Please Help Us Provide Shelter Now!

With the temperature outside in the 20's, the 17 MPH wind and the possibility of snow, it feels like the temperature is dropping by the minute.
 
The Mission is filled to capacity.  People are sleeping on the floors, in the chapel, anywhere they can find a warm spot to curl up.  At the Care Center, we've turned an exercise room into a shelter area for families and mothers with children.
 
With only 338 beds in all our facilities, we're caring for more than 450 men, women and children each night.  This is significantly over our capacity, but it's what needs to be done to avoid potentially fatal exposure outside.  This also means we're serving more meals – over 900 a day!
 
Demand for services is up in every department and at every facility, not only due to the bone-chilling weather, but because of economic hardships.
 
Here's the bottom line:  Unless we're able to raise several thousand dollars in the next few days to provide emergency food, shelter, and other vital services, cuts will have to be made that will affect many, many lives! 
 
I pray that you will help us meet our immediate need for food and shelter, and enable us to continue serving homeless men, women and children of our community by giving your very best gift today.

Please make a gift right now by visiting our Web site at www.wheelermission.org or by clicking on the "Donate Securely Now" button to the left,   For more information please call (317) 635-3575.

Sincerely,

Rick Alvis
President/CEO