Update! What's up to date.

Next Monday thru Friday, over 650 children will be coming to receive school supplies, shop for clothes, and receive brand new underwear, socks, and tennis shoes! This week, we are preparing The Clothing Room and collecting donations. Thanks to Crossroads Church, we have a new pair of shoes for each child coming! This is amazing. Thank you Crossroads! Members of First Presbyterian Church are doing an incredible job collecting new socks and underwear. :) Thanks so much! Last Thursday, Realators from Las Cruces Realators Association challenged one another to bring school supplies! Thanks to their efforts and people who have dropped off school supplies at various locations and radio remotes, we are gathering more. We currently have enough school supplies for the first couple of days, but need more for the remaining part of the week. If you would like to help, you can donate on-line or drop off school supplies, socks, underwear or clothes at the following locations:

>Curves (on Picacho, Del Rey, or Missouri!)

>Horse N' Hound on Amador

>Katharoz on Foothills Drive

>PrimeTime Fitness on N. Telshor

>Radio Station on Calfornia

>Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission on Amador or The Clothing Room on 1416 S. Solano

We are so grateful for all the businesses, churches, and organizations that are helping to make Back to School successful for parents AND children. Thank you!

Wylene, the Supervisor of the Clothing Room has signed up children for all of the remaining Wednesdays in August after BACK To School Clothes 4 Kids week.

We currently have about 750 kids signed up. We have never seen parents in such need. Volunteers are desperately needed on Wednesdays during the month of August and September to help meet these needs. We need people who can help between 3:00-5:00 on Wednesdays at The Clothing Room. Could that be you?

Besides volunteers and school supplies, we are in need of the following:

GIRLS CLOTHES FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN IN SIZES 4+, 6, 6x, 7,8

These sizes are more difficult to find are are not often donated.

Come enjoy a hot dog and drink on Wednesday, compliments of Der Weinerschnitzel and drop by some school supplies or clothing. We will be at Horse N Hound Wednesday from 4:00-7:00 PM!

It doesn't take much when everyone pitches in to make a difference in the lives of children in our community. Thanks for caring.

Any help makes a difference! :)

Help Needed

This year, we have filled all of the appointments for the Back To School Clothes 4 Kids program. As pictured here, each morning before the Clothing Room opened, we had about 30 people lined up waiting to get in to reserve an appointment for their child. We try to keep everything very organized and pre-register children for the special week. Each child is given a thirty minute time slot to find 3-5 outfits, be sized for new shoes, and try on their shoes and receive new socks, underwear and school supplies.

Appointments are spilling into the Wednesdays that we are open during the school year from 3:00-5:00 for school age children. The children from outside Las Cruces and children that were not able to fit into the special week's appointment book will be able to come on Wednesdays. The Clothing Room is open each week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 9-11. When the regular schedule begins for schools, we will also be open on Wedesday from 3-5 pm. This is for children and their parents to be able to come and find clothes and not conflict with school hours.

So many families are facing hard times this year and have signed up for help. Could you be a blessing to others in need by hanging with us? We need hands to help us hang up clothes, sort school supplies, organize, etc.

Please call Wylene at 642-9619 . Any help would be tremendous. You can come volunteer for an hour, or more. Grab a friend and come have a blast making a difference in someone's life.

We will having about 700 children and their parents pass through. We need help this coming week to set the room up and organize items.

August 8-12, we need volunteers who can help with whatever is needed. These are some of the jobs...Handing out school supplies, sizing feet for new shoes, being a personal assistant shopper helping families find those perfect outfits, handing out socks and underwear, helping with little important things that take time.

Check out the video to see what it has been like to volunteer! Thank you!

HOW DO YOU SPELL SUCCESS?

HOW DO YOU SPELL SUCCESS?

Please click the words above to see a cool, short video!

We expect 650 children ages 3-18 coming for the Back to School Clothes 4 Kids Program. The registration is filling up fast! Would you like to be a part of bringing joy and smiles?
To volunteer, come by between 9-11 on Monday, Wednesday or Friday and see the Clothing Room in action, or call Wylene at 642-9619. We need and appreciate your help! Thank you !!!

Any donations of clothing, school supplies, new socks and underwear for ages 3-18 can be dropped off at the Rescue Mission or Clothing Room. Thank you!!!
1050 W. Amador open 24 hrs. Clothing Room 1416 S. Solano open M.W.F. 9-11 AM. Please tell them it's for Back To School! Thanks!!!

THANK YOU!!!!

THANK YOU!!! Hope you enjoy this little video! This year we experiened the greatest blessing of so many people pitching in to help and so many people who were so generous and gave to make the holidays and everyday special for people who are homeless and hungry. You are amazing. Thank you!!! Your gifts, joy, and prescence are gifts many people will remember and treasure.

Christmas Toy Give Away!

On Christmas Day each year, the Rescue Mission gives gifts to children who are in need. Some of these children belong to families who are guests at the mission. By word of mouth, family's have come each year. We usually give gifts to 200-300 children. Last year, we moved the Toy Give Away to the Church on the Rock just because we would have more room and people who needed gifts would not have to wait outside. We also contacted the social workers in the schools so that the neediest families would know about the Toy Give Away. Linda Morgan has spearheaded the effort to help these families. She has done an incredible work of organizing the toy give away. Each child is able to pick out gifts that are age appropriate and gifts have a monetary value of $15. This has meant so much to families who otherwise would not have Christmas presents. If you would like to donate money towards purchasing a gift or purchase a gift for a child, please contact Linda Morgan. She will be able to give you some suggestions of what is needed. Also, if you would like to help with the Toy Give Away, contact Linda as well. Please call her at 522-0203.

Update

First of all, I would like to apologize for the website not working. I had some problems with it the week before Thanksgiving and haven't been able to get it right yet. Thankfully, we have someone who is working on making a better website that will be professional. Hopefully, it will be working in the near future.

I hope that everyone had a very wonderful Thanksgiving. There is so much to be thankful for. I am amazed at how God has blessed us and given us the ability to provide hot delicious meals and serve others. Thank you for making it possible. The Thanksgiving meal was absolutly delcious...or "irrestistably delcious", as one woman stated who was delivered a meal by two volunteers. Especially good as every year was the turkey and the mash potatoes made from scratch. Thank you to everyone who volunteered and gave of their time or provisions to make Thanksgiving special. One woman I sat next to and shared Thanksgiving with said that she has no family but was glad to have had a Thanksgiving and felt like she was with family because everyone was so kind. Thank you!

If you would like to volunteer for Christmas, we have our annual Christmas toy give away coming up on Christmas as well as delivering and serving meals here at the mission. This is a time of great joy. Please e-mail LuAnne at lcgrm@qwestoffice.net if you would like to help. The hours would be in the morning and early afternoon on December 25th.

Also, if you have any questions regarding the rescue mission, thrift store, or clothing room, please feel free to e-mail me at lcgrm@qwestoffice.net or call me at 575-644-9563 (cell). Thanks!
LuAnne Burke, Admin. Asst.

More than a blanket...although those are also needed!

The weather is changing, and one thing is for sure. For many people who are homeless or living with little resources, the winter can be uncomfortable or painful. Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission is in need of blankets, coats (all sizes for all ages), gloves and hats. The mission gives out blankets and coats at the shelter to people who choose to "camp out" and at the Clothing Room, 1416 S. Solano for families and individuals in need. If you would like to donate a warm item, please drop it by the mission 1050 W. Amador anytime or the Clothing Room, 1416 S. Solano on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday from 9-11 AM or Wednesday from 3-5. You can also provide warmth to people who are homeless by donating and shopping at the Gospel Thrift Store, 1420 S. Solano! It's a great little store where you can find so many things you didn't know could exist and great clothing at a great price. All profit from sales at the Thrift Store go to pay the Rescue Mission shelter's utilities. So, when you donate and shop there, you are actually helping someone who is homeless stay warm and eat hot meals! :)

Another blessing - there is more than a blanket available for anyone who finds themselves in need of a place to stay. The Rescue Mission, open 24 hours a day every day, is a place anyone can find a warm bed, a hot shower and a delicious meal.