How You Impacted Lives in 2020 - Fort Collins Rescue Mission

A Seat at Our Table

Your generous support has provided many seats—seats that have led to transformed lives for so many men and women in the Northern Colorado community. Despite the many unknowns of 2021, your partnership ensures that we will continue to change lives, one seat at a time. Thank you!

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Mission Statement

We are changing lives in the name of Christ by meeting people at their physical and spiritual points of need with the goal of returning them to society as productive, self-sufficient citizens.

2020 Impact Thanks to Your Support:

94,233

Meals served

48,185

Nights of shelter provided

7,267

Chapel guest attendees

A Table for All

Who You Help

“Harvest Farm as a community really gave me the security that I needed. The atmosphere seemed to work in my life and point me in new directions. I never included Jesus into my recovery until I got to Harvest Farm. When I came here, He took all my withdrawals. Recovery, to me, is Jesus breaking the chains of my addictions and me not hooking myself back up.”
Tim, New Life Program graduate

“I grew up homeless. My dad would work at one job and then he’d get fired, and the next thing you know, we’ve got to move again. The Mission has given me hope when I was lacking [during] the worst part of my life. They will go out of their way to make sure you feel comfortable [and] take all the possible steps that you need to succeed. The people who donate their time and their money, it’s them who keep this place going. God bless you, and thank you.”
Preston, Fort Collins Rescue Mission guest

“They closed everything down because of the virus, so the homeless had nowhere to go, so we came here. They have helped us a lot. And [we] thank God for that. [We’re] hoping to get back on [our] two feet again.”
Joseph and Debbie, Northside Aztlan Community Center guests

Shifting Seats

Our Response to COVID-19

We worked alongside the City of Fort Collins and other service providers to open the Northside Aztlan Community Center as a temporary shelter for men and women. Your support in 2020* enabled us to provide:

22,313

Meals

6,460

Nights of shelter

*Numbers reflect 3/13/20 – 6/30/20 temporary shelter statistics

Come to the Table Just As You Are

New Life Program

Despite the pandemic, we continued celebrating New Life Program graduates at Harvest Farm—seeing men’s lives transform from homelessness and addiction to wholeness and sobriety. We couldn’t do this life-changing work without your generosity and support. In 2020:

Men graduated from the New Life Program

Participants got a job

Percent of graduates maintained their housing one year after graduation

How You Care

Our Supporters

1,600

Volunteers

8,544

Hours dedicated by volunteers

4,101

Donors

131.25

Average donation

A Letter from Our CEO

Dear Friends,

What does it mean to have a seat at the Mission’s table? It means that because of your support, we provide seats for people in need at Fort Collins Rescue Mission and Harvest Farm. But it is about more than just welcoming someone to sit down for a meal. Each seat represents a person, and each person has a story that is important to God.

As a result of COVID-19, we had to shift seats to provide basic care and safety to the most vulnerable individuals in our community—those who did not have a home to go to. With the opening of a temporary shelter to enable social distancing, our tables looked different this year. But our Mission stayed the same: Changing Lives in the Name of Christ. I want to thank you for your compassion, empathy and generosity for the people we serve. In fact, they are not only the people we serve and love, but the people you serve and love too.