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The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was established in 1891.
Remodeling at the Union Rescue Mission at 27th and Hillside will create a dedicated wing for use as an emergency overnight shelter and separate spaces for longer transitional care.
He was appointed president of the mission in 2005 and became chief executive in 2007. Union Rescue Mission, founded in 1891 to dispense food and clothing from gospel wagons, is a privately funded ...
After 20 years as head of the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row, Bales is retiring. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Twenty-four years ago, a minister to the down-and-out of Des Moines took a mid ...
Stewart founded the Pacific Gospel Mission (now the Union Rescue Mission) in 1891. In 1908, Stewart, along with noted Christian author T.C. Horton, founded the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now known as Biola University). [3] [4] In 1917, he donated $4,500 to fund the construction of Stewart Hall at Toccoa Falls College. [5]
The house was built for Calvin A. Boyle, one of the founders of the Hollywood Board of Trade. The house was acquired in 1908 by Edmund H. Barmore, president of the Los Angeles Transfer Company. The house was used in the 1980s as a women's shelter by the Union Rescue Mission. [2]
Local officials had applied for federal FEMA funds to help support newly-arrived migrants who have struggled to find housing in the city.
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