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- EIN 34-1965221
- info@refugeofhope.org
- (330) 453-1785
- 715 Second Street NE Canton OH 44704 USA
- www.refugeofhope.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Congregate Meals, Food, Food Banks & Pantries, Homeless & Housing, Homeless Shelters, Interfaith Coalitions, Religion
Mission: Refuge of hope ministries was established to provide emergency shelter for homeless men, meals for the hungry and spiritual hope through jesus christ in the greater canton area. The organization provides nightly shelter to homeless men in the canton area 365 days a year. The organization's meal ministry provides hot meals to those in need, serving five dinners and two lunches weekly. Breakfast and lunch is served daily to the sheltered men. The organization also runs a community awareness program to provide information to help the community gain an understanding of the physical and emotional needs of homeless individuals, and to partner with others in the community to help move individuals toward self-respect and self-sufficiency.
Programs: The organization provides hot meals to those in need, serving five dinners and three lunches weekly. Breakfast and lunch is also served daily to the sheltered men. Number of meals served from meal ministry - over 86,000. $551,962 in food donated to our organization was distributed to those in need in 2017.
the organization provides shelter nightly to homeless men. Over 15,000 nights of shelter was given during the year and $92,388 in clothing and personal products was distributed to men in the shelter, as well as men, women, and children meal guests and the community at large in 2017.
the organization also runs a community awareness program to provide information to help the community gain an understanding of the physical and emotional needs of homeless individuals and to partner with others in the community to help move individuals toward self-respect and self-sufficiency.