Brooklyn Rescue Mission Inc.

Brooklyn Rescue Mission has received an award 2006 for religious community service from the Bed-Stuy Development Corp., 2006 Partners in Transformation award semi- finalist for outstanding efforts in services to deep pockets of poverty and the 2005 Osborn Elliot Community Leadership Award at the New Yorker for New York Awards from Citizens for NYC.

Rev. Robert Jackson and Rev. DeVanie Jackson, Co-founders of the Brooklyn Rescue Mission serve as members of various task-forces, committees and community collaborations. Some of the committees and task forces include: the Bed-Stuy Provider Network, a collaboration of food pantries and soup kitchens in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Community District (CB# 3) Community Emergency Response Team CERT team members and are members of the Central Brooklyn Task Force on Food and Fitness.

Brooklyn Rescue Mission was founded in 2002 by a group of clergy and community workers with a vision to service the hungry, hurting and homeless people of Central Brooklyn with healthy fresh food and clean warm clothing. The mission’s founders helped many poor working families, predominately headed by low wage earners, by providing food outreach and clothing assistance. Brooklyn Rescue Mission, Inc. was successfully formed and now assists families living in a community where many of residents are one paycheck away from homelessness.

Children enjoy a free concert sponsored by Brooklyn Rescue Mission at local youth center.