Kokomo Rescue Mission

How fun! One of the women's small groups at Bridgeway Church Kokomo made up little mani 💅🏽 bags to bless the women in our shelters this Christmas. 🎄

Thank you for bringing a bit of cheer (and pizazz) to our residents, ladies! ❤️💚

This Christmas, lift up a struggling local family with a generous gift to help provide meals, life-transforming assistance and a fresh start.

Give now by visiting https://bitly.ws/32jwt

We’ve had this ✨beauty✨ for a few weeks now, and it’s been a game-changer for our Development Team! We do a lot of printing for our various events and ministries; so having a printer that can handle everything has been wonderful.

We thank the Community Foundation Serving Howard, Clinton & Carroll Counties for choosing us to receive a marketing grant from the Dr. John A. and Joan E. Bowman Community Fund that helped us purchase this printer (along with a video stabilizer and wireless microphone).

Through this grant, we are better able to let people know about our services and events to help the homeless, the hungry, and the hurting. Thank you!

You can go ahead and schedule that date night (or lunch/dinner out with friends/family) 😏 on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗.

Our October Hacienda Gives Back Fiesta was so successful that we're throwing another one in two weeks! Rumor has it there might even be a "celebrity" server... 🤫

Thank God for His perfect plan 💙

Great toys at great prices at our thrift store - Care & Share Store
Save the date! [Dec. 15]

"As a kid, these were the only Christmas presents we had..." - We've heard this said by more than one Red Ribbon Christmas volunteer.

And now it's 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 turn to bring joy to many in need this Christmas season.

►We need an ARMY (like more than 100!) of delivery drivers to deliver Christmas boxes on Friday, December 15 starting at 7:30 AM.

If you have a valid drivers license, a buddy to come with you, and a few minutes to fill out the registration form linked below, you could be the person carrying a box full of cheer through the threshold of families in need this Christmas. We'd love to have you be a part of our delivery driver army! 💪🏽🎄

𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦: https://forms.gle/rf1XkCUzyDnqNafA9

Need a new mattress? Your mattress purchase could help the homeless, hungry, and hurting in Northcentral Indiana!

Check out Boxdrop Mattress & Furniture of Kokomo this Saturday to get a comfy new mattress for yourself while making a difference in your community. A representative from the Kokomo Rescue Mission will be onsite to answer any questions. 🛏️

Today and tomorrow are the ➡️LAST TWO DAYS⬅️ to register for Red Ribbon Christmas. After that, we will host our Toyland Sale (great toys at great prices) at our Care & Share Store on December 15.

If you want to sign up for Red Ribbon Christmas🎄 boxes, this is your 📣LAST CHANCE!📣

✨Struggling to find a gift for the person who already has everything they need/want?✨

Use Kokomo Rescue Mission’s wishlists to purchase something for someone in need in honor of someone you love!🎁

Head to one of the links listed below to view our wishlists for our three shelters and for our annual Back to School event (which provides undergarments for students who income-qualify).

You can select which items you’d like to buy and then honor your loved ones in one of two ways:

1) Select “this item is a gift” at checkout and write your loved ones’ names in the gift message area. This will allow us at KRM to see whom you have honored, but that person will NOT see it.

2) Print the receipt from your purchase, write a lovely note to your loved one on it, and deliver it to said loved one as a present to honor them.

🌟Surprise your friends and family with gifts that help the homeless, the hungry, and the hurting! 🌟

Shelter Wishlist (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZN0EAAG5P7OQ?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwAR3R0V3kO_nKj4c_AAiJODwJyMTwO-K3SXZo-eAafvCfYW2raW5UyDkV4Rg
Back to School Wishlist (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/ZI1OWBZF6R81?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwAR1TJXprjwUFN_9TvKkOSuv1T6JljIUa46Lvnces-sjC_7B--M-IQaoMFeo
Back to School Wishlist (Target):
https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift-giver?registryId=0a079bb0-e5dc-11ed-ace5-8bc5045725f8&type=CHARITY&fbclid=IwAR10OmT8sKpw9XVy8x5jqZSmqCL5vI0B_m6qVQv3cAjVIu7STN3ZW5LAwkk

📣Attention all thrift shoppers📣 Better mark your calendars 👀

A fresh start begins with a warm meal and a helping hand. Share a gift during this year's Giving Tuesday and help provide care to neighbors in need. [To give now, visit https://bitly.ws/32jwW ].

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!! 🦃 Many, many volunteers will work like a well-oiled machine to make sure people in need of a meal get blessed on Thanksgiving.

Some volunteers will arrive well before sunrise, cooking and prepping. Some volunteers have been serving for decades. Some have passed this tradition of serving on Thanksgiving Day down through the generations. Some will be delivering meals to people's homes; some will direct the heavy flow of cars waiting to pick up their delicious meals; some will scoop spoonfuls of mashed potatoes, stuffing, or other delectables into carryout containers.

We are so thankful for our many volunteers this Thanksgiving. ❤️ Kokomo Rescue Mission couldn't make this Feast happen without you!

Thank you so much, Solidarity Community Federal Credit Union! We are blessed by your generosity!

Last Sunday, at the annual We Care Trim-A-Tree festival, Solidarity purchased the Kroger Maplecrest Tree. It’s displayed proudly in the lobby of the main office if you’d like to take a look.

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of donating some of the food gifts that came with the tree to the Kokomo Rescue Mission. ❤️

We are proud to support their hard work serving those who may be homeless, hungry or hurting in Howard County. Thank you for all you do, KRM!

Glory be to God

If you need a new mattress, mark your calendar for December 2! 10% of your purchase will be given to the Kokomo Rescue Mission 🙌🏽

You don't realize how important some things are until you don't have them. Thank You, God, for taking care of us. ❤️

Marjorie is on a roll! She just completed our course "Changes that Heal" with Chaplain Dave Boss.

Graduates of "Changes that Heal" learn to identify what is good and bad for their lives, learn to how bond with other people, and learn to put up appropriate boundaries when needed.

Let's give it up for Marjorie for taking a big step to get back on her feet. Way to go!! 🎉

🦃REMINDER: You only have 7 more business days to call to arrange for Thanksgiving meal delivery!🦃

Also, please be aware:
►We only deliver within Kokomo City limits
►Someone must be home to receive meals (We cannot leave them on the porch)
►Meals will be delivered between 10:30AM-noon
(p.s. During our Thanksgiving Feast, you can tune in to Mix 105 Internet Radio, who will be broadcasting live from our site!)

🎆A huge THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE to all our veterans on this Veterans Day!🎆

We celebrated veterans currently staying at the Kokomo Rescue Mission with special meals from Steak 'n Shake (including milkshakes 🤤)

Pictured here:
Mark - Navy
Deanna - Army
Bobby - Army

🎄REMINDER: You only have 3 dates left to apply for your Red Ribbon Christmas box (if you income-qualify). All applications must be done in-person, so make sure you mark your calendars for either Nov. 15, 27, or 28!🎄

As part of our 2023 Fall Food Drive, the Kokomo Rescue Mission held its very first Spirit Week!! 🙌🏽 This gave staff a fun way to donate even more much-needed items to fill our pantries. 🫘🌽🍝

In total, we donated 153.5 lbs just from dressing up in fun ways (those who participated donated one can per dress up day).

Please enjoy these photos from our staff 😄 (Most of the pictures are from our color wars day, where each department was assigned a different color to wear. You can have fun trying to figure out what the other days were...😆)

We love seeing the many ways God works through people. Here are two recent examples:

1) Brand new bicycles were donated by Bikes 'fore' Kids Golf Outing in Honor of Jordan Huddleston 🚲to gift to kids in need through our Red Ribbon Christmas Program🎄. Jordan Huddleston loved blessing people at Christmas, and so his twin brother, Justin, started this charity golf outing 🏌🏽‍♀️ to raise money for the bikes. You can read more of this incredible story here:

https://kokomolantern.substack.com/p/bike-donation-keeps-twins-memory?r=108us4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwAR2vHzgbFEaSTT-TjUAaDGQunSpdmW16mpyVO0VDf0f6UnfKHqKU9DH9ptg

Joni DeLon (who is related to Justin) dropped off the brand new bikes and scooters at the Mission.

2) And then a small group of men from Bridgeway Church Kokomo spent their lunch hour one day to assemble all of the bikes and scooters. What a blessing! Building bikes is no small task, and many of the families receiving the bikes may not have the correct tools to do so, either.

Thank you, Bridgeway, for "bringing the up there down here" and for bringing joy to kids in our community this Christmas.

We LOVE watching God orchestrate through his followers ❤️ Thank You, Lord, for all these blessings!

This nickel came from a young boy who eats dinner here at the Mission daily.

He said, "Thank you for feeding me every day." and left it on the counter. 😭❤️

Lord, thank You for providing for this little one and his family. Thank You.

"Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this [little boy] has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but [he], out of [his] poverty, put in everything..." - Mark 12:43-44 (words in brackets adjusted for context)

Here are a few other fun (and somewhat cheeky 🤭) fundraisers other organizations are hosting to benefit the Kokomo Rescue Mission. We love it when our community comes together to help each other ❤️

🧦We got a surprise visit from XPO Kokomo, who donated a tote full of brand-new socks! Their employees held a "Socktober" event (very clever 😏) last month to collect these much-needed articles of clothing.

Thank you, XPO Logistics. () for blessing the Kokomo Rescue Mission with socks, especially with winter right around the corner 🥶 💙

Shoutout to Bridgeway Church Kokomo () for donating all these much-needed items!

Our Assistance team was super excited to inventory everything and was especially excited for those individually-wrapped toothbrushes. 🪥

Thank you, Bridgeway for blessing us and helping us serve the homeless, the hungry, and the hurting. 💛

😍 We had the cutest kids in costumes come to a special Trunk-or-Treat. A group of ladies from Fuel Church hosted this delightful event just for the kids currently in our shelter. 🎃

The kids had a blast, and they looked incredibly cute. Thank you, ladies, for hosting this!

From everlasting to everlasting, His love never fails 🧡

🎄This holiday season, you can make a difference! At the Kokomo Rescue Mission, we're in the midst of our busiest season, and we would love your help. Be a holiday hero by becoming a volunteer!

You could be delivering Thanksgiving meals or spreading joy by delivering Red Ribbon Christmas boxes. Serve meals, wrap presents, or lend a hand in countless ways. Visit kokomorescuemission.org and click on the "volunteer" tab today.

🌟Give the gift of your time and kindness. Together, let's make this season brighter!

Click here for the link: kokomorescuemission.org/volunteer/

Here are two ✨fun✨ ways you can support your favorite Mission ❤️

The Jefferson House of Flowers & Boutique
Workhorse Gym

These are prayer requests from our current residents. Please take a moment to pray! 🙏🏽

✨Struggling to find a gift for the person who already has everything they need/want?✨

Use Kokomo Rescue Mission’s Amazon wishlists to purchase something for someone in need in honor of someone you love!🎁

Head to one of the links listed below to view our wishlists for our three shelters and for our annual Back to School event (which provides undergarments for students who income-qualify).

You can select which items you’d like to buy and then honor your loved ones in one of two ways:

1) Select “this item is a gift” at checkout and write your loved ones’ names in the gift message area. This will allow us at KRM to see whom you have honored, but that person will NOT see it.

2) Print the receipt from your purchase, write a lovely note to your loved one on it, and deliver it to said loved one as a present to honor them.

🌟Surprise your friends and family with gifts that help us serve the homeless, the hungry, and the hurting! 🌟

Shelter Wishlist (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZN0EAAG5P7OQ?ref_=wl_share
Back to School Wishlist (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/ZI1OWBZF6R81?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwAR0SeplfIE0ED9OaBEwjZPAiqYTrf561T-7EnI34mv4t_9Lpz2oS26UT62w
Back to School Wishlist (Target): https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift-giver?registryId=0a079bb0-e5dc-11ed-ace5-8bc5045725f8&type=CHARITY

ATTENTION DEER HUNTERS!

You can donate your deer to the Mission to help feed our residents and people who are hungry in our local community.

Both Indiana FHFH - Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry and Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry () will pay the processing fees.

Please call either man listed in the picture to schedule your processing.

Thank you for helping the Kokomo Rescue Mission feed the hungry. God always provides!

Not a sight many people see, but the ladies of Watered Garden see this every time they leave the building 💖