Hope Haven Gospel Mission Homeless Shelter

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Hope Haven Gospel Mission is a homeless shelter that works to serve the needs of the homeless, hungry, and poor of Central Maine. We serve God by meeting the physical and spiritual needs of the disadvantaged, broken and addicted.

We hope that you enjoy your visit to our web site, and that you find the information you are looking for.

Thanking our Military

We wish to take this time to thank God for all our men and women in uniform, over in the Middle East, as well as those here in the United States. Their allegiance and courage to the cause of freedom on foreign soil is greatly appreciated. For those who have paid the ultimate price, may they never be forgotten. Their sacrifices give hope while their absence still echo's in our hearts. Our Country owes them a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. We are so blessed to have heroes as these in America. A special thank you to all our military. May the God of all comfort, comfort all those that carry this great burden and loss!

Mop and Pale We are looking for volunteers for cleaning at Hope Haven. This includes ceilings, floors, walls and cupboards.

We also need people for cooking and dish washing.

If your are interested please call our office at 783-6086 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 11:30 AM.

Thank you and God Bless.

In Order To Help The Homeless, Volunteers Are Needed!

You have probably seen plenty of homeless people in your everyday life. Many people see them and do nothing about it day after day. There are people that drive past the same homeless people everyday on their way to work and never do anything to help. People have to start helping if we are ever going to make a difference. In order to help the homeless volunteers are needed.

Without volunteers we would not have soup kitchens or shelters (such as Hope Haven Gospel Mission) for the homeless. Soup kitchens and food pantries are very important to homeless people. Without them these people would have to eat out of dumpsters or hope that someone that passes them everyday gives them something to eat. This last one is not very likely to happen.

If you pass a homeless person everyday but you do not want to give them money because you think they may use it for drugs or alcohol you can still help. Instead of giving them money you can pack them a lunch for the day and give it to them as you pass them. This is a small thing for you to do but will make a big difference in this homeless persons day.

It would take you less than five minutes to make a sandwich or two and throw it in a bag along with some chips or fruit and a bottle of water. Why don't more people try to help when they can? Many people say they do not want to help homeless people because they think they are drunks or drug addicts. You can still help them without giving them money.

If they are drunks or drug addicts they need help just as much if not more than someone that who is not. There are shelters that have volunteer counselors that try to help the homeless drug addicts and alcoholics. Without them some of these people would never get clean. With the help of people just like you and me these people can change their lives for the better.

If they have someone helping them get clean clothes and a shower then they can go on job interviews. Job interviews can then turn into a steady pay check. A steady pay check can then mean that they can get off the streets and start their life over. Without volunteers homeless people would never be able to get clean clothes and showers. Without clean clothes and showers the homeless people can not get jobs. No one is going to hire someone that comes to a job interview dirty and smelling bad.

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Stats for 2010...

Meals Served:
Last Year - 17,495
This Year to Date - 11,564

People Sheltered:
           Last Year - 355
           This Year to Date - 324

Families Sheltered:
            Last Year - 25
            This Year - 5

People Turned Away: - 31

17 Men, 6 Women, 7 Children, 3 Families seeking shelter were turned away because there was no room for them in the Facility.

Number of People Saved:
           Last Year - 47
           This Year to Date - 41

The Other's Ministry provided for 1,250 people last month.

Statistics from previous years.

Greene Baptist Church in Maine gets involved.

It has just come to our attention that Greene Baptist Church has selected Hope Haven Gospel Mission and Hope House (not affiliated with Hope Haven) as adopted agencies to support.
Visit their web site here: www.greenebaptist.org/localmissions.html .

We need large plastic garbage bags too!

Understanding Homelessness
Articles from Hope Haven Gospel Mission

* More Homeless Families Are In Need
* Homeless Children: What Can You Do To Help?
* Join A Team Of Homeless Volunteers
* Understanding The Importance Of Homeless Shelters

These articles are found on our sister site: hopehavenhomelessministries.com

Wanted......your used ink cartridges.

Do you throw away your used ink cartridges? If so, then please consider recycling them through Hope Haven. Each name brand ink cartridge you send to us will provide much needed funds for the ministry.

You can also recycle these items through us.

1. Old Cell Phones
2. Old PDA's
3. Old Calculator's
4. MP3 Players
5. Other hand held electronics.

Please drop these items off at our office.

You may also mail them to:

209 Lincoln St.
Lewiston, ME 04240

Please be sure to package ink cartridges so they don't leak.

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