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Crossroads Mission Avenue would like to announce the opening of a new thrift store serving the Holdrege community. The Holdrege Mission Avenue Thrift Store opened to the public on May 1, 2023 at 408 East Ave., and will serve customers from 10am – 6pm, Monday through Saturday. This addition to the retail shops in Holdrege will supply a local option for purchasing low cost clothing and household goods, as well as an opportunity for Phelps County residents to recycle their unneeded items by donating to the Thrift Store. All proceeds support the efforts of Crossroads Mission Avenue as they provide meals and care for the homeless and needy in Central Nebraska.

Crossroads Mission Avenue has been serving the homeless in Central Nebraska for 40 years, with locations in Kearney, Grand Island and Hastings. The newest Crossroads location will provide homeless services in Lexington, where a capital campaign to raise funding for the expansion is currently underway with an expected opening date of the Mission in 2024. Each campus provides emergency shelter and transitional housing, offering  comprehensive care in a nurturing  environment. This includes services such as safe shelter, hot meals, life skills classes, and one on one case management that helps their guests gain employment, financial independence and stable housing. This equips Crossroads guests for successful living after their time at the shelter and leads to homelessness prevention. Almost 65,000 nights of stay were provided for needy Nebraskans throughout 2022.

The new Mission Avenue Thrift store offers job training experience for Crossroads’ guests, as well as providing employment and volunteer opportunities for the local community. Daniel Buller, Executive Director for Crossroads Mission Avenue, is excited to see the addition of Mission Avenue Thrift in Phelps County. “Crossroads Mission Avenue continues to establish a presence throughout Central Nebraska, not only with homeless shelters currently in Hastings, Kearney and Grand Island, but other facilities in new cities – the most recent being Holdrege Mission Avenue Thrift. Crossroads’ expansion in the region is an effort toward homelessness prevention. These expansion efforts are meeting the needs of food insecurities, creating local career opportunities, supporting low income families, providing sustainable recycle opportunities, while continuing to support our efforts of sustaining such a great Christian organization which was called “home” by over 1,100 people who were homeless in the region throughout 2022. Crossroads is working tirelessly to establish a new homeless shelter outreach in the City of Lexington and is very excited to have opened the two new Mission Avenue Thrift stores in Lexington and Holdrege. Lexington is also home to a monthly mobile food distribution coordinated by Crossroads which has served over 3,800 households in the past 10 months already. Both communities have been extremely welcoming and generous, and for that we are thankful. Our Mission is to bring glory to God through the helping of people, and every operation overseen by Crossroads fulfills that mission. As we look to the future we say, “Lord willing” we will continue to grow and to make a major impact by addressing issues of poverty and homelessness throughout Central Nebraska, and perhaps the Lord will lead the way to opportunities in Western Nebraska as well.” 

Crossroads Mission Avenue’s mission is to bring glory to God through the helping of people.  Homelessness recovery is a long, complicated process for many of their guests, and step by step, Crossroads is there to help them in that process. The new Holdrege Mission Avenue Thrift Store will be a vital addition to their program!