Bay Area Rescue Mission - 2007 ENewsletter

2007 New Year's E-News

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN 2006

With your help we were able to bring help and hope to thousands of the Bay Area's most needy. And now we look forward to another wonderful year in 2007.

Some of our accomplishments in 2006 included:

  • 78,480 homeless received shelter
  • 1,007,036 meals were provided
  • 104,972 attended educational classes, Bible studies and chapel
  • 550+ volunteers per month contributed 18,000 hours of help
  • 3,020 accepted Jesus

    We cannot thank you enough. Your support provided hope and real life-changing help to people in great need!

    May God bless you this New Year.

    John and Debra Anderson

    GOOD STEWARSHIP OF YOUR CHARITABLE DOLLARS

    A recent article in the Contra Costa Times cautioned readers to choose their charities very wisely. We wholeheartedly agree. One criteria that is usually considered is the amount that non-profits spend on overhead.

    Overhead expenses can include bookkeeping, staff training, utilities, insurance, and of course fundraising. Today's non-profit must have impeccable business practices.

    The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability has outlined in their guidelines that members spend no more than 25% of donations on overhead expenses.

    The Bay Area Rescue Mission, in keeping with this standard has been able to keep its overhead costs well within the guidelines. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, the Mission was able to limit overhead expenses to 16.3%.

    With 83.7% of every dollar that is donated to the Mission going directly to programs of assistance, the Bay Area Rescue Mission is one of the top privately funded non-profit Christian organizations in Northern California.

    Yours for the homeless and the impoverished,








    • YOU have what it takes to be a winner and a hero to someone in need at the Bay Area Rescue Mission. If you have would like to make it a resolution to get involved in someone's life and "be a winner in 2007", you can reply to this email or go to our website, to fill out an online volunteer application on the volunteer page, then Dave K, Director of Volunteer Services will contact you. We look forward to partnering with you in changing lives for a brighter tomorrow.

    May God bless you and yours with a Happy New Year!

    Dave Kachurka, Director of Volunteer Services





    SAVE THE DATE! Monday, May 14, 2007 at the Beautiful Rossmoor Country Club in Walnut Creek

    If you like to golf, you will LOVE the Bay Area Rescue MIssion's 12th Annual New LIfe Golf Tournament.

    Unlike any other, this tournament features prizes, catered gourmet luncheon and dinner banquet, on-course contests and games, deluxe gift bags, shirts and golf jackets/vests and corporate sponsorship advertizing and media alerts!

    Best of all - proceeds benefit the Mission's Program for Homeless Mothers and Children.

    Get a great return for your investment, help to underwrite this event, enjoy a wonderful top-quality golf tournament and help homeless moms and kids find hope for a brighter tomorrow. To find out more about the Bay Area Rescue Mission, please visit our website at www.BayAreaRescue.org. To enroll or for more information about the tournament, contact ChristinaM@BayAreaRescue.org or call 510-215-4889

    To learn more or to get involved, visit our website www.BayAreaRescue.org
    To make a donation, please click here.