassion.

YES, THIRD PARTY VALIDATION WORKS

I am yet to come across an individual or organization that would rather have people think the worst of them. We all want people to think of us as good, smart, efficient, effective and reliable – just as we think of ourselves. Don’t we? But people are not bound to see us the way we see ourselves.

Simple Kindness of a Good Meal

It was a bitterly cold and windy day when William came through the Mission doors hoping for a meal . . .

There are NO “lost causes!”

It was a bitterly cold and windy day when William came through the Mission doors hoping for a meal . . .