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When the nights got too cold for Brent Ford to sleep on a park bench near Seattle’s Pike Place Market, he decided to seek shelter at Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. The decision would lead him on a path toward sobriety and, ultimately, a college degree. Read news.
On Thursday the Union Gospel Mission will have a new van to help its‘Morning Watch’ program. The program allows businesses to request UGM volunteers to wake up homeless people who sleep overnight in front of downtown business doorways. Read news.
When the nights got too cold for Brent Ford to sleep on a park bench near Seattle’s Pike Place Market, he decided to seek shelter at Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. The decision would lead him on a path toward sobriety and, ultimately, a college degree. Read news.
The brothers say their mothers’ death led to their downward spiral, which included alcoholism. It led to the three of them living in ‘The Jungle,' a notorious encampment under I-5. “It's dusty, dirty, there's a lot of people there with mental illness,” said Mager, the youngest. Read news.
THEY NEED YOUR HELP
Help can be more than financial. Time spent volunteering and building friendships is essential. And, most of all, prayer.
