Area Relief Ministries

Join us in our fight against homelessness for our annual Salt & Light Banquet on Sunday, September 22nd featuring the Jackson Symphony Jazz Ensemble! Don’t miss this special opportunity to build meaningful connections and make a lasting difference in our community.

📍 Carl Perkins Civic Center
⏰ 4PM Dinner | 5PM Concert

For Ticket Information:
Faith Moore
(731) 506-7067
[email protected]

Fred McKinnie
(731) 423-9257
[email protected]

So many incredible people came together during today’s Summer Downtown Homeless Outreach in Jackson! We’re thankful for the opportunity to jump in and serve our community.

Thank you to all of the awesome MFuge students and leaders who have chosen to spend this week volunteering with Area Relief Ministries! Not only are we grateful for some extra hands serving alongside ours, but we also love seeing your smiling faces, too. 😃

Area Relief Ministries has been going strong since 1977 - all because someone decided to link arms with others to make a real difference! We are so grateful for the legacy of selfless hard work, faith, and compassion that goes before us.

To the men and women who gave their lives protecting our freedom: We are forever thankful for your sacrifice. Today, and always, we remember and honor.

Our Area Relief Ministries team rocked getting creative in preparation for this year’s upcoming Bowls for the Hungry Charity Event! 🎨🤩

https://jacksontn.betterworld.org/events/bowls-hungry-2024

This year’s Family Fun Fest was truly something special! Thank you to everyone who stopped by and to all of those who helped make it happen once again. We 💚 you, Hub City!

Family Fun Fest returns to the Hub City - WBBJ TV One event returns to Jackson with fun for the entire family.

Our 7th Annual FAMILY FUN FEST is finally here!

Join in the fun with FREE ADMISSION TODAY @ Jackson's AMP at the Market from 10AM - 2PM!

🎉Petting Zoo
🎉Live Music
🎉Jumpers
🎉Food Trucks

Our 7th Annual Family Fun Fest is finally just ONE DAY away! Join us TOMORROW from 10AM - 2PM @ Jackson's AMP at the Market. Admission is FREE! 😃

Food Trucks I Petting Zoo
Live Music I Jumpers

We’re so excited!!!

We’re only TWO DAYS away from our 7th Annual Family Fun Fest! Join us Saturday, May 11th @ Jackson's AMP at the Market from 10AM - 2PM.

🎉 FREE ADMISSION 🎉

* Food Trucks
* Petting Zoo
* Live Music
* Jumpers

Come out and have fun with us this weekend!

Our 7th Annual Family Fun Fest is only THREE DAYS away! Join us Saturday, May 11th @ Jackson's AMP at the Market from 10AM - 2PM.

FREE ADMISSION + all kinds of awesome😎

* Food Trucks
* Petting Zoo
* Live Music
* Jumpers

We can’t wait to see you there!

Family Fun Fest
05.11.24 I 10AM-2PM
FREE ADMISSION

* Food Trucks
* Petting Zoo
* Live Music
* Jumpers

📍The Amp at The Market

We’re sending a huge shout out to the following ARM supporters who provided us with several much-needed donations: the Nobles and Daughters representing the Desert of TN and the Constituent Temples and Courts of the A.E.A.O.N.M.S of North and South America Inc and Its Jurisdictions and the Daughters of the Imperial Court.

We are so grateful!

We 💚 building our community! We’ll always be better together.

Never underestimate the power of hope - it changes lives and transforms communities!

For over 40 years, Area Relief Ministries has been serving West Tennessee and making the world a better place one life at a time. We believe in building our community!

That’s why we’ll never give up! Can’t stop. Won’t stop.

Our Area Relief Ministries team had a great time getting creative preparing for this year’s upcoming “Bowls for the Hungry” event! It’s our privilege to support their mission of bringing the community together to raise awareness and funds for those in need of housing and food.

We love building community! 💚

ARM welcomes Myra Puryear as our newest staff member as our Rapid Rehousing caseworker. She is excited to be a p**f our ministry and has a wonderful attitude towards serving.

Emergency Shelter Information: From the Mayor Scott Conger
In preparation for the upcoming freezing weather days from 4 p.m. on January 14, 2024, to 9 a.m. on January 17, 2024, the following plan has been devised to provide emergency shelter for homeless men, women, and children seeking aid.
Emergency Shelter Location for Homeless Men
• Carl Perkins Civic Center (400 S. Highland Ave., Jackson, TN)
• The Room in the Inn program will take place at the Carl Perkins Civic Center
• The Carl Perkins Civic Center will be closed to the public during this time.
Emergency Shelter Location for Homeless Women and Children
• First United Methodist Church Mission Center (200 S. Church St. Jackson, TN)
Supplies
Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department will provide cots and blankets, with an estimated maximum capacity of 40 for Carl Perkins Civic Center and 30 for FUMC Mission Center. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks will be provided by RIFA with coordinated efforts with Area Relief Ministries (ARM), FUMC, and other area churches.
Material and Monetary Donations
The community is encouraged to donate the following items.
• Nonperishable food items can be dropped off at RIFA (133 Airways Blvd. Jackson, TN)
• Toiletries, t-shirts, sweat pants, socks, and coats can be dropped off at the respective facilities (men’s items at Carl Perkins Civic Center and women’s and children's items at FUMC Mission Center)
• Monetary donations will be accepted at Hope and Healing Foundation for this and future emergency response needs. Contact Vicki Lake.
Outreach Efforts
Area Relief Ministries and Tennessee Homeless Solutions will conduct outreach initiatives at encampments throughout Jackson and will instruct those who seek shelter to be ready for pick up at 3 p.m. on January 14, 2024. The Jackson Police Department will transport those who seek shelter at facilities if requested or if encountered.
Animals
Service animals are permitted to accompany those who seek shelter.
A special thank you to our partners Area Relief Ministries, First United Methodist Church, Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department, Jackson Police Department, Jackson Recreation and Parks Department, RIFA, Madison County Sherriff’s Office, Tennessee Homeless Solutions, West Tennessee COC, and West Tennessee Healthcare.

After 15 years of living in the woods Gunny is inside and happy to help others. Turning Point House.

One our guests Dylan is available for work until February 15th when he enters the army. I hired him to help load and move furniture and he did a great job and was incredibly polite. Give him a call if you need him. Thanks

Northside Indians Hub Classic champs!

Hub Classic basketball tournament. Championship game tomorrow. Bring your family.

Thanks to Wilks Dugout for the warm blankets you donated. God bless https://www.facebook.com/WilksDugout38305?mibextid=2JQ9oc

This is awesome!

Thanks to Regetta Nelson for delivering Christmas Lunch with all of the trimmings to our guys at Open Arm day shelter. Thanks to Madison County Government for thinking of us. Board member Billy Haynes helped unload.