“Buffalo City Mission gives me what I need spiritually and mentally and physically,” Frank says. “I really do appreciate what they have done for me.”
Frank worked most of his adult life — a decade in a concrete factory, years of manual labor, and 12-hour warehouse shifts. He is not someone who gives up easily.
When he lost his job and his housing, Frank walked nearly 50 miles to Lockport before collapsing from exhaustion. Police called 211 to locate a shelter with an open bed. They found Buffalo City Mission.
In the time under our roof, Frank has felt loved like never before, and has embraced the care you make possible through your support.
Our team is helping Frank work through past trauma by gently encouraging him to open up. One tool that has really helped is a class held in our Delaware North Opportunity Center called, “Writing Your Way to Freedom.”
Frank says the class has been a game-changer, because he finds it easier to write about his thoughts and struggles than to talk about them.
“I am writing for success,” says Frank, 55, who had not done any creative writing since high school. “Basically, we put down anything we feel on paper — your thoughts, the circumstances you are going through, how you feel about what is going on.”
Frank says the class is helping him find his purpose in life. He has developed enough confidence that he will likely soon be living independently again!
“I feel good about it,” he says.
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