Open Door Mission

Our friends at Restoration Rochester, The Esther Project and MINO are hosting the 2020 Pandemic Purse Project next week! They are encouraging folks to donate purses filled with necessities and personal care items. The Open Door Mission will be one of the lucky benefactors of these wonderful purses!! Thank you in advance to all those who will be participating in the 2020 Purse Pandemic we look forward to providing these important items to our guests. For those who would like to participate, see the information below.

Did you miss our monthly radio program, "Hope Lives" this week on WYSL radio? You can still listen to it! Here's the link to the podcast. https://podcasts.warpradio.com/ODM/podcast.xml

Tune in this evening at 6:30pm for "Hope Lives", a radio show of the Open Door Mission hosted by Executive Director Anna Valeria-Iseman and airs on WYSL 1040AM, 95.5FM & 92.1FM.

Special thanks to Michelle Hernandez (left) of Rotork Controls, Inc. and their charitable fundraising committee for their donation of $500 presented to the Mission’s volunteer service manager Shawn Baldwin.

Our Addiction Recovery Program Manager took our students on a recent adventure to Whiteface Mountain! The outdoors and physical activity can be so important to mental and physical wellness and strength. Our students were able to enjoy a beautiful New York Fall day by hiking and camping while also building relationships and continuing their journey to recovery.

October 10th marked the tenth anniversary of World Homeless Awareness Day. The day was created to draw attention to people who experience homelessness needs and provide opportunities for the community to get involved. Please visit our website and find out how you can help make a difference in the lives of the homeless in the Rochester community. https://opendoormission.com/donations... #WorldHomelessDay

Happy Wednesday Friends! During uncertain times some of our youngest residents at our Coldwater House for Women and Children recently took a break to have a little fun. They were able to learn some cartooning! Since opening two years ago, Coldwater has been home to 40 families, including approximately 96 children. Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who made this happen! ... #hopelives

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful (Colossians 3:15, NIV). Mondays may fill you with anxiety because you know your to-do list seems impossible to complete between work, family, daily life activities, on top of homeschooling, all while juggling this pandemic. Although Mondays may cause stress, Mondays can also bring ease and peace to us as we know God will be present for every moment of the week ahead, and he will hear your cry every time you feel anxiety in the week to come. Let us go through this week and be reminded of his love and faithfulness in everything we do! #hopelives #Mondaymotivation

Happy Thursday! When the Mission learned that the Longnecker family was collecting personal hygiene items this past summer, we were thrilled! Our supplies were very low and it was difficult to provide our emergency shelter guests with the essentials they count on to maintain good hygiene. Thanks again to the Longneckers who inspire us all to find practical ways to help our neighbors in need!... #hopelives

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:1618 #MondayMotivation #PrayForOurCity #ROC #HopeLives

Check out today's latest video check-in from Anna, our Executive Director. In today's video, Anna gives an update on our Coldwater house, and how it has affected the community in the last two years of being open to those in need. Along with this, Anna gives an update on our new women's Addiction recovery program and how, as the new school year begins, we as a community face this new challenge together. We thank you for your continued support and prayers as none of this would have been made possible without you!