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| Shelter is more than a bed. At the Rescue Mission, we do offer the homeless a safe, clean place to spend the night, but we also offer God’s love, caring staff and a plan to move them toward healthy independence. We want to connect them with food, clothing and any other help to heal their brokenness. We want to help them find peace, fulfillment and desire to give back. | ||
| Transformations is a state-certified, incentive-based emergency shelter that offers 122 safe, clean beds to homeless men. | ||
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| Transformations serves men age 18 and older who face homelessness. | ||
| New admissions to the shelter are done at its entrance, which is located off the circle at the start of Gifford Street, between 4:45 p.m. and 7 a.m. At other times, shelter admissions are done at the New Life Day Center, which can be accessed in the 100 block of Seymour Street. | ||
| The Rescue Mission has been sheltering people since at least the early 1920s, when it was located in the 500 block of East Washington Street in Syracuse. Men stayed in what was known as the lodging house. Housing was also available for transients and residents when the Rescue Mission moved to the 800 block of the same street in 1957. | ||
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Rescue Mission Adds Beds to ShelterThe Rescue Mission recently added 10 emergency beds to the expanded shelter that opened in 2004. There are now 122 beds--and on most nights most if not all of them are used for homeless men.On November 15, 2004, men were first admitted into the new 60-bed area on the first floor of 120 Gifford Street. A 50-bed area with a computer lab and laundry facilities opened on the second floor in February 2004. In 2005, we set up 10 emergency beds in a room located near the shelter entrance. The shelter program is called Transformations because God is transforming the lives of the people who come to us. |
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