Goodwill Rescue Mission

Our Mission

Goodwill Rescue Mission offers help and hope to North Jersey’s urban poor and dispirited.

•	For mind and body: food, clothing, shelter, training and teaching.
•	For soul and spirit: the life-changing message of God’s love revealed in Jesus Christ.

Special Project

Hope Totes
Can you join us in this front-line ministry by collecting items to fill the totes?
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For more information about any of Goodwill Rescue Mission’s special projects listed below, call our Development Office at (973) 621-0016, ext. 17, or e-mail Dan Shaw. Thanks!

Hope Totes

Would you like to help the homeless in a way that shows you really care? Goodwill is now accepting donations for "Hope Totes." A Hope Tote is a plastic bag in which you may place socks, underwear, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, and other personal care products for Goodwill to distribute to the homeless. For more information, please call (973) 621-0016, ext. 17, or email Dan Shaw.

Operation Drumstick

Each Thanksgiving, Goodwill Rescue Mission shares Thanksgiving dinner with hundreds of homeless and needy people. During this time, participants in our Discipleship Program invite family or friends to the Mission for a special celebration. We also distribute special food baskets to senior citizens.

Project Santa/Adopt-A-Family

Believe it or not its already time to start thinking about Christmas again here at the Mission! By participating in Goodwill Rescue Mission's Project Santa/Adopt-a-Family program you can help benefit the families of the men in our Recovery Program and children living in the public housing projects of Newark. Suggested gifts include:

Monopoly games
girls/boys sneakers
Etch-a-Sketch's
Basketballs
Barbie Dolls (African-American figure preferred)
Hess Trucks
Paints
Coloring Books
Elmo figures

Donations of multiple numbers of any of the above items are welcome, as are gift baskets that combine items together.

Gifts are needed at the Mission on or before Friday December 6th at 5:00 PM.

Please call (973) 621-0016 x 17 if you have any questions.

Souper Bowl

The Souper Bowl is a quick and fun way for churches to raise funds for GRM. On or near Super Bowl Sunday, participants solicit a donation of one dollar per person as worshippers leave church. Proceeds go directly to our ministries. In 2001, more than 200 cities participated in Souper Bowl Sunday, raising $3,500,000 nationwide! For information about organizing Souper Bowl at your church, visit www.souperbowl.com or contact the GRM’s Development Office at 973-621-0016, ext. 17.

Easter Baskets

Show a homeless person that someone cares by making them an Easter basket! Holidays are often particularly hard for those who are separated from family and friends. The gift of an Easter basket can help fill the emotional void in someone's life, and will be a source of encouragement and strenght long after the last chocolate bunny is gone!

For more information, please call (973) 621-0016, ext. 17, or email Dan Shaw.

Summer Service Projects

Goodwill is a grat place for service groups, youth groups, missions groups as well as individauls to do summer service projects. Join us for a true "hands on" ministry experience! Opportunities include helping with things like painting, serving meals, thrift store activities, maintenance, tutoring in the Learning Center and for qualified groups ministering in Bible studies, street ministry and participation in chapel and Sunday morning services. Call (973) 621-1106 x 13 or x 17 for more information.

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