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City Gospel Mission was founded in 1924 and is widely known for its work with homeless and men and women struggling with addiction. Located at 1419 Elm Street in Over-the-Rhine, City Gospel Mission annually serves over 121,000 hot meals (two per day) and provides a total of 24,000 nights of shelter to people in need.

CGM has two long-term residential recovery programs — Exodus (men) and Having the Courage to Change (women). In September 2009, the Mission opened the Magnolia Building Project — two rehabilitated apartment buildings in Over-the-Rhine that provide transitional housing for 10 men in Exodus. Having the Courage to Change provides structured transitional living to women who seek to recover from life-controlling behaviors such as substance abuse, prostitution, homelessness, job instability and abusive relationships.

In 2001, City Gospel Mission merged with CityCURE , a 501(c)3 non-profit serving at-risk youth throughout Greater Cincinnati. The rapidly growing Whiz Kids tutoring and mentoring initiative is a literacy-based program of CityCURE, which offers 16 relationship-based initiatives, including ballet, outdoor adventures, summer camps, college scholarships and basketball.

In all, City Gospel Mission/CityCURE serves more than 4,700 men, women and youth each year. More than 2,000 volunteers from throughout Greater Cincinnati serve City Gospel Mission and CityCURE.

“It is remarkable what community can do,” City Gospel Mission Vice President Sherman Bradley recently told The Cincinnati Enquirer.

For more information on City Gospel Mission, visit www.citygospelmission.org or call 513-241-5525.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010, Administrator