A Helping Hand for Hurting Neighbors
Christ-centered support to help people overcome addiction, poverty, & homelessness
Your Evansville Rescue Mission:
Over 100 years serving those in need!
Since 1917, we’ve helped our hurting and less fortunate neighbors experience the healing power of God’s love.
Through personalized care that restores bodies, minds, & souls, we strive to be the Lord’s hands & feet to people struggling with homelessness & other challenges here in our Tri-State area!
How Lives Are Changed
Our programs focus on personal and spiritual wholeness and help rebuild lives with Christ as the foundation
Your support changes lives!
Give now to help men overcome the burdens of addiction and homelessness – and discover new life in Christ.
Your gifts make a
HUGE impact
Our ministry is possible thanks to the incredible generosity of community partners and friends like you!
“If I hadn’t come to the Mission, I would either be out there on the streets or I’d probably be locked up because of all the turmoil that kept happening to me. I thank God that I’m here… I’m truly blessed.”
— Lamont | ERM Guest
Current
News & Events
Gobbler Gathering
November 21st, 2023
For over 100 years, ERM has hosted our annual Thanksgiving food basket giveaway, the Gobbler Gathering. Taking place each year on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the Gobbler Gathering allows ERM to provide more than 2,203 Tri-State families with a free sixty pound food basket.
Inspiring
Stories of Hope
Melissa is counting her blessings this fall.
“My children and I have hope again.”
More Ways You Can Help
Let’s Get Social.
🏃♀️🦃 MOVE YOUR FEET SO PEOPLE CAN EAT! 🦃🏃♂️
Join us for the Drumstick Dash 5K on November 7 at 8 AM at Washington Square Mall!
Every step helps provide Thanksgiving meals to local families through the Evansville Rescue Mission’s Gobbler Gathering. ❤️
Lace up, bring your friends, and move your feet so people can eat!
👉 Learn more & register: evansvillerescuemission.org/drumstick-dash
🎉 August Work Anniversaries! 🎉
Help us celebrate our amazing ERM team members who are celebrating work anniversaries this month! ❤️
Thank you for your dedication, compassion, and commitment to serving our community. We are so grateful for each of you!
Happy Work Anniversary! 🎉👏
🎉 Happy Work Anniversary to our July Team Members! 🎉
This month, we`re celebrating the dedicated individuals who continue to make a difference every day at the Evansville Rescue Mission.
Your compassion, hard work, and commitment to serving our neighbors are at the heart of everything we do. Thank you for living out our mission and helping bring Real Love. Real Faith. Real Change. to our community.
Please join us in congratulating our July anniversary employees! 💙👏
🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day from your Evansville Rescue Mission! ❤️🤍💙
Today we celebrate the freedoms we enjoy, the strength of our community, and the hope we share together.
As you gather with family and friends, we pray your day is filled with joy, gratitude, and cherished moments. Thank you for being part of our mission to bring hope and healing to our neighbors in need.
Have a safe and blessed Fourth of July! 🎆
🇺🇸 Holiday Office Closure Notice 🇺🇸
The administrative offices of your Evansville Rescue Mission will be closed on Friday, July 3, in observance of Independence Day.
We will reopen and be back in the office on Monday, July 6, ready to serve our community.
As we celebrate the holiday, we wish you and your loved ones a safe, happy, and blessed Independence Day! ❤️🤍💙
💧 The Heat Is On... and We`re Almost Out of Water. 💧
With this week`s heat advisory, the need for bottled water is greater than ever. Right now, we`re down to our last few cases, and we need your help to make sure no one in our community goes without something as basic as a cold drink of water.
If you`re able, please consider donating bottled water. Every case helps us care for our neighbors experiencing homelessness and others seeking relief from the dangerous heat.
📍 Donations can be dropped off at:
Evansville Rescue Mission
500 E. Walnut St.
Evansville, IN 47713
Thank you for helping us share hope and compassion during these dangerously hot days. ❤️
A huge thank you to the incredible group of young people who spent part of their Friday with us at Mission Grounds and later joined the men at our Men`s Residence Center for an evening of worship and fellowship.
Your kindness, enthusiasm, and willingness to serve were a blessing to everyone you encountered. From sharing conversations over coffee to lifting up voices in worship, you helped create meaningful moments of connection, encouragement, and hope.
Thank you for choosing to invest your time in our community and for showing the love of Christ in such a genuine way. We are grateful for each of you and the impact you made throughout the day!
Tomorrow, our President/CEO, Tracy Gorman, celebrates his 60th birthday—and he has just one wish: to help more of our homeless neighbors find hope and a fresh start.
Every day at the Evansville Rescue Mission, men, women, and children come to us at some of the hardest moments in their lives. Through meals, shelter, compassionate care, and Christ-centered support, lives are being transformed and futures are being rebuilt.
In honor of Tracy`s 60th birthday, would you consider giving $60? Your gift can help provide the resources and support someone needs to begin again.
Join us in celebrating Tracy by sharing hope with a neighbor in need. Give today and help change a life.
🎉 We`d love for you to leave Tracy a birthday message in the comments and help us celebrate his special day! 🎉
🎉 Join us in celebrating our June work anniversaries at the Evansville Rescue Mission! 🎉
This month, we recognize and thank our incredible team members for their dedication, compassion, and commitment to serving our community. Each year of service represents countless lives impacted and hope shared with those who need it most.
Thank you for being an essential part of our mission and for faithfully serving our guests every day. We are grateful for all you do and proud to celebrate these milestones with you!
❤️ Please help us congratulate our June anniversary team members in the comments below!
Help us meet a critical need at the Men’s Residence Center!
We are currently collecting hygiene products and new underwear for the men we serve each day. Simple items like deodorant, razors, shower shoes, and underwear can restore dignity, provide comfort, and remind someone they are cared for.
Donations can be dropped off at our Men’s Residence Center located at 500 E Walnut St. in Evansville. Thank you for helping us serve our neighbors with compassion and hope.
In observance of Memorial Day, Mission Grounds Coffee Shop, The Thrift Store by Evansville Rescue Mission, and our Administrative Offices will be closed on Monday as we honor and remember the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. 🇺🇸
Please note: our donation truck will still be at Living Word Christian Church in Newburgh during normal hours for donation drop-offs.
We hope everyone has a safe and meaningful holiday.
🎉 Celebrating Our April & May Staff Anniversaries 🎉
We’re grateful to recognize the incredible team members celebrating work anniversaries over the past two months at the Evansville Rescue Mission. Thank you for your dedication, compassion, and commitment to serving our community each day. 💙
Your impact truly makes a difference.
A heartfelt thank you to all of our incredible sponsors for supporting the Evansville Rescue Mission Golf Classic. Your generosity and partnership make this event possible, and the Classic directly supports the Susan H. Snyder Center for Women and Children and the life-changing work taking place there each day.
We are truly grateful for each business and organization represented here. Thank you for standing with us, investing in our mission, and helping change lives in our community. ⛳❤️
We are incredibly grateful for the continued support of ARC Construction and their unwavering commitment to the mission of Evansville Rescue Mission.
Thank you for always showing up, stepping in, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. Your generosity and partnership do not go unnoticed—and we are especially thankful to have you as the presenting sponsor of our Golf Classic this year!
Because of supporters like you, we’re able to continue providing hope, help, and a path forward for our community. 💙
This week, we celebrate something truly special—our volunteers. ❤️
During Volunteer Appreciation Week, we want to take a moment to recognize the incredible individuals who give their time, energy, and hearts to the Evansville Rescue Mission. Because of you, meals are served, lives are encouraged, and hope is restored each and every day.
You show up with compassion. You serve with kindness. And you remind every person who walks through our doors that they are seen, valued, and not alone.
There’s no way to fully express how much you mean to us—but please know this: the impact you make reaches far beyond what you can see.
From all of us at Evansville Rescue Mission, thank you for being the hands and feet of love in our community. We are so grateful for you.
He is risen indeed! 🙌
On this sacred day of Easter, we rejoice in the victory of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who conquered sin and death and rose in glory. Because He lives, we have the promise of eternal life and the fullness of His redeeming grace.
“He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.” — Matthew 28:6
May our hearts be humbled in reverence and lifted in praise as we celebrate the power of the resurrection and the everlasting hope found in Him. ✝️
Today we remember the depth of sacrifice and the power of love shown on Good Friday.
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.” — 1 Peter 2:24
May we pause, reflect, and give thanks for the grace we’ve been given. ❤️
Happy First Day of Spring!
Spring is a season of new beginnings—and at Evansville Rescue Mission, we see that lived out every single day. Lives are being rebuilt, hope is being restored, and fresh starts are taking root.
Just like the world around us is being made new, the men, women, and children we serve are stepping into new chapters filled with possibility and purpose.
Thank you for being part of these new beginnings and helping us share Real Love. Real Faith. Real Change.
Thank you, Kayden, for dropping off the donations from your Eagle Scout supply drive for the men’s shelter at the Evansville Rescue Mission. We are so grateful for your heart to serve and for the time and effort you put into organizing this project. The hygiene and cold-weather items will make a real difference for the men we serve. We appreciate you choosing to support our community in such a meaningful way, and we wish you the very best as you complete your Eagle Scout journey! 👏🦅
I’m pleased to announce the promotion of Cody Glassco to Executive Director of the Men’s Residence Center at Evansville Rescue Mission.
Over the past two years, I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Cody on our team. During that time, he has faithfully served in several roles including Residential Life Assistant, Case Manager, and Resident Director. In each of these positions, he has demonstrated a deep commitment to serving our residents and leading his team well.
Cody has been a loyal team member and has consistently shown strong character and leadership. It brings me a great deal of joy to see him grow into the leader he is today, and I’m excited to see how he will continue to develop in this new role.
Please join me in congratulating Cody and praying for him and his family as he steps into this important position.
Jason Hayes, Lead Program Officer
