Bridgeport Rescue Mission Urges Final Push to Meet $1.3 Million Goal

 “We simply can’t let down before we reach our target. … What happens in the next three weeks will seriously impact our ability to serve our neighbors in need throughout the year.”

                                                                              —Executive Director Terry Wilcox 

By DONNA ROMANO

BRIDGEPORT––With just over three weeks remaining until the close of Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s Restore Hope Campaign on January 31, Executive Director Terry Wilcox reports the Mission has $300,000 yet to raise.

                As the new year begins, the Mission projects it will be called on to provide 55,918 meals and 3,430 nights of shelter each month through the year and will continue to see a steady demand for its long-term addiction recovery programs and vital community outreach services. 

Mission officials budgeted accordingly with the intent of raising $1.3 million through its four-month long Restore Hope Campaign, and Wilcox emphasized the importance of a continued push to meet the goal. 

                “We simply can’t let down before we reach our target,” Wilcox said.  “Our $1.3 million goal is a major portion of our annual budget, which was carefully and prayerfully determined based on the assistance the community we serve will rely on the Mission to provide in the year ahead.  What happens in the next three weeks will seriously impact our ability to assist our neighbors in need throughout the year.  I pray our donors will recognize the severity of this situation and help us secure the remaining $300,000 before the campaign deadline on January 31.”

                Donations can be made online at www.BridgeportRescueMission.org or mailed to Bridgeport Rescue Mission, PO Box 9057, Bridgeport, CT  06601.  For more information on Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s programs and services for homeless and hurting men, women and children contact Linda Casey, the Mission’s director of development and strategic planning, at the numbers listed above. 

Bridgeport Rescue Mission demonstrates the love of God to hungry, homeless and addicted people throughout Fairfield County, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  We fight poverty from the inside out by providing a place of hope and dignity through a yearlong educational program, biblical counseling and case management.  We are funded by compassionate individuals, churches, businesses and organizations.

 

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