An update on Eddie and Kim Collins, who were featured in the February 08 Mission News Kim’s face lit up with a bright smile when she talked about Christmas with her family this year – a far cry from three years ago when she turned Eddie away on Christmas Eve due to his addiction. Learn More>

The December issue of Spokane Coeur d’Alene Living magazine features an article by Phil Altmeyer, executive director of the Union Gospel Mission. In the article, “What I Know,” Phil writes about life lessons, having his dream job, and why every man, every woman, is worth understanding. Learn More>

SPOKANE -- With the help of the Spokane community, the Union Gospel Mission will be able to feed families in need this Thanksgiving. With the help of the Spokane community, the Union Gospel Mission will be able to feed families in need this Thanksgiving. The Union Gospel Mission helps feed about 500 people Thanksgiving dinner and provides turkeys to 26 other ministries that feed an additional 700 people every year. They rely strictly on turkey donations but there seems to be a lack of effort this year. With just one week left until the holiday, the mission had only received 10 turkeys as of Thursday. Learn More>

Twenty months ago, Ron walked into the Union Gospel Mission with a two-foot, bleached Mohawk, a ten-gauge lip ring and a thirty-year veneer on a wounded child’s heart. Learn More>

You might say Ralpiel is homeless by choice. The twenty-year-old, affectionately called "Scooby," decided that no home was better than home. "I always wanted to leave South Carolina. Always. A lot of bad things happened to me that shouldn't have happened to me, and I've been trying to get away from a lot of people that were bringing me down." Learn More>

Five sisters. Four brothers. And their mom. All convicted felons. All addicts. A family culture where “an honest day’s work” meant getting enough money for the next high any way you could. Learn More>

Heart to Heart – a message from Executive Director Phil Altmeyer Learn More>

Secrets. The better they’re kept, the more powerful they become. For nearly half her life, Gigi Garcia kept her secrets so well they almost consumed her. Learn More>

I’d like you to meet Greg, 18, Kayleen, 15, and Antonette, 14 – three kids who, thanks to many of you, spent a week last summer at Tshimakain Creek Camp. Learn More>

A t-shaped scar over Clifford Ellenwood’s right eye serves as testament to his reckless drinking days and the night a beer bottle smashed into his face. “I wandered, and I was lost. I was very, very lost.” Learn More>