My mother-in-law passed a few months back. The things that were in good condition were being removed and given away. Had the occasion to visit Victory Mission there in the center of Salinas California. If you don't know what tragic is, you need to drive through the area around the mission. It's heartbreaking to see human beings existing in such a deplorable environment. It just broke my heart, to see this and realize it's not easy to fix. I was there to donate a recliner used by my mother-in-law. The center gladly accepted my donation and I departed. On my way out of the area, I began praying for the Lord to help and bless the people. Sometimes we don't realize how lucky we are, it could be so much worse. The people most likely will live the rest of their lives in a place like this, a much shorter life, not having family and friends there at the end. If you can help please, do so, I know the Lord will bless you too.

As old as this building is, this organization probably does the most in the city as far as what they have to offer, but they always get bashed because they are Christian organization. So of course everybody has an opinion of what Christians should be doing or how they should be conducting business. But don't know any other place that offers a homeless shelter a day center, a nightly Christian service, a hot meal, food bags, clothing, hygiene kits, celebrate recovery, a sober living program, and a transitional housing program. And they also work with CDCR and Geo called to stop program and yet they get very little money from the city, county, state or federal if any at all. It's all generated by the services they provide to other facilities and/or through donations

I give Victory Mission 3 stars because what do you expect from a gospel homeless shelter. They provide a clean, safe, welcoming place to stay and a decent meal, and offer Bible based recovery programs for the men who seek shelter there. They need the city's help, but there isn't much coming, so they do it on their own. Come on Salinas, let's all pitch in !