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Open Door Mission is a Gospel rescue mission that meets the basic needs of individuals and families while inspiring HOPE for lasting change.
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UPCOMING EVENTS Auction & Dinner Sept. 28, 2017 Ladle of Love Oct. 22, 2017
BACKGROUND Open Door Mission is a Gospel rescue mission that meets the basic needs of individuals and families while inspiring HOPE for lasting change. Our desire is to be a bridge for people trying to reclaim the basic necessities of life, restore their God-given dignity and hope, and rejoin the community as full and active participants. Candace L. Gregory, president/CEO, is a national advocate for the homeless. She uses her extensive experience in community prevention programs to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty. She longs to build a bridge of hope to others and
develop innovative ways to make it happen through partnerships and collaborations.
PAY IT FORWARD
From September through November, Open Door Mission BRAG LINES expects to provide more than 209,300 hot, nutritious meals to Each day, Open Door Mission’s the Heartland’s hungry—and an campus offers 816 safe shelter beds additional 71,300 in December. to homeless men, women, and We invite you, your family, children, serves over 2,300 hot, church, or business to get on board nutritious meals, and provides to help supply canned vegetables, preventative measures to hundreds canned fruit, instant potatoes, of people living in poverty. Every canned meat, and boxed meals so month, Open Door Mission partners we can stock our warehouse for with an average of 1,185 volunteers the holidays and winter months. logging over 6,000 volunteer hours, To help provide food, shelter, and making a vital difference right here care for the homeless and povertyin their community. Please visit our stricken in our community, please website and click on the volunteer visit our website. button to see how you can have a lifechanging volunteer experience today. SEPTEMBER // OCTOBER • 2017 / 98 / OMAHAMAGAZINE.COM
OPEN DOOR MISSION 2828 N. 23rd St. East Omaha, NE 68110 402-422-1111 opendoormission.org