Boston Rescue Mission (BRM)
About
Boston Rescue Mission is a downtown nonprofit that has fed hungry people and housed homeless people in Boston since 1899. Today it provides emergency overnight shelter with hot meals, toiletries, and bathroom and shower facilities for people in need across Greater Boston. It also runs residential recovery programs for women and men moving from homelessness toward independent living, describing itself as a healing community that offers life-transforming services alongside basic necessities.
The Rev. John Samaan became director in 1993, succeeding Harold Milner, and the 1990s brought daily meals, longer-term transitional shelter for women and men, and job training. In 1995 the city asked the Mission to join a winter pilot program for the growing shelter population, and it joined the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance to advocate for policy and funding. Since the 2000s, staff and volunteers have also traveled to Haiti, India, and Kenya on service trips.
What to Know
- The Mission partners with Chick-fil-A to care for neighbors in Boston.
- Residents ready to move on look for affordable housing leads, and the Mission asks the public to share them.
- John Samaan has written a book relating the parables of Jesus to modern times, offered free as a PDF.
- A newsletter shares client stories, news, and updates on special programs.
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