Home Sweet Home Ministries exceeds May community challenge goal

Posted on June 5, 2017

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – Home Sweet Home Ministries of Bloomington has announced it has met its May Community Challenge.

The goal was to raise $70,000 to match the gift that a group of donors had offered. That makes a total of $140,000 by the end of May.

“In these challenging times for human service providers, we are grateful that over 600 generous donors accepted the challenge for their gifts to double in value,” Chief Executive Officer Mary Ann Pullin said. “Because of their response, Home Sweet Home Ministries will continue to provide food, shelter and hope to hundreds of men, women, and children in our community.”

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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