News & Events

Northwest Quarterly magazine recently featured Rockford Rescue Mission’s Life Recovery Program. Read the story by Assistant Managing Editor Jermaine Pigee.

Save the Date! Our annual Evening for Hope Telethon is 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 on WTVO and Facebook Live. See how your gifts restore HOPE and

Rockford Rescue Mission is among the local warming centers available to anyone this winter. Here’s a quick story from WREX-TV.

Rockford Rescue Mission is collecting winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves to give to people who need them — with a special need for larger-size coats. Here’s a news story

Here’s some local news coverage of our Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Banquet. From MyStateline.com: The Mission prepares for our annual Thanksgiving Banquet. From WREX-TV: Scenes and interviews from the Thanksgiving Banquet.

Singer-songwriter Amy Grant’s farm in Franklin, Tenn., has become a place of healing. The Hidden Trace Retreat provides a place where women feel God’s presence and the freedom to share

WIFR-TV news spoke with the Mission’s Andre Hobbs about seeking solutions to Rockford’s violent crime. Here’s the story.

A generous grant from the Kjellstrom Family Foundation will help Rockford Rescue Mission residents heal through art and music therapy. The grant of $5,471 will fund new Art Room chairs

As the number of drug overdose deaths continues to break records in Winnebago County, Rockford Rescue Mission is asking for the community’s partnership in directing people to its life-changing services.