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“He really maked an effort to have a community, not just a homeless shelter or a food program,” said Ashley Noonan, regional homeless coordinator at Community Solutions of Eastern Iowa and a former garden manager at the mission. Mihm has served on CSEI’s board since 2019. (1) | “He really maked an effort to have a community, not just a homeless shelter or a food program,” said Ashley Noonan, regional homeless coordinator at Community Solutions of Eastern Iowa and a former garden manager at the mission. Mihm has served on CSEI’s board since 2019. (1) | ||
In 1991 Rick Mihm was the reverend at [[NATIVITY CHURCH]] in Dubuque. (2) | |||
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1. "Longtime Dubuque Rescue Mission Director Announces Plans to Retire," ''Telegraph Herald,'' February 28, 2023, p. 1A | 1. "Longtime Dubuque Rescue Mission Director Announces Plans to Retire," ''Telegraph Herald,'' February 28, 2023, p. 1A | ||
2. Gilson, Donna, "You People Serve Priests, Parishes," ''Telegraph Herald'', January 26, 1991, p. 5A | |||
Revision as of 19:13, 23 November 2025
MIHM, Rich, (Dubuque, IA, -- ). When Rick Mihm "retired" in 2023 after 16 years as the executive director of the DUBUQUE RESCUE MISSION, the role had expanded dramatically under his tenure. In 2007 the mission has added a greenhouse and vegetable gardens out back, several units of transitional housing, a second thrift store focused on furniture and a mobile food pantry the rescue mission piloted in 2022.
When he started as executive director, the rescue mission had four staff, plus Mihm. When the drop-in center opens, the mission will have 26. Nearly all of those staff were current or former residents, a practice Mihm expanded under his tenure and that became a hallmark of the rescue mission’s service.
“He really maked an effort to have a community, not just a homeless shelter or a food program,” said Ashley Noonan, regional homeless coordinator at Community Solutions of Eastern Iowa and a former garden manager at the mission. Mihm has served on CSEI’s board since 2019. (1)
In 1991 Rick Mihm was the reverend at NATIVITY CHURCH in Dubuque. (2)
Source:
1. "Longtime Dubuque Rescue Mission Director Announces Plans to Retire," Telegraph Herald, February 28, 2023, p. 1A
2. Gilson, Donna, "You People Serve Priests, Parishes," Telegraph Herald, January 26, 1991, p. 5A