Started in 1938 as a soup kitchen to feed men displaced by Great Depression, Atlanta Mission strives to transform the lives of those facing homelessness. To meet the increasing needs in the society, Atlanta mission continued expanding its services and in 1967, expands its services to offer recovery services to men facing homelessness. The Potter’s House opens offering long-term residential recovery programs for men experiencing homelessness due to addiction. Today, the mission offers following services:
- Beds
- Meals
- Laundry
- Social services
- Life skills classes
- One-on-one counseling
- Clinical groups
- Process groups
- Vocational training
- Small groups
- Spiritual services
The Shepherd’s Inn serves up to 450 men every day with the goal of shepherding them, one at a time, into a new life of independent living.
The Need: Being a residential facility, the shelter provides hot meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) to its clients. Atlanta Sai Center takes care of cooking breakfast once a month. We call this service “Men’s shelter breakfast service”.
The service: Every 4th Sunday of the month, we assemble at Men’s shelter. We cook eggs, tater tots, biscuits; bring fresh fruit and offer these as breakfast. We typically cook for about 200 residents.
Interesting fact: We consistently get appreciation notes from residents.
