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Along with a handful of other shelters, the Union Rescue Mission was essential to discovering the practice of dumping patients — some still in hospital gowns — on Skid Row.

Serving the homeless population downtown are several great Rescue Missions such as the Union Rescue Mission, the Los Angeles Rescue Mission, the Fred Jordan Rescue Mission as well as the Midnight Rescue Mission.

The case came on the heels of another high-profile patient-dumping case caught on videotape in late 2006 in which an elderly homeless woman, Carol Ann Reyes -- wearing only a hospital gown and suffering from dementia -- was dumped by a Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center van in front of the Union Rescue Mission, according to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, which filed civil and criminal charges against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.

Grizzard To Manage Direct Response Fundraising Initiatives For One Of The Largest Rescue Missions In The United States LOS ANGELES -- Grizzard Communications Group today announced it will serve as Union Rescue Mission of Los Angeles' (URM) full-service agency.

Along with a handful of other shelters, the Union Rescue Mission was essential to discovering the practice of dumping patients — some still in hospital gowns — on Skid Row.

Union Rescue Mission will oversee the temporary shelter, operating it through March 15 with money from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

5 FM KKLA has teamed up with Union Rescue Mission to establish Hope Gardens, a new living community for Skid Row families.

Carol Ann Reyes, 64, was discharged from Kaiser's Bellflower hospital in March 2006 and dropped off by a taxi outside the Union Rescue Mission.