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mission SEES ANOTHER HOT STRETCH OF WEATHER AND SETS NEW RECORD FOR PEOPLE SHELTERED LINCOLN, NE, July 26, 2011 – The effects of the severe summer weather conditions over the last few weeks continue to wreak havoc on the population of the People's City Mission. In the last week, the mission has had new records for number of people housed set and then broken multiple times. The heat hasn't let up and neither has the demand for shelter that it produces. This demand has left the People'... Read More
The Journal Star works with businesses in the Lincoln area to come up with a deal that is 50% off or better for shoppers. Throughout the month of December, part of the proceeds from the deals that you buy will be given to the Mission. This is a great chance to get deals on Christmas presents like 2 tickets for $15 to the Lincoln Star's Hockey game or $10 for $25 worth of merchandise to Blu Velvet. Save some money and bless The mission at the same time! ... Read More
Picture of the Week A few of the students from Goodrich at Dawes who brought blankets to the mission last week. See more pictures at Facebook. ... Read More
Curtis Center Curtis Center Serves our Nation's Veterans A little over two years ago PCM opened the Curtis Center, a two year, transitional living program for men. At that time we were among only 2-3 other places in the nation that had a Veteran's Program and we were able to take in 12 homeless vets from our area. This year we are proud to say that we are able to expand our Vet's Program to create 18 new openings.&nbs... Read More
Rick Ragsdale Rick has been with PCM for over five years now, let me tell you his story. Rick grew up in Iowa and saw his older brother fall into alcoholism and addiction. This was as difficult for him as it would be for any young boy, but then one day he saw his brothers life dramatically changed. You see his brother had come to know the Lord as his savior and was immediately set free from his addictions. Rick could see the peace in his brothers life and wanted it for himself a... Read More
PCM Distribution Center Located at 2101 "N" st. Many people don't know about the People's City Mission's Distribution Center, so we would like to share a little bit about what we do there.... Read More
Meet the Staff of PCM: Jackie Miley Jackie Miley joined the staff of the People's City mission Distribution Center approximately 5 years ago. When asked what brought her to PCM she said that she believes that the Lord brought her here. Jackie receives a great deal of joy from serving others. She sees her job as ... Read More
Meet the Staff of PCM: Brett Anderson Brett came to PCM in October of 2008 after graduating from Wesleyan. He had graduated with a degree in Physics but had a heart for helping the homeless. You see, Brett had experienced homelessness first hand while in college. He'd had to choose between college and a place to live and chose to tough-out the semester, living in his van. Brett said the experience was much harder, and colder, than he... Read More
Thank you to our Donors: Back-To-School Shoes for our kids!!! Thanks to the kindness and generosity of our donors we were able to take our kids out to the Payless Shoe Source at Westfield Mall and purchase a brand new pair of shoes for each child! Wow what a blessing, the squeals of joy truly warmed our hearts! Pictured above is just one of the groups of families that we took, and the appreciation is quite evident... Read More
Congratulations to Angela Washington on receiv ing the Point of Light Award! In 2009 Angela Washington came to the People's City mission as a volunteer intern. During her time in that position Angela helped with our Halloween Food Drive and Co-Founded our Amazing Grace Food Drive, coordinating over 100 volunteers and raising over a ton of food to feed the homeless. On Wednesday, August 11th Angela was awarded the Governor's Poin... Read More
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