by April Canik | Oct 27, 2022 | Blog, News, Volunteer
Seamstress training for the young (and young-at-heart) Volunteer SHOUT OUT to Donna Dockell, Wilma Mitchell, Kathy Deleon and Amalia Chamberlain (not pictured) for sharing their sewing expertise with students and adults excited to learn a practical, marketable skill....
by April Canik | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog, Global Footprint, Homeless Ministry, News, Volunteer, What We Do
By: April Canik Houston’s inner city in the early 1960s was a harsh contrast to her family-friendly farming community of Centralhatchee, Georgia, but Mildred McWhorter saw it as the ideal place to establish the missionary outposts now known as Mission Centers of...
by April Canik | Aug 16, 2022 | Blog, News, Volunteer
Tamara and Jonathan Brooks each grew up with a deep value for ministry and service, first encountering the MCH when Tamara was the UofH BSM Director. “We have fond memories serving with our students, so it was a natural choice when we had kids. The boys and I have...
by April Canik | Jul 26, 2022 | Blog, Homeless Ministry, News
What happens when an army of volunteers cook up 110 burgers, 120 hot dogs and pie a la mode at Gano Mission Center’s Bless the Homeless Independence Day Picnic? Everyone gets blessed! Organizers Greg and Annadell Robbins are thankful that 51 people without...
by April Canik | Feb 24, 2021 | Blog
I met Dennis about 4 years ago. He and his wife Felicia were homeless, and every couple of days they came to the Gano Center in need of food and basic necessities. They lived in their car, were both unemployed, and Felicia had a severe drug addiction. But I was...
