| Back Bay Mission in Biloxi

The Sun Herald | 04/09/2006 | Back Bay Mission in Biloxi:

"Demolition was scheduled for Monday for all but one of the seven buildings at the 1012 Division Street location...

The mission was founded in 1922 as an outreach for poor families working in Biloxi's seafood factories, but over the years has expanded to include the area's poor, homeless and disenfranchised with help with housing, food and health care"

and then the good news:

"Absolutely we will rebuild," said Nancy Wilson, Back Bay's director of development. "We're working with an architect and we think the facilities we rebuild will serve the community even better than before."

This was the site that a kind volunteer donated to in SBU's name after meeting some of our student volunteers in March.