Save the Date: Bread of Life Mission Annual Banquet
July 9th, 2010
Join us on the 7th of October, 2010 as we celebrate Life Changing moments at our annual benefit banquet.
Hear powerful testimonials and stories about how some of our residents were able to overcome the cycle of homelessness and begin to build their own personal path in the recovery process.
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Over 3o Years of Support from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing
June 11th, 2010
The Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound (ECF) is an unique employee-owned charitable foundation. Since 1951, generous Boeing employees have contributed $500,000,000 (half- a-billion dollars!) to local Puget Sound nonprofits. ECF grants enable agencies to purchase equipment, renovate their facilities and create new programs that directly help their clients and strengthen our communities. Since [...]
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Over 1000 people fed at our 2nd Annual Homeless Veterans’ Day Event
May 31st, 2010
Homeless Veteran’s Day is officially a Memorial Day tradition in Seattle at the Bread of Life Mission. For the second year in a row, the Mission honored our homeless veterans with a special ceremony and a free BBQ for all of our homeless guests. The City of Seattle issued a proclamation again for 2010, officially [...]
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Each Person Counts: Help Fight Homelessness in Seattle/King County
April 15th, 2010
Every January, volunteers throughout Seattle and King County come together in a combined effort to determine the number of homeless people who are either sleeping in the streets or in shelters. This effort is called “One Night Count.” The number of people counted for 2010 was a staggering 8,559.
We want to lower the number of [...]
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Bread of Life Mission Becomes an ECFA Member
March 17th, 2010
We are honored to announce that the Bread of Life Mission has passed the rigorous evaluation process that is required to become and ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) Member. The membership lets our donors, volunteers, and visitors know that the Mission has been screened and approved by an outside, highly reputable, governing authority [...]
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Cairncross & Hempelmann gives time and talent to the mission!
January 22nd, 2010
Being in the heart of Seattle puts the Bread of Life Mission close to many amazing and philanthropically-minded businesses. Cairncross & Hempelmann decided to adopt the Bread of Life Mission for the month of February. Every Tuesday and Thursday in February, a team from their office on 2nd Ave has come to the Mission to [...]
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February 27th, the next Drive-By-Fooding
December 3rd, 2009
Join us as we head back out to the streets on February 27th for our 3rd round of Drive-By-Fooding on Saturday the 27th of February from 1-4PM.
Have you wanted to do more to help feed the homeless but didn’t know where or how to get started? Perhaps you want to involve your family in a [...]
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Local Company Gets Involved with the Mission
October 26th, 2009
Today we were blessed with a team of 14 people from Ecos Consulting. Their office is down the street from the Mission, and they wanted to see what they could do to help.
They decided that one of the best ways for them to help the Mission in a really sustainable way was to replace all [...]
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Free Shelter Vouchers
October 22nd, 2009
Have you ever wondered what is “the right thing” to do when you encounter a homeless person on the street? Often we want to give money, but deep down we’re not certain if that’s the best way to help someone. Sometimes we have food or coffee with us that we give away, hoping that for [...]
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Heroes Subs Enterprise Continues to Grow
September 25th, 2009
The Bread of Life Mission’s social enterprise business, Heroes Subs, offers catering and for individuals and for businesses. All of the proceeds from Heroes Subs go directly back into the Bread of Life Mission. In addition, the program helps to provided valuable work experience and a transition opportunity for the men in the [...]
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