Mission Center
Help us with our mission
Our Mission Center had its beginning in the 1940’s. It started with neighbors putting together a box of clothing to send to a needy family. After several years of operating from garages, the Mission Center called an unused mobile classroom its home. Finally, a new building was blessed and dedicated by Archbishop Ignatius J. Strecker on December 16, 1990. This new center was paid in full on November 5, 1991, all by donation. Relying totally on volunteer help, and dedicated to helping those in need, the Center has grown from sending one box of clothing to sending over 100,000 lb.. of clothing, household and other useful items -even furniture annually [ 4000 boxes] to foreign countries, including Brazil, Africa, India, the Philippines and Mexico. The rest is shipped to 42 places in the U.S., including many prisons, to New York, New Jersey, Texas, California, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and Kansas.
Nominal offerings are given for items, which are given free to fire victims, newborns, and children who need clothing and help. The Center works with clients of SRS, NEKCAP, Care Homes and Recycling. Proceeds go to the Missions of the Church around the world.
The work of 80 volunteers make the Center operate, with Grace Kohake in charge.