the bowery mission
The Bowery Mission offers community-based services to residents in the neighborhood of Lower East Side of Manhattan through its Outreach Program. The Bowery Mission provides daily compassionate care to the homeless and needy. Three meals served daily, shower program three times a week, free medical attention onsite, 84,000 articles of clothing distributed and 77,000 nights of emergency shelter provided.
The focus of this widespread charitable effort, however, started in 1894, the Christian Herald began publishing regular reports of the suffering among New York City's poor. A winter "Food Fund" was launched to help the destitute survive the winter. Many of these poor souls had just immigrated to New York City and had not yet found adequate means of making a living.
Preserving the Bowery Mission, Christian Herald purchased the Mission, which was then at 14 Bowery Street, to prevent it from falling under secular control. Since then, the Mission has remained within 10 blocks of its original location, demonstrating Christian Herald's deep commitment to heal shattered lives in New York City.
Link: The bowery Mission: http://www.bowery.org
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