Merced County Rescue Mission

The Merced County Rescue Mission staff members and nearly 200 community volunteers served traditional Thanksgiving Day meals to hundreds of local residents at the American Legion Hall during the holiday. The charitable event last Thursday was also combined with holiday meals to veterans and families and those in need at the Respite…

Supporters of the Merced County Rescue Mission heard stories of hope and opportunity at the annual Oasis Dinner fundraiser on May 12 at Gateway…

Community collaboration was the key to transforming years of vision-casting and hard work into the reality of a larger campus for the Merced…

The Village of Hope, a transitional housing program for unhoused families, Veterans, and individuals experiencing homelessness after being discharged from a hospital, is gearing up for its official grand opening in Merced, this Friday, April 22. The event will begin at 10 a.m., with a ribbon cutting at its location, 129 W. Cone…

The Merced County Rescue Mission this week received a donation of more than 400 pairs of socks from local members of the Native Daughters of the Golden…

The Merced County Rescue Mission held its second annual Christmas Tree Raffle recently with support from Lowe’s, Home Depot, Target, Parker’s Ace…

Project leaders broke ground on the construction of Phase One of Merced County Rescue Mission’s Village of Hope at 129 Cone Avenue in Merced on Aug. 11. In the words of Mark Mayo, Rescue Mission board chairperson, who spoke at the ceremony, the groundbreaking marked a milestone in the Mission’s goal of providing “food, shelter, clothing and…

Hundreds of people were lined up outside of the American Legion Hall on Main Street in Merced last Thursday morning as they awaited a traditional…