NDSM is an interfaith community providing charitable assistance to persons in need. As a non-profit, all-volunteer agency, NDSM

• Complements public services

• Lessens the demand for public services

• Increases the financial stability of many of its clients

• Offers opportunities and tools for self improvement

• Improves the immediate and future physical well-being of its patients

• Increases the sense of self worth of many

• Sets an example of fiscal accountability and responsibility, and

• Offers volunteers the opportunity to serve in a meaningful and challenging way