The San Diego Rescue Mission celebrated the graduation of 46 participants from its rehabilitation and recovery program Saturday, helping them overcome homelessness.
The 12-month Mission Academy Residential Program provides men, women and single parents the tools and resources they need to overcome homelessness and rebuild their lives, according to SDRM officials.
“Today is about more than graduation. It’s about hope and transformation,” Donnie Dee, President and CEO of the San Diego Rescue Mission said. “Over the past 12 months, each one of these Mission Academy graduates has done the hard work to change the trajectory of their lives by addressing the root causes of their homelessness while gaining life skills, education, job training and stable housing. We’re incredibly proud of their achievements and this is how we create real change in the state of homelessness in San Diego.”…