A few years ago, Mari and her husband were living in a tent on the side of the hill right across from the main entrance of the Tacoma Rescue Mission. They would come to us for meals, to take hot showers and to simply to be treated like regular people.   “There’s so many different […]

Irene is the definition of resilience. From a very early age, she was a victim and witness to many heinous acts of violence, emotional abuse, and rape. Irene grew up in the Philippines. By age 4, she had already experienced homelessness. Abandoned by her mother and left to survive with her grandparents who were living […]

Before Sophia came to Tacoma Rescue Mission, she wasn’t just ready to give up. She basically had.  “I’ve been employed, a taxpayer, a student, a mom, I was all those things, and then I was homeless living in a tent, drug addicted,” she says. “I tried multiple times to stop. I tried multiple treatment centers […]