Bowery Mission

We spent Saturday in New York. The train ride was just over an hour each way. I'm definitely going to start going there more often.

"The Bowery Mission was established in 1879 by the Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Ruliffson to assist recent immigrants to New York City who had not yet found adequate means to earn a living. After the original superintendent died, the mission experienced serious financial difficulty and was in danger of falling under secular control. Through the efforts of Dr. Louis Klopsch, owner of the Christian Herald magazine, the mission was purchased by the magazine in 1895. Since 1894, the Christian Herald had been publishing regular reports of the suffering among New York City's poor.
Located in the Lower East Side, the Bowery Mission continues to assist the destitute and poor by offering meals, shelter, showers and clothing to desperate people living on the street. Homeless men are challenged to enter a six-to-nine month residential program to experience the beginning of permanent change. Seminars, computer classes, job training and Bible studies help up to 62 men at a time break destructive habits and prepare to rejoin society."