Salt Lake City Mission: Autumn Open House - Immediate Needs
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Salt Lake City Mission will have an Open House on Friday, October 14, from 11 AM to 4 PM; Saturday, October 15, from 10 AM to 2 PM; and Monday, October 17 through Wednesday, October 19, from 11 AM to 4 PM. We will be serving cake and punch, so please stop by and see our new facility and meet the staff and patrons. Join us at 1151 South Redwood Road Suite 106.
Please remember that in the fall -- the cold weather, with all its hardships on the poor and needy souls -- has caused demands for our services and programs to jump 30%. Finances are critically low. All supplies of food, men's, women's and children's winter clothing (hats, coats, gloves, long underwear, pants, and sweaters), blankets, sleeping bags, tents and all other supplies are completely diminished. Help and generosity couldn't be any more critically needed than RIGHT NOW!
The number of homeless individuals in Salt Lake County is 9,534. That is 0.91% of the population of Salt Lake County. Of those individuals 8,778 are living in shelters, but 756 are living unsheltered. The number of homeless individuals living in families with children is 3,835. The number of chronically homeless individuals in Salt Lake County is 384 (Utah 2010 Comprehensive Report on Homelessness - Utah Division of Housing and Community Development).
Many of these individuals and families are not just living in shelters, but some are staying with friends or living in a hotel or motel, car, park, campground, or public place that does not have the adequate facilities to house someone.
Immediate Needs: Fundraisers, Money Drives, Food Drives, Clothing Drives
Salt Lake City Mission's goal is to reach out to all of these people and give them a hand up, not a handout!
Call Steve Larsson at 801-638-1002 or Brad Jaques at 801-637-2622 for more information.
http://saltlakecitymission.org/
Contact:
Brad Jaques
Office: 801-355-6310
Cell: 801-637-2622
Salt Lake City Mission
Administration Offices:
1151 S. Redwood Road Suite 106
Salt Lake City, Utah 84104
Men's Home: West Valley City, Utah
Mission Ranch: Lucin, Utah
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SOURCE Salt Lake City Mission
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