Union Gospel Mission Duluth

08/18/2026

📣 WE’RE HIRING! 💙

Want a job where you can make a difference in your community every single day?

UGM is looking for a Mission Support Services Worker to join our team! You’ll help us keep things running while providing food, support, and a welcoming place for our neighbors who need it most.

👇 Apply today:
https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e1a874d8c96b0f29&from=shareddesktop_copy

08/15/2026

Yesterday, a few of our guests found a cramped, hot carrier with a mama cat and her six kittens abandoned down the block. Knowing where to go for care, they brought them to The Mission. 💙

We are very grateful for our guests who stopped to make sure this sweet little family got to safety. We were able to get them cool, hydrated, and transported to the animal shelter for the care they needed. 🐾

08/14/2026

What makes your Fridays fun?? For us, its our friends over at Voyageur Donuts - Canal Park! 🍩

Twice a week, they gift us their leftover gourmet pastries for our meals. These little treats go a long way toward making our guests’ day just a little sweeter.

Thank you - from the bottom of our hearts (and our stomachs)! 😋

08/06/2026

Looking to stamp your 'Discover First Street' Passport AND give back to your community??

For the entire month of August, we are asking our community to collect new socks for our guests. 🧦

In exchange, we will get you one step closer to collecting all 9 stops on your journey!

Click here to learn more and get your passport! 👇
https://dulutheda.org/discover-first-street-passport-program/

08/05/2026

Round up your grocery bill at our local Duluth Whole Foods Co-op this month to support us and our community! 💙

Co-op shopper round-up donations in August will be split 50/50 between Union Gospel Mission and the Grow Local Food Fund!

The Union Gospel Mission will use donated funds to help provide hot, nutritious meals to people experiencing homelessness in the Northland.

The Grow Local Food Fund provides grants for projects that strengthen the resiliency of our local food system and support local food producers.
Learn more about GIVE!: https://buff.ly/EH1JQZu

08/04/2026

08/04/2026

Join us TONIGHT for Neighborhood Night Out! 🎉

We will close our doors at 4pm today and head over to Damiano Center in partnership with Chum to serve hamburgers and hotdogs from 4:30 - 5:30pm! 🍔🌭

We hope to see you all there for this super fun community collaboration! 💙

07/30/2026

Today, we want to acknowledge our friends at Benedictine Monastery of Duluth, MN for the work they do for our community here at The Mission.

Each week, a table of dedicated volunteers joins our dining hall to offer repairs and alterations to our guests, often bringing along these travel-sized sewing kits for us to hand out as well.

This service provides new life to clothes that would otherwise be thrown out and replaced, which is not always an option for our community.

Thank you, friends, for being here for our neighbors in need. 💙

07/29/2026

📣 We're hiring an Outreach Specialist!

If you're passionate about serving others and making a difference in our community, we'd love to hear from you. 💙

Apply today 👇
https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cadb89aab112a10b&from=shareddesktop_copy

07/21/2026

A message from our Executive Director, Katie Hagglund:

Yesterday's enforcement activity by the Duluth Police Department and its partners represents an important step in protecting some of our community's most vulnerable neighbors. I want to sincerely thank DPD for their proactive partnership and their continued willingness to work alongside us as we navigate the very real challenges surrounding our Mission.

Over the past several months, I've met regularly with Duluth Police Department leadership to discuss the increasing exploitation of our guests by individuals seeking to sell illicit drugs around our building. A majority of the names included in today's press release are not Union Gospel Mission guests. Rather, they are individuals who choose to spend time around our property because they know many of the people we serve are battling addiction, working hard to stay sober, or simply trying to access a meal, housing support, or other essential services.

I also want to acknowledge an important reality: addiction is a disease, not a moral failure. Across Minnesota, treatment resources remain in incredibly high demand, and many people who are ready for help struggle to access it. Even after successfully completing treatment, many are discharged back into homelessness because there simply isn't enough housing available. Recovery is difficult enough without having to start over on the streets.

That is why our commitment has never changed. Our doors will always be open to people seeking help. Whether someone is taking their first step toward recovery, returning after a relapse, or simply trying to survive another day, they deserve compassion, dignity, and hope.

What I cannot accept is allowing those who seek to profit from addiction to prey on people who are working so hard to rebuild their lives.

Union Gospel Mission exists to serve our neighbors in need. We are here for those who are struggling. We are not a safe place for individuals who come here to exploit our most vulnerable guests.

Thank you again to the Duluth Police Department for yesterday's efforts and for their continued partnership in helping make our Mission and our surrounding neighborhood safer for everyone.