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2023 Candlelight Memorial Service
The 2023 Candlelight Memorial Service will take place on Thursday, November 16th at our Pensacola Mission. The purpose of this event is to remember those in the homeless community who have lost their lives in the last year. We invite the community to join us in prayer during this event. DATE: November 16, 2023 at 5:30 LOCATION: 348…
2023 Cold Weather Community Forum
The Cold Weather Community Forum will take place on Wednesday, November 8th. Real Change Escambia will run the event, but it will be hosted at Waterfront Rescue Mission in Pensacola. The purpose of this event is to team up with our community partners to produce a “cold weather plan” for this winter. LOCATION: Waterfront Rescue Mission, 348…
Our Summer LifeBuilder Graduation
This August we celebrated the men that graduated from our LifeBuilder Recovery Program. Earlier this year, the 90-day program was restructured to a three-phase program totaling 9 months in duration. Phase 1 – Recovery Readiness, Phase 2- LifeBuilder, and Phase 3 – Career Development. This format was to better ensure that our clients were equipped…
Real Change Escambia on September 26, 2023
Waterfront Rescue Mission will have a booth set up at the 2023 Real Change Escambia event. The purpose of this event was to provide resources and information to the homeless community in Escambia County. The following will be provided for anyone in need: free lunch, opioid addiction education, Florida ID services, free haircut, and free…
Our Summer LifeBuilder Graduation
This August we celebrated the men that graduated from our LifeBuilder Recovery Program. Earlier this year, the 90-day program was restructured to a three-phase program totaling 9 months in duration. Phase 1 – Recovery Readiness, Phase 2- LifeBuilder, and Phase 3 – Career Development. This format was to better ensure that our clients were equipped…
Dylan’s Story
Meet Dylan. Dylan at the young age of 19 lost his father. He spent years depressed, making bad choices, and struggling with addiction. He finally got to the point where he had enough and knew he needed to make some changes in his life and ended up at Waterfront. Dylan was also a professing Wiccan.…
Meet George
Meet LifeBuilder Recovery Program Client George George had a rough childhood growing up and spent nearly twenty years off and on of his adult life battling drug and alcohol addictions. He experienced periods of homelessness, brief months of sobriety followed by relapse, and eventually two heart attacks. He finally realized he needed to leave the…