In the Know
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“In the Know” is your source for Rescue Mission News
Check in often for updates and links to news about Rescue Mission Ministries and Events. Suggest a story idea or request information by contacting Brittany Wright at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 540.777.7653.
Rescue Mission Stories
Rescue Mission’s Free Clinic Reaches Out to Children 03/10/12
VCOM Medical Students Screen Homeless at Free Clinic 03/09/12
A Medical Free-For-All at the Roanoke Rescue Mission 03/09/12
John Carlin’s Virginia Features 2nd helpings Artist Nancy Weekly 03/06/12
John Carlin’s Virginia Blog 2nd helpings Artist Nancy Weekly 03/05/12
Homelessness Reaches Record Levels in Roanoke City Schools 02/21/12
Valentines Banquet Raises Money for the Roanoke Rescue Mission 02/13/12
Neighborhood Summit Addresses Roanoke Rescue Mission 01/10/12
Community Christmas Dinners See Increase in Participants 12/26/11
Parents and Kids with the Rescue Mission in Roanoke put on a Christmas Play 12/22/11
Thousands Turn Out for Drumstick Dash in Downtown Roanoke 11/25/11
Rescue Mission of Roanoke Cooks up Hundreds of Meals 11/24/11
Gingerbread Man’s Raising Money to Help the Homeless 11/05/11
The Rescue Mission is November’s 3-Degree Charity of the Month (WLSL-10) 11/02/11
2nd Helpings Super 2 Day Sale: A Labor Day sale you can feel good about 09/01/11”
Rescue Mission breaks a record after operating sixty three years 08/24/11”
Backpacks needed for Roanoke Valley “Back to School Blast 08/05/11”
Roanoke Rescue Mission Receives Bountiful Eggplant Donation 08/02/11
Roanoke’s Rescue Mission needs your help collecting 2,000 book bags 08/02/11
Heat forces record numbers at Roanoke Rescue Mission 07/21/11
Georgia Crump’s serving up sweet treats in a new location 07/20/11
Former City Market Vendor Joins Rescue Mission Cafe 07/20/11
Camp Jubilee: A wooded retreat wipes worries away for kids 07/09/11
Roanoke Rescue Mission celebrates its 63rd anniversary 07/02/11
Miss Virginia’s Outstanding Teen and Preteen hopefuls serve with a smile 06/22/11
Rescue Mission’s dental clinic for homeless patients earns award, $10,000 06/17/11
Arts & Extras: 2nd Helpings puts clay artists in the spotlight 06/12/11
Roanoke Valley Christian School cleans up Jubilee Acres 05/25/11
Five mothering lessons from Roanoke’s patron saint of addicts 05/08/11
Rescue Mission programs chief John Sylvester-Johnson dies at 62 05/04/11
WVTF Public Radio coverage of the Day of Beauty for the WCC 05/03/11
Roanoke Elementary Students Raise Money for the Rescue Mission 04/22/11
At Rescue Mission transitional apartments, hidden messages of hope for recoverers 04/04/11
Roanoke Rescue Mission Signing Ladders for Rise Up Roanoke 03/01/11
Four-legged friends join bedtime stories at the Rescue Mission 12/14/10
Rescue Mission busy but not just because of the cold 12/14/2010
Drumstick Dash funds will go towards utilities and clinic 11/26/2010
Record numbers stuff streets for festive Drumstick Dash 11/26/10
Rescue Mission serves Thanksgiving dinner for 1,000 11/25/10
Where to find holiday cards that benefit area nonprofit groups 11/25/2010
Rescue Mission sees increase in women and children 09/20/2010
Rescue Mission undergoes transformation to keep up with the times 09/17/2010
Local artist, art gallery support Roanoke Rescue Mission 07/10/2010
“Blitz” Makeover Planned for Rescue Mission’s Thrift Shop 06/17/2010
Rescue Mission Art Show Features Wide Variety of Talent 05/06/2010
2nd Helpings Gallery Features Art Competition Winners 03/12/2010
Roanoke Valley Rescue Mission keeping doors open to guest during cold snap 02/10/2010
Roanoke Valley’s homeless will soon have a new place to get medical care 02/10/2010
Rescue Mission seeing increase in number of people seeking help 1/19/09
Press Releases
June 22, 2011 Back to School Blast 2011 click here: Back_2_School_Blast_2011.doc
June 21, 2011 Beauty & the Feast 2 click here: Beauty__the_Feast_2.doc
Mission-Related Stories
The Conversation Continues
A group committed to meeting weekly in 2008 to evaluate the current situation of homelessness in SW Virginia, and to see the conversation concerning the issues of homelessness and its precursor—poverty to be directed toward positive solutions, incorporating ideas, from all stakeholders—including the homeless themselves. It is also the common goal to dispel commonly held myths, misconceptions and idiosyncratic use of data.
Finally it is the goal of this group to encourage regional cooperation in implementing the ideas, initiatives, projects and programs explored.
