[caption id="attachment_582" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Las Vegas Rescue Mission"]<a href="http://www.vegasrescue.org/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-582" title="Las Vegas Mission" src="http://giveyoursole.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//dsc_3667-300x174.jpg" alt="Las Vegas Rescue Mission" width="300" height="174" /></a>[/caption]

Las Vegas is a lot like Hollywood in the sense that many people travel there to make it big only to end up on the streets.  Money surrounds and sustains both cities while those that were once dreamers now become survivors who find themselves without food, shelter or clothes.   The <a href="http://www.vegasrescue.org/" target="_blank">Las Vegas Rescue Mission </a> and operations manager, Randal Salinas, are working hard to give relief and hope to those who come through their doors.

[caption id="attachment_583" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Randal Salinas / Operations Manager"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-583" title="dsc_3665" src="http://giveyoursole.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//dsc_3665-300x199.jpg" alt="Randal Salinas / Operations Manager" width="300" height="199" />[/caption]

To give you an idea of what the mission is up against and what they are doing to make a difference here are some incredible statistics that Randal shared with me when I recently visited the mission.

Meals Served in October : 26,846

Number of Beds for Shelter of Hope : 674

Number of Beds for Mens Dorm: 1,290

Number of Emergency Shelter Beds : 1,964