Hope Ministries, Square One Community hoping to fill gap of supports in Moose Jaw [Video]

A determined group within Moose Jaw has stepped up to provide assistance to those in need – following the closure of one of the city’s shelters.

“We pulled together a small core team of people that were just interested in doing this, and we started feeding people at different locations, different churches, stepped up, different organizations that we could utilize their space, we were feeding people lunch and supper,” explained Rachel Mullens, acting executive director of Hope Ministries.

Hope Ministries is a new non-profit organization, which is offering permanent meal programing for the community and soon, a day space for those needing a place to warm up as temperatures drop.

Riverside Mission provided several services to the community, including feeding up to 100 people twice a day in addition to shelter space. In August, it was announced that Souls Harbour Rescue Mission, which operated the shelter, was withdrawing from the …