The Durham Rescue Mission was founded in 1974 with the single goal in mind:
Mend shattered lives by restoring families and give our community hope.
We’ve been standing true to our mission for years now – feeding, helping, and restoring faith in countless individuals in need in the Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill area.
We are Durham’s oldest and largest long-term homeless shelter, providing food, clothing, training, Biblical counseling, job placement, and much more to broken men, women, and children.
Our doors are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The work that we do and resources we provide to those in need is primarily funded by generous donors who want to see their community grow and volunteers who donate their spare time to help others change their lives.
A donation of $2.49 covers the cost of a meal and care that will help a fellow neighbor in need.
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What your generous patronage has brought to the community.
A safe shelter for homeless men to recover, learn new skills, and find work.
Our women and children’s shelter, known as the “Good Samaritan Inn.”
12-month program to help people go from addiction to employed in the workforce.
Helping people dealing with homelessness avoid extreme weather conditions.
The Durham Rescue Mission has successfully provided for hundreds of broken men, women and children, offering a solution to homelessness and addiction that goes beyond just meeting basic needs.
Hear from our past guests how Durham Rescue Mission has helped change their lives
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The Durham Rescue Mission has successfully provided for hundreds of men, women and children, offering a solution to homelessness and addiction that goes beyond just meeting basic needs.
Durham Rescue Mission Thrift Stores are just one of the ways you can support our cause while also making the choice to shop sustainably.
Make your money go towards good, reduce consumer waste, and help your local community by shopping second hand.
We give because God gave first, we want to be more like Him and we trust Him.
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.”
2 Corinthians 9:6-8
The Durham Rescue Mission has been recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization and all donations are tax deductible as allowable by law. EIN: 58-1482590