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HP002......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
BOISE RESCUE MISSION - Stating findings of the Legislature and commending
the Boise Rescue Mission for fifty years of service to the Treasure Valley.
02/20 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/21 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
02/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/25 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Bowers
Title apvd - Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE PROCLAMATION NO. 2 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 1 A PROCLAMATION 2 COMMENDING THE BOISE RESCUE MISSION FOR FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE TREASURE 3 VALLEY. 4 We, the members of the House of Representatives of the State of Idaho 5 assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, 6 do hereby proclaim: 7 WHEREAS, the Boise Rescue Mission began its service dedicated to the home- 8 less, the addicted and the unfortunate on November 16, 1958, when Reverend 9 Charles Bradshaw, Pastor Orville Stiles and businessman Walter Wilson estab- 10 lished the Christ's Gospel Mission in Boise; and 11 WHEREAS, in the early 1960's the name of the Mission was changed to the 12 Boise Rescue Mission; and 13 WHEREAS, since 1958, the Boise Rescue Mission has expanded its mission and 14 facilities by opening the Lighthouse Rescue Mission in 1999, as a full service 15 rescue mission for Canyon County, by opening City Light Home for Women and 16 Children in 2000 to provide emergency services, including shelter, meals, 17 clothing and counseling, for homeless women and children, by acquiring the 18 Community House from the City of Boise in 2003, to greatly expand all of its 19 programs and to provide emergency shelter and meals, and by providing transi- 20 tional housing for men and for women to assist these people in receiving out- 21 patient recovery services and in participating in the Boise Rescue Mission's 22 Work Search Accountability Program; and 23 WHEREAS, the Boise Rescue Mission is currently supported financially by 24 over 600 Idaho churches, more than 1,000 area businesses and over 20,000 indi- 25 viduals and families; and 26 WHEREAS, more than 3,000 volunteers serve at the Mission annually; and 27 WHEREAS, in 2007, the Boise Rescue Mission distributed over 8,000 toys to 28 needy children, served over 239,273 meals, including over 6,800 Thanksgiving 29 and Christmas dinners and provided over 89,910 shelter nights, including 30 26,074 for women and children; and 31 WHEREAS, the Boise Rescue Mission has been ably served by dedicated direc- 32 tors over the years, including Lewis A. Bartz and his wife, John and Lucille 33 Drzewiecki, Tony and Donna Chung, Reverend Mark Holsinger, and Reverend 34 William and Sandra Roscoe; and 35 WHEREAS, the Boise Rescue Mission continues to expand its efforts to 36 assist those in most need of help. 37 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED by the members of the House of Represen- 38 tatives assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Leg- 39 islature, that we deeply appreciate the Boise Rescue Mission's half century of 40 dedicated service to the Treasure Valley needy and that we encourage the Boise 41 Rescue Mission to continue its mission of providing shelter, meals, encourage- 42 ment, counseling and hope.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17921
This is to commend the Boise Rescue Mission on fifty years of
service to Treasure Valley. They have provided shelter, meals,
encouragement, counseling and hope to the needy in our community
and they have done all this at no expense to the taxpayer.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
Contact
Name: Representative Curtis Bowers
Phone: (208)332-1000
Representative Diana Thomas
Phone: (208)332-1000
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