Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission in the News

Pandemic complicates Philly’s cold weather homeless outreach efforts

Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, which operates the largest emergency men’s shelter in the city, has had to cut its beds by about 65%, from 250 to 110.

It wasn’t a big problem for much of the pandemic because many homeless people were staying away, viewing the shelter system as a “last resort,” said Jeremy Montgomery, the organization’s CEO.
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Philadelphia Organizations Continue to Provide Aid to the Homeless Community Despite the Pandemic

Unfortunately, the Philadelphia homeless community has been suffering even more due to the uncertainty of the pandemic. Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter and a meal supplier based in Center City, had to cut down their shelter capacity, but they never stopped providing beds for those who are in need.

Engaging Communities: Our Work With JEVS Human Services

The city of Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Servies (BDHIDS) has recognized our work with JEVS Human Services as a leading example of engaging our communities. Our teams exemplify what the Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disabilities Services department stands for: addressing trauma, achieving equity, and engaging the community. Our services are designed to meet participants where they are in their individual recovery journeys and to foster connections within the community that participants need to take their next steps towards achieving their goals.

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Quality of Life Grant Recipient

The MDRT Foundation has awarded our Mission $5,000 in honor of our meals program. This will go a long way in ensuring we can continue to feed those who need it most! We are so grateful for this gift to our Mission and will continue to serve those in need in our communities.

Through its global grants programs, the MDRT Foundation is committed to building stronger families and communities around the globe. This year, the MDRT Foundation will award over $1.5 million in MDRT member-endorsed grants to more than 250 charitable organizations worldwide.

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Your Unseen Support

Throughout 2020, our team was willing to lay down their life for our guests as we served the unseen during the pandemic. Without hesitation, the front-line teams wrote the manual for the City of Philadelphia’s homeless shelter response to the pandemic, they established the City’s first COVID-19 quarantine site for the homeless here inside our Mission, and they relentlessly advocated with the health department until every guest and staff member had access to COVID-19 testing. We did all of this while showing God’s love and being family to those who had none. The pandemic has also provided opportunities for so many of you, our partners, to show transformational generosity. Thank you for loving God in a way that cares for our homeless and hungry brothers and sisters whom you may not have met. We cannot do so without your help!

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