Mission in the News
2013 Articles
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3/15/13
Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.
Toshiba Crowns Winner of $102K Technology Makeover Contest
Save-A-Pet of Illinois won the grand prize with the Rescue Mission being 1 of 4 runners-up winning $30K technology, as well.
2012 Articles
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11/28/12
Richmond Confidential
Of The Street: Moving in with the homeless
Reporter shares insights on her experience as she "walks a mile in the shoes" of the homeless by spending a few nights at a homeless shelter and visits a homeless encampment. By Pearly Tan
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11/23/12
ABC 7 News Bay Area
Rescue Mission in need of donations
Walk into the doors of the Bay Area Rescue Mission and you know right away that it isn't your typical center serving the homeless and drug addicted.
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11/22/12
Contra Costa Times
Community Meal in Walnut Creek Offers Food, Companionship
People are people regardless of their circumstances -- especially when they have plates of turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie in front of them. About 200 people, many of whom were homeless or without families, shared fellowship and stories during a free community Thanksgiving meal Thursday afternoon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
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11/17/12
Accent Advocate at CCC
Seemingly endless bowls of hot soup warmed the stomachs of people from the community on an overcast day. Contra Costa College’s culinary arts and fine art departments worked together to raise funds for the Bay Area Rescue Mission at the second annual “Empty Bowls Project” in the Three Seasons Restaurant on Friday.
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11/7/12
Contra Costa Times
Come Eat & Help at Community Thanksgiving Meal
The Bay Area Rescue Mission, working with St. Paul's Episcopal Church, other local houses of worship and various Walnut Creek individuals, is organizing a Walnut Creek Thanksgiving Day Community Meal. All are invited -- not only to eat, but to volunteer with pre- and post-meal work and with donations of food and money.
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11/2/12
Contra Costa Times
Walnut Creek homeless aid program transitions to Trinity Center
The Fresh Start homeless and working-poor program handed its operation off to the newly christened Trinity Center, in the same location owned by St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Trinity Avenue. The Richmond-based Bay Area Rescue Mission is organizing the Thanksgiving meal, with support from Walnut Creek churches.
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10/19/12
Contra Costa Times
Fifty new bicycles were given to Richmond area children on Wednesday by a 7-year-old South Bay-based group called TurningWheels For Kids
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8/28/12
Contra Costa Times
The Bay Area Rescue Mission, faced with decreased donations and rising expenses, is reporting that it has had to lay off five employees and is issuing a call for assistance.
2011 Articles
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12/5/11
Oakland Post
County Association of Realtors Host Auction
The association's event to support Bay Area Rescue Mission's programs and services was held Nov. 17 at the Richmond Berkeley Courtyard Marriott.
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11/17/11
West County Times
Rescue Mission gears up for Thanksgiving
A tow truck from AAA showed up Thursday outside the Bay Area Rescue Mission food pantry in Richmond to offer a jump start. by Chris Treadway
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11/15/11
West County Times
Soroptimist grants benefit West County organizations
Year in and year out, the members of Soroptimist International of Richmond, the local chapter of the organization for business and professional women, work hard to raise funds for a variety of needs in West County.
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10/20/11
West County Times
Richmond Yacht Club benefits local charities
The Richmond Yacht Club again reached out this year to four local charities with funds raised from events it held over three days in August. The annual Taste of Richmond dinner and the two-day Richmond Riviera Regatta raised more than $28,000 that represents more of a lifeline than a windfall for the recipient programs at a time when need is increasing faster than donations.
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10/11/11
Accent Advocate; Contra Costa College
Artists craft soup bowls for shelter
Ceramic project aims to inform, feed needy locals
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8/28/11
Christian Post
Survey: Homelessness Hitting Women, Children Hardest
High fuel and food prices, economic turmoil, and foreclosures are leading more families into homeless and hitting single women with children harder than any other group, according to a recent survey of homeless people.
Women with children made up 66 percent of the homeless families counted in the survey conducted last month by the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM) – a jump from 55 percent in 2007 and the highest figure recorded by the 270-group association in the last eight years.
2010 Articles
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12/20/10
Guideposts
Chef Learns Love and Faith Are Life's Most Important Ingredients
Chef Learns Love and Faith Are Life's Most Important Ingredients -- A gourmet chef's journey of faith leads him to a new job and a new outlook on life
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12/8/10
West County Times
Richmond Soroptimists distribute funds to worthy groups
The members of the public service club for business and professional women put on great events and have fun doing it, but the real enjoyment comes when they distribute the proceeds, which they did at a meeting at the lodge last week.
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12/7/10
Contra Costa College - Acccent Advocate
Warm Sentiments, Meals Dished Out
In the spirit of the holiday season, students and members of the Contra Costa College health and human services department offered their helping hands to the Bay Area Rescue Mission to prepare meals serving more than 300 residents and the general public on Nov. 23.
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9/10
Guideposts
A 5-star chef's journey of self-improvement leads him to a new job and a new outlook on life. By Tim Hammack, Richmond, California
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5/10
SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES
Non Profit Profile: John Anderson and the Bay Area Rescue Mission
The Times profiles the Bay Area Rescue Mission president and CEO (Subscription needed to view full article).
2009 Articles
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12/23/09
LAMORINDA WEEKLY
On December 19th, over a hundred local volunteers came to Willow Spring Church in Moraga to wrap more than two thousand presents for homeless and needy children served by the Bay Area Rescue Mission.
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12/08/09
KQED
Audio: Cold Snap Dangerous for Homeless
The onset of wintry weather in the Bay Area, complete with rare snowfalls just above sea level, is a delight to many -- and a deadly peril to some ... the homeless.
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11/25/09
CBS News
Former High End Chef Now Feeds Homeless
Chef Tim Hammack Serves Up "The American Spirit" to the Hungry. By John Blackstone, Richmond, California
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New York Times
Finding Purpose in Service the Needy, Not Just Haute Cuisine
Along with salt and pepper, the well-used kitchen contains a dash of wisdom. In the jostling hubbub of Tim Hammack’s kitchen at the Bay Area Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter in an eddy of urban need, it is about taking life as it comes. It means embracing the unexpected arrival of 200 flats of donated organic strawberries, say, or 600 pounds of bologna with equal culinary aplomb.
