Hope for the hurting...
Avenues for Hope Housing Challenge
THANK YOU for another great year of giving and support!
Through the online portal on Avenues for Hope, you helped raise over $40,000.
In addition to the online gifts, we are expecting to receive another $10,000 to $15,000
in gifts and donations for our project.
Words alone canont express how grateful we are to our donors. The ability to get our
facility open in order to serve our community is getting closer to reality after events
such as these. THANK YOU again!
THANK YOU for another great year of giving and support!
Through the online portal on Avenues for Hope, you helped raise over $40,000.
In addition to the online gifts, we are expecting to receive another $10,000 to $15,000
in gifts and donations for our project.
Words alone canont express how grateful we are to our donors. The ability to get our
facility open in order to serve our community is getting closer to reality after events
such as these. THANK YOU again!
Reaching the poor with the love and the power of the gospel...
In November 2020, Valley Mission purchased the old Metro Gym, which is being transformed into a vibrant hub for community support.
Our new facility, opening soon, will offer a wide range of resources designed to provide support and hope for individuals and families in Pocatello. This inclusive center will house a weekly food pantry, laundromat, emergency shelter, commercial kitchen and dining area, offices for Valley Mission, and space for local agencies to provide on-site support. Our new Transformational Living Program . scheduled to launch in fall/winter 2025, will provide a comprehensive pathway for individuals seeking a fresh start.
Our new facility, opening soon, will offer a wide range of resources designed to provide support and hope for individuals and families in Pocatello. This inclusive center will house a weekly food pantry, laundromat, emergency shelter, commercial kitchen and dining area, offices for Valley Mission, and space for local agencies to provide on-site support. Our new Transformational Living Program . scheduled to launch in fall/winter 2025, will provide a comprehensive pathway for individuals seeking a fresh start.
New Home - Food Pantry
FOOD PANTRY AND SUPPORT SERVICES
Until our building renovation is complete, our Food Pantry will operate every Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 408 N. Arthur Avenue.
We welcome community members to pick up essential food items for themselves or their families.
To ensure accessibility for all, please limit pick-up to 2 times per month, allowing our team to assist each visitor efficiently.
Licensed caregivers serving clients, may contact us to discuss arrangements.
Our team of dedicated volunteers is here to help you access the resources you need.
For questions or concerns, reach out to Karl at 208-232-6305 or via email at karl@valleymission.org.
Until our building renovation is complete, our Food Pantry will operate every Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 408 N. Arthur Avenue.
We welcome community members to pick up essential food items for themselves or their families.
To ensure accessibility for all, please limit pick-up to 2 times per month, allowing our team to assist each visitor efficiently.
Licensed caregivers serving clients, may contact us to discuss arrangements.
Our team of dedicated volunteers is here to help you access the resources you need.
For questions or concerns, reach out to Karl at 208-232-6305 or via email at karl@valleymission.org.
STREET REACH Is Growing
Our Street Reach initiatave brings Valley Mission services directly to the community. By visiting areas throughout Pocatello, our team provides essential supplies and invites individuals to connect with Valley Mission and partner agencies for long-term support. This outreach is helping us build bridges to other vital community resources.
We are excited to be able to send out 2 teams weekly beginning in January 2025. These teams will allow us to connect with more people who are struggling to get the help they need to get off the streets and into safe housing.
We will be offering another training for Street Reach in early February for those who may be interested.
This is a high-risk ministry and does require some physical ability and agility.
Please keep this in mind when considering this opportunity. For the safety of the team and those we will be serving, all volunteers must be 18years of age or older.
Our Street Reach initiatave brings Valley Mission services directly to the community. By visiting areas throughout Pocatello, our team provides essential supplies and invites individuals to connect with Valley Mission and partner agencies for long-term support. This outreach is helping us build bridges to other vital community resources.
We are excited to be able to send out 2 teams weekly beginning in January 2025. These teams will allow us to connect with more people who are struggling to get the help they need to get off the streets and into safe housing.
We will be offering another training for Street Reach in early February for those who may be interested.
This is a high-risk ministry and does require some physical ability and agility.
Please keep this in mind when considering this opportunity. For the safety of the team and those we will be serving, all volunteers must be 18years of age or older.
The giving keeps on coming!
We are now a week or more past Avenues for Hope and have been blessed with more funding from our amazing community.
I had the opportunity to visit with a family last week with one of our leaders and it was an incredible discussion. Where are we with the building? When do we hope to open? How is the progress on serving the community without the building? And so many more great questions. We spent over an hour discussing the construction progress, financial progress and where funds have been spent, next steps and more. For example, one question that I hear a lot is what will it take financially to get the Food Pantry open? My answer, around $225,000 to $250,000. To get the whole facility, another $1 million plus will get us fully open and ready to serve this community. Great questions! And I would welcome the opportunity to answer more, take people on a tour of the building, share the impact of Food Pantry and Street Reach and so much more.
At the end of the conversation, the couple handed me a check for $25,000!
Now add that to another local business, who we will announce soon, has committed to $10,000 toward our project. With an additional $5,000 from another local family, this community gave $40,000 in one week! WOW!
I cannot wait to share what is coming very soon that will be for anyone who is interested in learning about the homeless issue in our community and around the country. Be sure to check here weekly for important updates.
We are now a week or more past Avenues for Hope and have been blessed with more funding from our amazing community.
I had the opportunity to visit with a family last week with one of our leaders and it was an incredible discussion. Where are we with the building? When do we hope to open? How is the progress on serving the community without the building? And so many more great questions. We spent over an hour discussing the construction progress, financial progress and where funds have been spent, next steps and more. For example, one question that I hear a lot is what will it take financially to get the Food Pantry open? My answer, around $225,000 to $250,000. To get the whole facility, another $1 million plus will get us fully open and ready to serve this community. Great questions! And I would welcome the opportunity to answer more, take people on a tour of the building, share the impact of Food Pantry and Street Reach and so much more.
At the end of the conversation, the couple handed me a check for $25,000!
Now add that to another local business, who we will announce soon, has committed to $10,000 toward our project. With an additional $5,000 from another local family, this community gave $40,000 in one week! WOW!
I cannot wait to share what is coming very soon that will be for anyone who is interested in learning about the homeless issue in our community and around the country. Be sure to check here weekly for important updates.
