Grace Mission tracks increase in donations amid surge in demand for services

  • Grace Mission has tracked a record number of donations this season
  • This is enabling them to respond to the increasing needs they are responding to in our neighborhood.
  • Watch the video to find out why their feeding events are so important and to hear more about their plans for 2025.

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:

Feeding events neighbors have become even more dependent on this year. Finding out why resources at Grace Mission are so important and how they’re continuing to fight against the food insecurity they see in our neighborhood daily.

An increasing number of donations are meeting increasing needs at Grace Mission.

“To me, it means everything because I’m a person who’s outlived their family and has been displaced and don’t have friends,” said Kim O’Connor.

O’Connor is just one of many neighbors Grace has helped this year.

Mother Rachel Hill said they have seen an uptick in demand over the past year, particularly at their feeding events like Thanksgiving.

“Instead of feeding about 120, which would be our average, we fed 186 people and we gave away more than a ton of clothing,” said Hill.

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