CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —  A local nonprofit is celebrating a major milestone in its mission to serve the Coastal Bend.

Mission 911 marked 25 years of service Tuesday evening with “The Art of Hope,” a special event held at the Art Museum of South Texas. The celebration honored stories of resilience and lives transformed through the organization’s work, which focuses on breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness with compassion and care.

Mission 911 Executive Director Lauren Cargill said the anniversary is not just about looking back, but also about building a stronger, more hopeful future for the Coastal Bend.

“The vision in the new space is to be kind of like a hub for other agencies to come in and really eliminate some of those barriers that our guests face like transportation or just not being able to understand how to navigate certain things like benefits,” Cargill said.

And as viewers may have noticed, 3NEWS’ Bill Churchwell pulled double duty, reporting on the event and emceeing the celebration for Mission 911.

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