Give homeless young men a hopeful, successful future!
Support our David Development Program.
So many young men end up on the streets of Hampton Roads because they lack the basic skills to live independent, successful lives. Often products of broken homes, joblessness, or trauma, they find themselves overlooked or cast aside by society, alone and hopeless. But together we can help them help themselves before it’s too late.
Help restore the lives of homeless young men with your gift for our David Development Program, a pathway to wholeness designed for all Bashford Men’s Shelter guests between the ages of 18 and 31. The program is named for King David, “a man after God’s own heart,” though many of his life choices were far from perfect. Just as David slew Goliath with God’s help, he’s a model for other men to face and defeat the giants in their own lives.
When you support our annual Path to Purpose campaign, you provide the promising young men in our program with the tools they need to build a better future. Here at The Union Mission, they find future-focused Christian care, life-skills training, job readiness classes and help with employment, anger management, mental health care, Christian discipleship, personal mentoring, and ongoing aftercare! Your donation of $100, $250, or any amount can unlock the boundless potential that lives inside each of them—and change the trajectory of generations to come!
God has a plan for each of us—including the struggling teens and 20-somethings who arrive at our doors. Discover why so many young men across Hampton Roads find themselves homeless, and how our upgraded David Development Program helps them find jobs, counseling, motivation, and Christian mentoring to escape the cycles of homelessness, poverty, abuse, addiction, and hopelessness. 
“The David Development Program taught me to think more about the decisions I make in life, to be more humble, and to change the way I approach people—to show them more respect. They helped me become a man.” —Shaun, 23