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How friends like you helped Bill find hope & new life When people ask Bill to share his testimony, he responds, “I don’t have a testimony, but I have a heck of a love story that I can share because it’s God’s love that’s got me where I’m at today.” Born and raised in Brooklyn, […]
Through the Mission’s emergency shelter and Residential Program, Maurice found stability in his relationships, finances and spiritual life. Maurice’s life felt like a roller coaster, filled with highs and lows. His parents split up before he was born, and he moved around a lot as a child. He struggled to find stability, first with college […]
After a series of personal crises left her living in her car, Kit found refuge at The Bowery Mission Kit has a vivid childhood memory: Walking with her mom in a crowded part of New York City, they were separated. She remembers the panic, crying out, not being able to find her mom. “Then, finally, […]
God never left Joe and he’s grateful for that. Joe was born into a large, loving and deeply Christian family. Though raised in the church, at the age of 14, he started to smoke and hang out with people in the street in an effort to belong. That’s when his life took a turn away […]
Each year, The Bowery Mission community comes together to celebrate new beginnings for graduates of our faith-based Residential Programs. The Bowery Mission’s Residential Programs provide a caring and safe environment for men and women overcoming homelessness and other crises to achieve personal goals for life and work, heal from past trauma and overcome barriers to […]
Because of friends like you, Steven found help and hope at The Bowery Mission. Steven says he had a complicated childhood and a particularly difficult relationship with his mother. He lived with his mom in West Virginia. But by age 18, the situation at home had become unbearable, so he left home and joined a […]
Drugs and alcohol almost ruined his life, but he received a chance to start over. Kyle was 10 years old when his parents divorced, and after that, he grew up in a house full of women — “Me, my mother, my sister and my grandmother,” he says. Though he missed the influence of a father […]
In the depths of her depression, the kindness of friends like you turned things around. Kelly’s relationship with her mom was one for the ages. “She was my best friend,” Kelly says. “I loved her very much. We were so close.” When her mother’s health began declining several years ago, Kelly was right at her […]
It all started with a nourishing meal and a warm welcome at The Bowery Mission Tony spent his life living and working in New York City. Everything changed abruptly with the pandemic when he was laid off. His finances dwindled and he couldn’t afford food. Hunger brought him to The Bowery Mission, but he found […]
At The Bowery Mission, Mayra found a safe place to heal and get a fresh start, thanks to friends like you Mayra endured abuse after moving to the United States for the promise of a better life. Alone and homeless in New York City, she found refuge and support at The Bowery Mission. Here she […]
In this guest post, one of The Bowery Mission’s social workers shares insights from her frontline work at the Mission, where she provides clinical support to individuals overcoming homelessness, hunger and other crises. Within the Red Doors of The Bowery Mission where I serve as a social worker, we encounter individuals daily who are deeply […]
After a season of profound trial, Christopher found redemption and healing within the Mission’s transformative community Christopher went from having a family, a home and a good job to spending a month in a psychiatric ward. For years, he had a great job in radiology here in the city. He was in a committed relationship […]
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