- Milwaukee Rescue Mission

True-Life Stories of God’s Provision Through You!
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Finding Hope at Easter
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Becoming a Godly Man
March / April 2014
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Your Gift Makes a Difference!
The Hope of Easter
Transforms Lives!
Please visit us at milmission.org
830 North 19th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233
FINDING HOPE AT EASTER
Dear Friend,
It’s March, and many Christians are walking the long, contemplative
Lenten journey to Good Friday. It is our annual opportunity to meditate
on our sinfulness, to “anticipate” Jesus’ own steps to the Cross and to
remember the suffering He endured in our place.
Patrick Vanderburgh
Executive Director
“I pray that you,
being rooted and
established in love,
may have power,
together with all the
Lord’s holy people,
to grasp how wide
and long and high
and deep is the love
of Christ . . .”
— Ephesians 3:17-18 (NIV)
Sometimes I try to put myself in the place of Christ’s disciples in those
days before Good Friday. What a roller coaster they must have
experienced, from the joy of Palm Sunday to the despair they felt after
their King was crucified — an event, they thought in those days before
the Resurrection, had killed all their hopes and dreams. To them it must
have seemed that it wasn’t how things were supposed to turn out.
Many of us can relate to those feelings,
can’t we? I know many of our guests
here at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission
understand that despair. Because of
addictions, abuse, bad choices or tragic
events, their lives didn’t turn out the
way they hoped. Their hopes and dreams
have died.
But thankfully, there IS hope. We call it
Easter, when Jesus rose again, bringing
God’s promise of new life and salvation
for everyone who believes. And
thousands of our guests over the years
have experienced that hope and new life
too. God’s love is so extravagant!
What a privilege you and I have to show compassion to all the hurting
men, women and children who come to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission
seeking our help. What joy we have to offer them food, shelter and
clothing. But the greatest privilege of all is leading our guests to the
foot of the Cross . . . and then to love them as the truth of Christ’s
resurrection — of Easter morning — takes root in their lives and they,
too, experience the reality of new creation.
Hallelujah, Christ is risen!
May God grant you a blessed Easter,
Milwaukee Rescue Mission
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Patrick H. Vanderburgh
Executive Director
BECOMING A GODLY MAN
by Harold
Growing up in Milwaukee, I had a normal childhood —
until my father divorced my mom when I was 10. After
that, nothing was the same. My father wasn’t there
to show me simple things like how to shave or tie
a tie. He wasn’t there to encourage me and protect
me. He wasn’t there to teach me how to be a man.
So as a teenager, I started hanging with the wrong
crowd and got into a lot of trouble, committing
burglaries, stealing cars and stuff like that. At 19,
I left home for the streets. At night, I slept in the
bus station. By day, I made my way up and down
Wisconsin Avenue, playing pool for money, hustling
card games and selling drugs.
Finding God in Prison
Later I worked more legitimate jobs, got married and
divorced a couple of times and even tried to raise kids
of my own. But I never stopped dealing drugs.
In 2005, I went to prison for a couple of years. But
in prison, God changed my life. I prayed, studied the
Bible and led devotions for other inmates.
Several years after prison, however, I started leaving
God behind. I stopped going to church and Bible
studies. I grew angrier at the world around me, at my
life and even at God. I started getting ready to go back
to the streets to sell drugs.
Learning to be a Man
But I had a brother living at the Milwaukee Rescue
Mission at that time. I visited him one day and learned
all about their Christ-centered program. I knew
immediately it’s what I needed.
“In a way, the Milwaukee
Rescue Mission gave me
what my father never could.”
From day one, God started working in me
through the Bible studies, godly mentors,
counselors and even the other guys in the
program. I slowly felt the anger fall away. I
guess, in a way, the Milwaukee Rescue Mission
showed me how to love God and then share
God’s love to the world around me.
In short, they taught me how to be a man.
A godly man.
www.milmission.org
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WISH LIST
CLOTHING
MILWAUKEE IS ONE OF AMERICA
Socks
(men, women and children)
Pajamas
Underwear (all sizes, especially
children’s sizes 2–6, men’s
& women’s large sizes)
Men’s belts
KITCHEN NEEDS
It’s worse than
you think.
Juice
Milk
Fruit
Snack items
Paper products: plates, bowls
Plasticware
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• Almost 1 in 3 of our
neighbors lives in poverty1
• Every night, at least 1,500
people endure life on the
streets of Milwaukee 2
PERSONAL & BABY CARE
Diapers (sizes 4, 5, 6)
Pull-ups
Baby wipes
Spill-proof sippy cups,
baby bottles
Pain relievers, cough/cold/flu
medications with no alcohol
content (infant, child and
adult strength)
Hand lotion
Deodorant
Vaseline
Paper towels
Toilet paper
Travel soap & toothbrush
holders
You can drop off your donation
Monday – Saturday, 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. at our Visitors’ Lobby
(Kilbourn Ave. entrance).
Thank
You!
Milwaukee Rescue Mission
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Did you know that, with a poverty rate of 29.4 percent,
Milwaukee is the eighth poorest big city in America?
That means around 171,500 people are struggling here
to make ends meet. In addition, approximately 1,500
homeless folks live on our streets — and some estimate
the number may be twice that high. Children get the
worst of it. Nearly half of Milwaukee’s children —
43 percent — live below the poverty line.3
Transforming Lives
Your gifts to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission help
provide critical services to hurting people that can help
transform a life. Each year, caring people like you help
provide . . .
nutritious meals
warm clothing
safe shelter . . .
through the Milwaukee Rescue
Mission. But that’s only the
beginning. Your investment in
MRM also helps change lives,
from the inside out, through our
short- and long-term programs:
1, 3 Journal
Sentinel, Sept. 19, 2012
Magazine, Dec. 12, 2012
2 Milwaukee
A’S POOREST CITIES — YOUR GIFT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor offers comprehensive services to help
homeless men rebuild their lives. These services include
food, shelter, education and Christian counseling, as
well as long-term programs (New Journey and FOCUS)
to help men overcome obstacles, including addictions,
and rejoin the community.
Joy House
The Milwaukee Rescue Mission’s Joy House offers
struggling mothers and children safe shelter, meals,
training programs, child care, Christian counseling
and educational programs to help them become
self-sufficient and stable.
Cross Trainers Academy
Cross Trainers Academy provides quality Christian
education for at-risk children in our community,
including many children at Joy House. Students
take a full range of classes, including reading,
mathematics, science, social studies, history,
Bible, physical education, music and art.
www.milmission.org
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2013 Financial Information
Income
Wills and Estates 4%
In-Kind
Contributions 30%
Choice Income 6%
General
Contributions
Investments 1%
57%
Where Does Your Dollar Go?
291,187
$8,308,692
Wills and Estates
$622,912
In-Kind Contributions
$4,359,825
Choice Income
$937,955
6%
Investments
$153,675
1%
$219,407
1.5%
Misc.
$87,411
.5%
Total Cash Income
$14,689,877
Events 1.5% Events
Misc. .5%
meals served
General Contributions
116,534
nights of
safe lodging
57%
4%
30%
100%
2013 Fast Facts*
35,486
articles of
clothing
distributed
981
professions
of faith
161
program
graduates
Programs 87.5%
Administration 6.5%
Development 6%
An audited financial statement is available upon request. *Updated numbers reflect December 2013 actuals.
DOUBLE YOUR
The Milwaukee Rescue Mission’s Annual Banquet
IMPACT EVERY
MONTH
Generous longtime friends of the
Milwaukee Rescue Mission have
provided a $75,000 Matching
Grant to inspire friends like you
to become MRM Sustainers
— people who support MRM
through regular monthly giving.
For instance, if you give a
recurring gift of $30 a month,
your donations will be matched by
an additional $360 for the year —
literally doubling your impact
all year long.
For more information,
please call Amy Halcomb
at 414-935-0238.
Our annual Faces of Hope
banquet, celebrating the
121 YEARS OF ONE-TO-ONE RELATIONSHIPS
Milwaukee Rescue Mission’s
121st anniversary, will take place
on Wednesday, May 7, at the
Wisconsin Club. It promises to
be an evening filled with fun,
food, fellowship and inspiration!
The proceeds from the event
will go toward helping homeless
men, women and children
rebuild their lives.
We Hope You Will Join Us!
To register visit:
www.milmission.org/events
For more information call:
414-935-0274
Milwaukee Rescue Mission
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MEMORIAL & IN HONOR OF GIFTS
IN MEMORY OF:
Our deepest sympathies are with those who have lost a loved one. A memorial gift to MRM
is a special way to offer hope to the hurting in the name of a friend or family member.
Peggy Adams
Colette Albright
Johnetta Marie Anderson
David Au Buchon
Peg Badinger
Bernadine Barthel
Ruben James Baumann
Charlie Benn
Elvera Boehme
Mark Breidenbach
Joseph Steven Brummer
Tim Buetow, brother
Donna Burns
Pat Burns
Dolores Burr
John M. Cain
Tom & Tillie Carrick
Barbara Cathryn
Marilyn Chubeck
David P. Chyla
Kevin Patrick Crowley
Jennifer Deaven
Donna Decker
Robert De George
Vic and Dolores Del
William Donlevy
John Draeger
James Eckholdt
John Egan
Bonita Fowler
Ratnam Gainedi
Jesse Ryan Gamache
Jeffrey P. Garnier
Henry Thomas Geib, Sr.
David W. Gerhing
Hank Gerner
Thomas & Susan Giebel
George Gilly, Sr.
Howard Gnewikow
Pieter Y. Godfrey
Richard & Francis Grob
Frances M. Gross
Erin E. Gutknecht
Emily Habich
James M. Harsh
Paul Hartwig
Edward Hipke
Steve Hoynik
Gretchen Hoyt
Chad Hubbell
Curtis Huntemann
Chuck & Helen Jackson
Theresa Jesion
Cleon Johnson, mother
Leonard Johnson
Arthur & Rita Karolewicz
John & Mildred Katzban
Donald J. Keigher
Karl Keup
Thomas Kionka
Eugene D. Kitzke
John Klas
The Klein & Kelly Families
Dawn Kohn, aunt
Dick Krah
Evelyn Kratz
James Kreuser
Michael Kreznar
Dorothy Kruger, grandma
Mary Anne Larsen
El Letto
Wade Logan
Chet Manchester
Cherian Mathew
John B. & Kay C. Mathie
Ruth Milhans, mother
Sue Miller
David E. Moore
Richard Streeter
Arthur Sweet
Joe Thomas
V. Paul Thompson
Patrick Trandel
Diane C. Treptow
Carl Vredenbregt
Walter & Ceclia Wojcik
Patricia Wulin
Nancy Zangl
Hilbert Ziegert
Steve Ziemendorf
Barbara Zillmer
Art, brother
Carol, mother
Casey
Grandpa
Lorraine, Harold,
Aunt Loretta & Daniel
Michael
Mickey & Virginia
Mike, friend
My children
My father
Our parents
Randall, son
Don Mountjoy
Gordan Mudlaff
Sarah J. Natzke
Dorothy Nemitz
Scott Nichols
William A. Nohr
William O’Neill
Tammy E. Patz
Tom Pfannenstiel
William Pierson
Irmgard Pipkorn
Edward Pospyhalla
Warren Prinsen
Frederick C. Pritzlaff
Bernice Putchinski
Gerald Rademacher
Chase Reikowski
Susan Richard
George & Lillian Roubik
Rick Schmidt
Carl A. Schrubbe
Ruth Schwerman
Nate Seacrest
Lorraine Smith
Irene Sobieski
Richard B. Steybe
IN HONOR OF: A gift to MRM is a great way both to provide hope and to remember a birthday, anniversary
or other special occasion!
Bradley Arndt
Mark & Martha Aslakson
Jim & Lyn B.
The Bailey Family
Frank Balas, brother
Randy Baumgart
Dan & Cindy Beck
Mr. & Mrs. Behlke
Jim Best
Mark Best
Lois & Brian Bowen
Jon Bruss
Jared Bruttig
Kevin Burditt
Darlene Burrmann
Steve Christoferson
Mike Cira
Michele Custatis
Mr. & Mrs. J. Cwiklinski
Miss Manke Cwiklinski
John & Jaime Dechamps
& family
Vicki De George, daughter
Bob & Margaret Dettmann
Jeff Docalavich
The Donovan & Steinert
Families
David Dreis
William Drinkwater
Sally Lou Duman
Cathy Dunham
Steve Everett
Bonnie F.
John & Barb Findley
Kevin Fix
Joshua Ford
Linda Ford
Charles Forret
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Frank
Chris Franken
Richard & Judy Galling
Garroways Sr.
Brenda Geib
Pam Glorioso
Gerald Gozdowiak
Patrick Haggarty
The Halkowski Family
Carline Hannah
Fr. Jonathan Haschka, SJ
Joe Hatchell
Kati Hatfield
Douglas Hayworth & family
John Heppner
Jarvis Hightower
Eileen Horan
Terry Horan
Kristine Huber
Ronald Hubert, brother
Jerry & Laurie J.
Richard Jaeger
Roberta Jaeger
Brian Jones
Pam Jung
Kurt Kaestner
The Kasdorf Family
Mary Kellner
Mary Knepel
Pastor Al Langoehr
Joanne La Pointe
Steve Latin-Kasper
Michael Lattos
Titus Leffel, Bible Study
Teacher
Erv & Bev Martens
Jerry McGinnis
Julia Mikota
William “Bugs” Moran
The Bruce Nelson Family
David & Martha Nelson
& family
The Douglas Nelson Family
Myrtle R. Nelson
The Roger Nelson Family
Brody Niles
Mary Nolan
Ted Nunziato
Mary Obarski
Orville & Corky Olsen
Susan O’Neill
Rev. James. P.
Ned & Michelle Papenfus
Shirley Patzke
The Petke Family
John & Sue Phelps
Paul & Angie Piccione
Tillman Pitts, Jr.
Ruth Polyak
Ryan Powell
Chandra Putnam
Jeff, Tracy, Zachary & Zander
Putnam
Tracey Putnam & Dominic
Castelloriazo
The Patrick Quinlevan Family
Austin, Heather & Moses
Ramirez
John & Ann Rebholz
Ginger Redlin
Cynthia Repinski
Bob Rice
Karen Rodriguez
Ann S.
Kristin Salamone
John Scanlon
Dennis & Rachel Schultz
Harold Schuster
Kimber Simos
John Stowe
Jason Szemborski
Donna Szpek
Kathey Thede
The names published on this page represent gifts to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission,
received from December 2013 through January 2014, greater than or equal to $25.
Kalen Theusch
Grant R. Thomas
Dale E. Visgar
Alvin & Delores Wacholz
Paula Waula
Kurt & Evelyn Weber
Mike Whiteley
Shannon Young
Ann Z.
Brook West Home Group
Chris & Jerry
Company Home Source
Donald, Zach, Bob & Myrna
Father, Son & Holy Spirit
A friend’s 50th birthday
Jesus’ birth
Lakeshore Medical
Clinic’s Central Services
Department staff
Lauren & Evan
Mick, Monica, Mya & Kelly
Mom & Dad, 50th wedding
anniversary
Otis, a man after God’s
own heart
Pat
Pop
Rick & Luann’s wedding
Son
Vivian
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Back on Track
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Diana had a difficult life as a child. Her mom was a single teenage mother
and struggled financially. Diana’s “granny” stepped in on several occasions
to help raise her while Diana’s mom pursued other goals. Her granny died,
however, when Diana was 12.
“They both left me a valuable legacy,” Diana says. “Education is crucial.
My whole focus was on school.” She was an honor roll student and was
heavily involved in sports, including tennis, volleyball and track.
Her goal was to become a police officer, and
she went to college to study criminal science.
But her plans changed when she had her first
child at 18. Working, going to school and raising
a child were too much, so she dropped out.
At age 26, with more children, including triplets,
she was a struggling single parent. When the job
market crashed in 2008, she soon found herself
unemployed and homeless.
With winter coming fast, she knew she couldn’t live out of her car.
“I reluctantly chose to swallow my pride and come to Joy House. But that
turned out to be the greatest thing I could have done. They gave me the
spiritual foundation I needed, as well as the time I needed, to get my life
back on track,” Diana recalls.
She started pursuing her dreams again and took the first step by earning
her license as an armed security guard. Now she is back in college,
studying criminal science. She also enrolled her kids in MRM’s elementary
school, Cross Trainers Academy, holding to her belief that education is
important. In addition, Diana just moved into her new home, which she
is proudly renting to own.
“The Milwaukee Rescue Mission gave me a second chance when I didn’t
think I had one,” Diana says. “Without Joy House, I wouldn’t be here
telling my story. I am blessed with good kids, good health and new
dreams for my life. Thank you!”
William A. Eisner
President
John S. Cain
Vice President
Michael Andaloro
Treasurer
Sherri N. Kasdorf
Secretary
Richard G. Galling
Carol M. Kuyers
Jeffrey Lueken
Ervin W. Martens
Roosevelt McKinney
Demond Means
David F. Oury
Warren D. Pierson
Eric J. Van Vugt
Members Emeritus
Karl F. Gengler
Philip A. Hardacre
Robert W. Jensen
Robert K. Mitchell
MISSION STATEMENT
830 N. 19th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 344-2211 | www.milmission.org
Have you
remembered
MRM in
your will?
In response to God’s grace through Christ,
we compassionately serve men, women
and children who are homeless, hungry or
poor to help them become whole in body,
mind and spirit for the glory of God.
“. . . whatever you did for one of the least
of these brothers and sisters of mine, you
did for me.” – Matthew 25:40 (NIV)