Victor Valley Rescue Mission

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As spring approaches, our 2021 Annual Easter Campaign is under way at the Victor Valley Rescue Mission. For more information, visit https://vvrescuemission.org/annual-easter-campaign/.

What's the most important resolution you will make? How about changing a life? Visit vvrescuemission.org/new-years-resolution to find out how.

Crystal's family is also a 2020 Christmas Raffle Winner. To her family Christmas means enjoying each and every moment you get to spend with your family. It is a blessing. Avery, who just turned 4 was diagnosed in 2018 with Chari Malformation of the brain and Transverse Myelitis and had brain surgery in 2019. Avery has 5 and 11 year old siblings. Crystal thanks us for helping their family for the last 3 years especially the year Avery was diagnosed as they spent that Christmas at Loma Linda University Hospital. She went on to say how much they appreciate the Mission. We want to say how blessed we are that we could serve you and your beautiful family!

Tracy Acosta's family was one of our Raffle Winners. Christmas means so much to her, her husband and her family of four children (ages 2 to 9). They are experiencing, together, something they have never experienced before which is love, laughter and a lifetime of happiness! This is their families second Christmas together and their children's adoptions are being finalized!

Angel Stewart was one of our Raffle Winners! We will be sharing the others next week. We can share Angel's story today because she brought her kids along and they were trying the Bike out . Angel is a single mom with 6 kids - they are thankful to be alive because this year they were in serious head on collision. She is grateful to be alive, to have received a call back to her job and a roof over her head. She was grateful to receive gifts because this year has been a struggle. We are glad to be able bring Christmas joy and behalf of all who support the Mission. Blessed Christmas, all!

We would like to say thank you to Alaska USA Federal Credit Union for their generous donation to the Mission. We are so blessed to have their support for our local neighbors in need in the Victor Valley.

So happy to be able to do this. Please read the complete instructions. They are mandatory for our ability to serve your household. One qualifying registration per household only.

For just $2.17, you can help homeless and hurting men, women, and their children take the first steps to address the root causes of homelessness and bring it to an end. Visit https://vvrescuemission.org/thanksgiving/ for more info.

Victor Valley Rescue Mission experiences great joy in being the Co-Lead agency for the High Desert Food Collaborative led by High Desert Second Chance. 73 Agencies making a difference in meeting food insecurity needs before, during and after this time of Pandemic in our High Desert. https://www.youtube.com/watch

Thank you St. Joseph Health St Mary. Your generous donation of N95 masks to the Mission allows us to expand our mask care for our staff, Life Recovery Program clients, volunteers and the neighbors and friends we serve. Thank you, Kevin Mahany, for setting this up for the Mission and Juan for serving us so well (you double blessed us!). We are grateful for our Community Partners - we all serve and serve better when we serve together! #sharingiscaring #BetterTogether

Here is how it all went down: Debbie A. Cannon, from AcademyGo, let me know that Bank of America was donating facemasks. I call up Christina Kennedy, our HD Food Collaborative partner at High Desert Second Chance, and she is interested too. So I request 10,000 (8000 to be distributed to the Food Collaborative partners and 2000 for the Mission). They came today. Yay! When the box of 2000 arrived we opened it up and within 5 minutes one of our regular neighbors and friends, Re...uben, came to the door with no mask. Volunteer Brad handed a mask to Reuben and then we all went outside -Intern Gerard and Volunteers Brad, Laurie and Hayden who stood with Reuben for the last picture in front of the Mission. Just saw a boatload of cool pictures from the Food Collaborative Distribution today at High Desert Second Chance sure they will be sharing them soon! Collaboration is cool! Thank you Bank of America and AcademyGo for this much needed donation each day we give out many masks to our unsheltered neighbor and friends! - Dawn Quigg #sharingiscaring #bettertogether

Thank you Diana Amaya and Michelle Torres from St. Mary St. Joseph Health. Your donation for 500 facemasks for our neighbors and friends will go to good use here at the Mission as we provide PPE daily for those who seek our services. #sharingiscaring #bettertogether

Thank you Santa Inc for allowing us to share this wonderful clothing donation with several of our area non-profits. We value what you and they do for our neighbors and friends in need.

California’s heatwave is expected to last all week! To avoid power outages, Let us each do our part and save energy. Pre-cool your home/business overnight and in the early morning at 72 and, from 3-10pm, set your A/C at 78 or higher and avoid using major appliances. Sign up for alerts here: flexalert.org. Stay safe and, along with us, please look out for your unsheltered neighbor and friends as they are directly exposed to this heat!

Did you know that you can assist the Thrift Store and it's mission to support the Victor Valley Rescue Mission by volunteering? We are looking for reliable indi...viduals (over 18) whose can give a weekly (several shifts available each week!) recurring gift of time to support this work. It's fun, it's productive and it assists in supporting Life Recovery for our 20 program men. Interested? Go to www.vvrescuemission.org/volunteer and apply! Hope to see you soon... See more

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So glad to serve our neighbors and friends together! Every Backpack given away. We saw our community respond and, based on what we saw, the need is here. Grateful that other organizations are meeting this need as well. Valued collaboration, gracious partnerships, wonderful volunteers and generous sponsors - you all made it happen. And to our community - WE ARE GLAD YOU CAME! Impact Church and Victor Valley Rescue Mission partnered with Desert Mountain Children’s Center, The S...an Bernardino County Fairgrounds, Angel Tree, High Desert Transitional Living Connection/ The Gate HD Church and Community Health Action Network, distributed all1500 backpacks at its annual Backpack Giveaway. Students received a backpack full or school supplies, Meat and Produce Farm-to-Family food boxes courtesy of the High Desert Food Collaborative, Bombas Socks courtesy of Happy Feet Sole to Soul, face masks courtesy of Desert Mountain Children’s Center and Community Health Action Network, books courtesy of IEHP and Ready 4 Reading Book Club and Toys and Hygiene Products from Santa Inc. Sponsors for the event are: Desert Mountain Children’s Center, Desert Valley Hospital, IEHP, Stirling, ISU Armac Insurance, Midway Home Solutions, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, Cemex, Victorville Rotary, Apple Valley Communications, Heritage Victor Valley Medical Group, Victor Valley Transit, Azusa Pacific University, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, Southwest Gas and High Desert Second Chance. Volunteers came from Victor Valley Rescue Mission, Impact Church, IEHP, Azusa Pacific University, High Desert Second Chance, Academy of Academic Excellence ROTC, Desert Mountain Children Center, Community Health Action Network, VVTA and Angel Tree. So grateful for you all! See more

Joanna Velasco, our Thrift Store Supervisor, wants you to know that our trucks are available for donation pick up. Please remember no items over 60 lbs. and we ...are allowed to pick up from front yards (including porches) and driveways (including garages). Call 1-800) 417-5678 and one of our friendly Call Center representatives will tell you when our truck is scheduled to be in your neighborhood for picks-ups! Thank you for donating to us - you play an important part in assisting us, with Jesus' redeeming presence, to change live for good and support up to 20 men in their 9 month Life Recovery Program journey! See more

Enjoy Backpack Giveaway memories! Photos courtesy of James Quigg. San Bernardino County Fairgrounds location courtesy of Jennifer Monter and Katherine Chamberland.