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the volunteers and staff of lighthouse mission are healing homelessness through love and kindness.

Thanksgiving Community Dinner

Thanksgiving Community Dinner. For over the last 100 years, Lighthouse Mission has been providing Thanksgiving meals to the city’s homeless and needy families. We have been partnering with community leaders,…

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Drive for Joy 2024

Announcing a special one-day donation event: Drive for Joy! On December 7th, from 10AM-1PM, come to the parking lot across the street from our new building and bring any of…

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Thanksgiving Dinner For Local Homeless for those who were most in need.

Seeking support for 100th Thanksgiving Homeless Person Dinner

The Lighthouse Mission’s 100th-annual Thanksgiving dinner will be served by dozens of volunteers at noon Thursday, Nov. 23 at the Church of the Assumption’s gymnasium, 2116 Cornwall Ave. The church donates use of the gymnasium for this dinner and anyone who is hungry is welcome.

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A Staff member and a guest of Lighthouse Mission are bringing about change because of your gifts.

What Motivates You?

It takes a special calling and a heart for people and Jesus to do this work! Supporting the Whatcom County and Bellingham area’s homeless, and continuing to bring the light and hope of Christ to those who are most in need is difficult work! But because of your partnership with our mission, and your regular recurring financial gifts, we are excited about continuing the work that God has called for us to do on your behalf.

Read more to see what keeps us going on a daily basis for the homeless of our area.

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Lighthouse Mission is remodeling its four-building campus in Bellingham’s Old Town, which includes demolition of its building at 910 W. Holly St. and building a new facility there. “There has been an increase in local homelessness and this is our response to that problem" - keep reading to learn more about our expansion project.

Planning for a New Facility

Lighthouse Mission is remodeling its four-building campus in Bellingham’s Old Town, which includes demolition of its building at 910 W. Holly St. and building a new facility there.

“There has been an increase in local homelessness and this is our response to that problem” – keep reading to learn more about our expansion project.

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Campus Remodel FAQ - answering your questions about how we are continuing to help the homeless in their time of need.

Lighthouse Mission Ministries Campus Remodel FAQ

We have recently announced that plans are in the works to remodel the Lighthouse Mission campus, including demolition and building of a new facility. You can read more here. We created this FAQ to help answer any questions in the community that arise because of this future project. We are incredibly grateful for this community’s support and care of our neighbors who are homeless.

Want to partner with us as we remodel this ministry for the homelessness of our community? Donate today and start a recurring online donation in order to change a life today.

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A man sitting outdoors near the entrance of a tent. And Lighthouse will make a difference in his life through your giving.

The Hardest Thing About Working at Lighthouse Mission

Are you interested in learning more about what it’s like to interact with hopelessness and despair on a daily basis? Lighthouse Mission works to partner with donors in order to intervene on behalf of panhandlers, drug addicts, alcoholics, and homeless people in order to provide them with hope. But this work has its good days and bad days for sure. Here is a compilation from a variety of our staff members sharing about the most difficult parts of their role:

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OUR MISSION
OUR MISSION : Healing homelessness with Christ's power and love
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