June 2, 2022

“I look back on my experience at the Mission as a rebirth…” Everything good happened for me when I walked into Rockford Rescue Mission and made the decision to change

From Sherry Pitney, CEO Our dear friend, Nora Sandahl, died Dec. 3, 2021. Let me tell you a story of how God used Nora and her family. In early 1996,

People You Should Know: Dave “If you don’t have a friend in the world, you can find one here.” That sign used to hang outside Rockford Rescue Mission, and it

People You Should Know: Carol I was the woman people would look at and say, “She has everything.” Nice home, great Christian family. But I had a secret. I was

People You Should Know: Andre When I went to prison for armed robbery, certain people caught my attention because I knew them from the streets. They had changed. Now they

People You Should Know: Charles Several years ago, I looked around the cheap hotel room where I was living and thought: This is my life? Really? I thought my full story was

People You Should Know: Naomi Everything good happened for me when I walked into Rockford Rescue Mission and made the decision to change my life. I had been in drug addiction

People You Should Know: Gené I used to be one of those Christian kids who could recite Bible verse after Bible verse. I learned them to earn points in my

People You Should Know: Mike “Dad, you’re nothing but a crackhead. I don’t ever want to see you again.” My son was 15, and he was right. He and my