Dear Friend of the Mission, As we come to this season of Thanksgiving, we have much to give thanks for! At the top of our list, our $90,000 deficit was wiped out, and we finished our fiscal year on September 30th in the black with all of our bills paid. Your wonderfully kind and…
New Unwrapped Toys & Gifts Each year, homeless dads living at the Mission give over a thousand gifts to hundreds of their kids & grandkids. For many men, lovingly selecting & wrapping each gift is a first step toward reconnecting with family. Here’s how you can help: Buy new, unwrapped toys & gifts for…
Dear Friend of the Mission, Your support of the Mission is an investment in the lives of our men. And as our men move from being unemployed and homeless to working and living independently in their own place, they in turn become productive, contributing members of our community who strengthen the very fabric of…
Dear Friend of the Mission, Each of our men comes from a family. When we deal with homeless individuals, it is easy to forget that our men are not islands unto themselves, but rather they are in fact sons and fathers, brothers and cousins, husbands, nephews, uncles, grandfathers and grandsons. This month’s true-story highlight…
We need your prayers and any help you can give. We just found out that an $86,500 foundation grant we were actually awarded isn’t going to be coming anytime soon, if at all. This is no one’s fault – please see this letter for an explanation of what happened. We’ve also had some other…
Dear Friend of the Mission, We need your prayers and your help at this time to keep doing all that we do to restore homeless men to society as productive, contributing members of our community. Our income always decreases in the summer months, but this summer our finances are especially tight. We currently are…
Dear Friend of the Mission, Your gifts on these hot summer days continue to feed, shelter and clothe the homeless men who live at the Mission. Homelessness never takes a vacation. Your gifts, though, provide our men with so much more than food, shelter and clothing. Your generous gifts also equip our men with…
Dear Friend of the Mission, In the Bible we read these sobering words, “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate…For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what…
Dear Friend of the Mission, It is amazing how time flies! On Monday, February 19, 2018, I celebrated my 29th anniversary of working at the Whosoever Gospel Mission. During my tenure at the Mission, we have had the privilege of ministering to thousands of homeless men. It is always a joy to be traveling…
Dear Friend of the Mission, When you are homeless, there is no peace or joy living on the harsh streets of Philadelphia. There is only chaos, danger and strife. There are no halls to deck with boughs of holly, or Christmas trees to decorate. Ironically, for a person experiencing homelessness, the festive decorations and…