TOPEKA RESCUE MISSION INC
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Mission Statement
Bringing Help and Hope through Faith with its sleeves rolled up.
About This Cause
The Topeka Rescue Mission’s (TRM) mission is to rescue every person who comes through our doors and those we encounter outside throughout our community. We address the issues of hunger, homelessness, and hopelessness. TRM has been in operation for over 60 years providing food, shelter and stabilization services for those facing homelessness. TRM began its work in 1953 as a small room providing shelter and food for homeless men. In 1959, a small storefront building was acquired which housed approximately 20-30 homeless men every night. In 1991, a new building was built to house over 100 homeless men, women and families. In 2000, an additional new shelter was built to house over 100 additional homeless women and families. In 2004, a Distribution Center was opened which allowed TRM to expand their outreach to meeting the needs of the poor in the community. In 2011, Operation Street Reach was created to reach out to unsheltered homeless individuals not currently receiving TRM services. While helping people living in poverty will always be a need, TRM questioned if prevention efforts could decrease the number of individuals in need of shelter. To investigate the possibility, TRM created 3 additional divisions – NET Reach (NET) to help empower and transform neighborhoods, Restore Hope to address the high rate of human trafficking, and the Children’s Palace to provide early childhood development and education to homeless children. TRM believes the effort to understand the root causes of poverty and homelessness will help to empower and transform individuals, families and communities. TRM currently shelters approximately 150 individuals per night, with 16% of those individuals being children.