The Bowery Mission is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides hot meals, overnight shelter, and faith-based residential programs for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. Its purpose statement reads: "The Bowery Mission exists to promote the flourishing of New Yorkers overcoming homelessness and marginalization." It is one of the oldest nonprofits in New York City and continues to provide hot meals and chapel services three times daily at its historic 227 Bowery campus between Rivington Street and Stanton Street in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Since the 1990s, The Bowery Mission has expanded from a soup kitchen and men's shelter to providing programs and services at six campuses across the NYC metro area. It is a member of the Citygate Network and is accredited by the ECFA. Programs Programs for Adults At its downtown campuses, The Bowery Mission provides hot meals, clothing, safe overnight shelter and other basic needs and emergency services for New Yorkers experiencing hunger and homelessness. At its uptown campuses, The Bowery Mission provides faith-based Residential Programs for adults in crisis to achieve personal goals for life and work, heal from past trauma, and overcome barriers to independent living. Programs for Children The Bowery Mission's programs for children, Mont Lawn Summer Camp and City Camp, provide children from low-income neighborhoods with opportunities for leadership, skill building, and personal growth. Located in East Harlem and the South Bronx, Mont Lawn City Camp offers year-round enrichment classes, tutoring, and mentoring for children and youth. History The Bowery Mission was founded in 1879 by the Reverend Albert Gleason Ruliffson and Ellen Dorchester Ruliffson. It was the third rescue mission established in the United States and the second in New York City after Water Street Mission established by Jerry McAuley and Maria McAuley in 1872. It had long been the wish of the Jerry McAuley to open a similar mission on the East Side. He frequently talked over the subject with the Ruliffsons, and they opened the mission in a small room at 14 Bowery. Before finding its permanent home at 227 Bowery, the Mission operated in a number of locations in the Bowery neighborhood. It moved to 36 Bowery in 1880 followed by 105 Bowery in 1887. When 105 Bowery was destroyed by fire in 1898, the Mission moved to 55 Bowery and remained there until the building was scheduled to be demolished to make way for the approaches to