Outreach Ministry
Above the entrance to the Kokomo Rescue Mission dining room now hangs a sign that identified the previous mission headquarters from 1965 to 2001. Since the Mission moved in 1998, over 1 million meals have been served. Read more.

Food for the Hungry
The Mission's dining room is open to the public twice daily, serving hot hearty meals to anyone in need, free of charge. Including meals provided for shelter guests and through the Clinton County Ministry of Hope, 124, 616 meals were served in 2009 and groceries were given to1,553 families to provide another 39, 600 meals.

Clinton County Ministry of Hope
In April 2009 , KRM expanded its outreach in Clinton County by adding a second site to serve a free supper weekly. Read more.

Family Assistance
Free clothing is available through the Care and Share Store to any person whose income falls below the federal poverty guidelines. Furniture, appliances and household goods are given to families upon determination of need. In 2009, KRM gave 44,730 pieces of clothing to needy families.

Holiday Outreach
KRM's Great Thanksgiving Banquet expanded to 15 locations in 2009. In Frankfort, a banquet was served on Thursday the week before Thanksgiving at Faith Family Ministries and on Tuesday evening at the Paul Phillippe Center. On Wednesday evening, in partnership with Kokomo Urban Outreach, banquets were served at 12 locations. On Thanksgiving Day, the traditional meal was served at Grace United Methodist Church. A total of 2,327 Thanksgiving Banquet meals were served in 2009.

In 2009, the RED RIBBON CHRISTMAS OUTREACH provided 3,865 people throughout a six-county area with food and gifts. Volunteers wrapped presents and filled the boxes with toys, gifts and food. Just before Christmas, volunteers delivered the RED RIBBON boxes to each family.

More about our holiday outreach.
Read about KRM's shelter programs for homeless men, as well as women and children.
Give now to partner with Kokomo Rescue Mission's outreach ministries.

Food to You, Kokomo Rescue Mission and Kokomo Urban Outreach's rolling food pantry makes it's first distribution.

On Wednesday May 5, Food to You rolled into the parking lot of Grace Memorial Chruch of God in Christ. Between12:00 and 2:00 p.m., 81 families (246 people) received assistance consisting of food for 10 meals. 54 of those families had never before received help from any of the cooperative network of food pantries in Kokomo. Food to You came into existence to serve people in areas where there is no food pantry within walking distance. A regular schedule for Food to You, including other sites, will soon be announced.

The first person to receive help from Food to You!	The food was portioned for 10 meals for a family of four, sacked in small amounts per sack for easy handling.	Pastor Steve Beutler from Grace United Methodist Church helped with distribution.
The truck and trailer that made Food to You possible was donated by Grace United Methodist Church.	Everyone who received food checked in with identification so it could be verified that they had not received food in the current month from a network of cooperating pantries in Kokomo.	In addition to the food for 10 meals, there were additional "free to choose" items like homemade laundry soap, bags of sunflower seeds, beef sticks and frozen breakfast sandwiches..

In addition to Grace United Methodist Church, Food to You has also been sponsored by Oakbrook Community Church, First Congregational Church, and the Center Township Trustee.

You may support Food to You by giving now through our secure site (type Food to You in the special project field), or mail a gift to: Kokomo Rescue Mission, 321 W. Mulberry St., Kokomo, IN 46901.