Our Impact in March

The reports are all in from our ministries (well, at least some of them!) and we have some interesting numbers to report.

As suspected, the number of people receiving assistance is up across the board as the country moves deeper into this recession. But, again, we're focusing on opportunity here rather than crisis.

Union Mission Crossroads saw it's biggest jump in individual stays. In January and February, we housed around 120 separate men. In March, it ballooned to 375. That's a big jump.

There was also an increase in food services provided to Union Mission Family Services guests. In February, we provided food to 416 households through Family Services. March? It jumped to 525. Counseling sessions, prayer, utility assistance, appliances provided, furniture given...they all increased from Feburary to March. And, again, total visits for the month were up, from 421 in February to 525 in March, with first-time family visits--that is, families who had never been to Union Mission before--up from 64 in February to 84 in March.

The numbers for Union Mission Outreach were actually down in March; not sure how to analyze that. We served 49,648 individuals in February. In March, we were down to 38,973. That's still a huge impact, of course.

(Numbers for Union Mission Foundations and Brookside Family Life Center are not yet available; we'll have them on wefeedpeople.com when we get them.)

To see the numbers for yourself, visit wefeedpeople.com, and click on the "what we do" button. We update those statistics each month, so keep coming back.