The People’s City Mission is the only homeless shelter in the city of Lincoln. On average we house about 350 men, women, and children who are impoverished and in transient. These are real lives, real kids, real men, and real women who live with us. It’s staffed twenty-four hours a day and open 365 days a year. In other words, we never shut down. It takes the community coming together to keep us running at the level we do. We couldn’t reach the amount of people we do without your help.
We are technically one shelter with three different locations. Along with the shelter on Q St that houses men, women, and children, we have an incredible distribution center that we call the Help Center. The Help Center takes donations such as food, clothing, household items, furniture, toys and personal care items from the community and in return distributes them to low-income families in the community for no cost. We see it as our duty to take care of those who need our help. We also have a Clinic that is voluntarily run by professional dental hygienist, counselors, and chiropractors. Not only is it voluntarily run, but it’s also completely free for those who qualify based on need.
How does a shelter stay open 24 hours in a day, manages to feed people three times a day, has staff to take care of the impoverished and provide free medical care and household items to people? The People’s City Mission is 96% privately funded by businesses, churches, organizations, and individuals. Without the help of the community, we wouldn’t be able to operate at the pace that we do. A little bit of your time can change the trajectory of the lives of many people.
One person can’t reach everybody, but one person can reach somebody, and as a volunteer and/or donator that’s what you do. As you run this October, remember whether you’re giving your time, money, or any sort of donation, it all matters. We appreciate everyone who has helped us assist over a million people since 1907. Together, we can run for the homeless and impoverished in the city of Lincoln!
God Bless,
The Staff at People’s City Mission
Please contact Josh, the Volunteer Director at jburkey@pcmlincoln.org or call at 402-475-1303 ext. 114 to find out more information on how you can get involved today!
To give, please click on this link https://donate.stripe.com/4gwg2Y23kbzE0TK6oo or for physical donations please bring them to the back dock at our Help Center. Every donation matters whether its monetary or physical donation!