Trenton shelter hit hard as N.J. rips up safety net

For more than a century, the Rescue Mission of Trenton has been a beacon of hope for people who have nowhere else to turn.

Now the venerable nonprofit needs rescuing of its own.

“When we have a financial crisis in the shelter, it kind of rocks us to our core,” says CEO Mary Gay Abbott-Young, referring to a $400,000 deficit facing the mission’s shelter and services program.

While the mission can come up with half the money needed to close the gap, Abbott-Young and others are looking to the greater community – residents, foundations, businesses and other organizations – to help raise the remaining $200,000 by the end of next June.

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