Lighthouse Mission Ministries moved today its Base Camp (formerly the Drop-In Center) for sheltering people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic to 1530 Cornwall Ave. in downtown Bellingham, where it will operate for 3-4 years while a permanent location is selected and developed.
Read on to learn more about how we are partnering with you to continue to make your donations active for the homeless and downtrodden.
After three months at Bellingham High School, the Mission’s Base Camp, formerly known as the Drop-In Center, needs to move again as the high school prepares to reopen for students. It has become increasingly clear that Base Camp will not be able to return to its original location for the foreseeable future.
Lighthouse Mission has moved our temporary basecamp – your monthly recurring gifts are critical support for the ministry.
Act now by giving monetary support to help Lighthouse Mission Ministry effect the world for Christ during this difficult time of global pandemic.
Your partnership during this critical time is truly valuable to so many. Act now and see God move as a result of your generosity.
Whatcom Unified Command (WUC) invited Lighthouse Mission Ministries to help staff their COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Housing on Byron Avenue in Bellingham: Lighthouse Mission Ministries wholeheartedly agreed.
This facility is for anyone in the community who doesn’t have a safe place to self-isolate or cannot be in quarantine at their home.
The Drop-In Center (DIC) moved because the 1013 W Holly St location did not meet the social distancing recommendations put forth by the CDC, Whatcom County Health Department, and the State of Washington due to the Covid-19 public health crisis.
Read the details of how we have partnered with local community officials to provide loving support to those who need beds, and a warm meal.
Q13 reports on Lighthouse Mission’s impact during severe cold. Help now to save lives. We are thankful that our local Fox News affiliate partners with us to get the word out
Each year, Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless to promote awareness, education, and action surrounding hunger and homelessness the week.
A lot goes on here at the Mission! In the past year, we’ve been able to serve 350 nutritious meals per day, shelter well over 300 people at night, and arrange 1,050 medical care visits in collaboration with SeaMar. This is what God’s care looks like through you, our partners here at the Lighthouse Mission!
Your generous cash and online donation of this project will allow us to increase the number of people we can shelter at the Drop-In Center by adding six beds, as well as increase restroom accessibility, eliminate the reliance on portable toilets, and ensure these restrooms will serve many people for years to come.
These are our most vulnerable guests and we want to do whatever we can to give them dignity and a warm place to stay.
Do you need more information on the various emergency Whatcom County shelters and the beds available throughout the county during times of winter emergencies? Read more to find out today.
The Lighthouse Mission provides bedrock support for the county and the individuals of the Bellingham area as we provide well over 300 beds to individuals in need.
Imagine you’re walking along Holly Street in downtown Bellingham. Shivering doesn’t even help to warm you anymore, you’ve been outside so long. You haven’t eaten in two days. Your feet seem to get heavier with each step. You just wish someone would notice. But you feel invisible.
This was Jim’s reality: “Being on the streets, I was very hungry. I felt bad, my stomach really hurt and a lot of the time I couldn’t sleep because of it. I prayed every night that things would change.”
