Welcome to the Phoenix Rescue Mission’s News Room
The Phoenix Rescue Mission has been serving the Valley’s homeless since 1952. Much has changed since we occupied a humble building and chapel on South Third Street in Downtown Phoenix. The Third Street kitchen served roughly 40 meals a day. Fast forward to 2008, and the Phoenix Rescue Mission serves 5,600 meals a week and has two locations: The main campus with shelter and kitchen located at 1801 S. 35th Ave. and the Family Outreach Donation Center on W. Thomas and 35th Ave. One thing has remained the same, and that is our commitment To Rescuing Lives, To Saving Lives, To Changing Lives and To Serving Lives.
Contacting and Visiting the Mission
The Phoenix Rescue Mission is home for up to 150 men overnight. Out of respect for our guests, we ask that reporters and other individuals contact and/or visit the Mission during regular business hours (M-F, 8 AM - 4 PM). If you would like to visit the Mission at a different time, please make prior arrangements and we will try to accommodate you. Please note, the Phoenix Rescue Mission is a working men’s shelter, many of our clients are not on property during the day. The Mission is located at 1801 N. 35th Ave. When visiting the Mission, please use the entrance on Cocopah. Visitors can pull up to the gate to enter into the volunteer/visitor parking spaces. Reporters wishing to interview clients receiving emergency food boxes at our Family Outreach Center should make arrangements with the Director of Public Relations prior to coming on site. Signed photographic releases are mandatory since children are present.
Guidelines for Interviewing and Photographing Clients
 All media inquiries should be directed to the Phoenix Rescue Mission's Public Relations Director:
Nicole M. Peña
Director of Public Relations
(602) 272-4662 (direct line)
(602) 516-8576 (cell)
npena@phoenixrescuemission.org
Phoenix Rescue Mission
P.O. Box 6708
Phoenix, AZ 85005-6708
When visiting the Mission, you will be accompanied by a staff member the entire time you are with us.
We ask that you please respect the privacy of our clients and refrain from photography unless consent is given. Anyone with a lanyard and a name badge is part of our addiction recovery program and must sign a separate release form in order to be photographed. Our transient clients have not signed any release forms, and sometimes they will object to a photo. If you wish to take photos that could identify an individual, please discuss this with your staff host. Usually an announcement will be made and anyone who does not want a photo will simply leave the area. If you are interested in speaking with a client, meal time is often the best time to schedule an appointment.
The following is a schedule of our meal times:
Breakfast = 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. Lunch = 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner = 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Current Press Release:
Arizona Hunger Campaign
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO: Lift Up America, Arizona Broadcasters Association and Tyson Foods, Inc.
WHAT: The kick off of the Arizona Hunger Campaign, a year-long initiative with a goal to collect 5 million pounds of food for area food banks.
WHERE: U.S. Airways Center in downtown Phoenix
WHEN: Thursday, May 6 th – 10:00 am
WHY: In Arizona, 19.2% of all children under 18 are food-insecure, which is the fifth highest rate in the country (Dept. of Health and Human Services). This collaborative food drive, involving numerous Valley leaders, businesses, food agencies and churches will raise both the food and money to assist with the Arizona hunger problem.
OTHER: Attending the news conference will be:
Jerry Colangelo, Honorary Chairman
Dave Hannah, Lift Up America Founder
Russ Dickey, Arizona Hunger Campaign Director
Art Brooks, Arizona Broadcasters Association CEO
Kurt Warner, Campaign Spokesperson along with other local sports franchise representatives.
For more information, contact:
Barclay Communications
Ray Artigue, 602-346-2588, 602-540 8595 (cell)
raya@barclaycomm.com
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Previous Releases:
November 11, 2009 | Active Duty National Guard to serve homeless this Veterans Day
July 17, 2009 |
Ballard Spahr Law Firm and Safeway partner with the Phoenix Rescue Mission to host community water drive
June 12, 2009 |
Arizona Association of Community Managers and Phoenix Rescue Mission Partner to Turn Hunger into Hope for Children This Summer
January 22, 2009 | Phoenix Rescue Mission to give autographed Kurt Warner football to winner of Souper Bowl of Caring
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