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Nonprofit homeless services, Portland Oregon. #Homelessness #foodinsecurity Serving & sheltering w dignity. Promoting hope for persons w mental illness & addiction. Previously a criminal defense atty & educator. Living well w multiple sclerosis since 2001
The quest for better sleep is a multi-billion $$ industry. What price then should we be willing to bear to provide people living unsheltered & afraid at night the simple opportunity to sleep in safety & comfort? Overnight emergency shelter is a moral imperative.
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Let’s start with the “why.”
Why is Blanchet House & Farm opening an overnight emergency shelter for women?
Because it will save lives. It’s that simple—and that urgent.
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Help us save a critical and cost effective behavioral health program serving hundreds each day at six different human services providers in Old Town and NW Portland.
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Learning that Multnomah County funding for Blanchet House meal and support services was cut from next year’s purposed Joint Office budget didn’t change the fact that people in our community desperately need our services. Rather than despair, we received this news as a call to do more to help people.
02.04.2025 14:29 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Everyone should buy one of these for themselves or a teacher they love! It's not exactly the same banner, unfortunately, but still! teachers-world.com/shop/ols/pro...
16.03.2025 19:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Can people experiencing homelessness feel joy and happiness? @skermanpdx.bsky.social believes they deserve to. In his latest blog post, he explains how homeless services can do more than provide survival necessities. They can also make people feel respected, connected, and even happy. bit.ly/3Dlrk8O
10.03.2025 21:11 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Enjoyed the opportunity to be on City Cast Portland.
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Thank you for serving our community!
02.03.2025 23:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The pigs think I’m hamming it up too much. The chickens think it’s egg-cellent.
28.02.2025 20:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Found a willing audience at Blanchet Farm to help me practice my speech for Sunday’s Lend a Helping Hand Brunch!
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Finding plenty of inspiration at Blanchet Farm for my speech at Sunday’s Blanchet House Lend a Helping Hand Brunch!
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Can’t wait to read this!
A man started yelling in the cafe when we announced that lunch was ending. Our staff were so kind offering him exit gifts like care kits and socks. He yelled, “I don’t want to be like this… yelling! I don’t want to live like this.” It was so sad. People aren’t choosing to live without housing.
19.02.2025 03:18 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Neil leads a kitchen shift at Blanchet House and works at Goodwill, but his path to stability wasn’t easy. Once a stock trader, he lost everything after personal tragedy and addiction took hold. He cycled through homelessness before finding support at Blanchet. “Listen to those who’ve lived it.”
17.02.2025 21:16 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
These amazing people trekked through the ice and snow to serve breakfast at Blanchet House this morning. We’re open all day for hot meals, warm clothes, support services, and community.
14.02.2025 15:37 — 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you Oregon Senator Lisa Reynolds for walking through a snowstorm to volunteer to serve lunch today!
13.02.2025 22:44 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Happy 73rd Birthday Blanchet House of Hospitality! We've been serving free meals and radical acts of hospitality in Old Town Portland since 1952. Blanchet House is more than an organization—it’s a community of thousands coming together to make the world a kinder place.
11.02.2025 20:52 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Brrr! We gave out 50 coats in under an hour today! We urgently need adult-sized coats and sweatpants of all sizes to keep up with the demand. If you’re able to help, please drop off donations Mon-Sat btwn 8–10:30am or 1–4pm at 310 NW Glisan. Or send items by mail or shop our list amzn.to/44rDjKl
12.02.2025 03:04 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Restoring dignity happens in many ways at Blanchet House, incl. free haircuts to meal guests in the parking lot next to our free café. We know it takes more than meals to promote hope & alleviate suffering. That’s why we provide wraparound services in addition to hot meals
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Mandy surprised us with a donation in memory of her brother Joe, who sadly passed struggling with addiction. He faced a lot of pain after being rejected for being gay.
“What he wanted more than anything was to find somebody to love.”
Full story bit.ly/4aYgTEy
Wrap around services are essential for people exp. unsheltered homelessness or housing insecurity. Blanchet House has developed a roster of supportive services to complement our meal services. Health care & mental health services in pop-up clinics held in the parking lot adjacent to our free Cafe.
11.02.2025 02:25 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In the past yr, Blanchet House provided Day Center Services thanks to Multnomah Cty funding. Although covering only a portion of our expenses, it has significantly helped us sustain & expand services to address growing demand & support those w social & economic challenges
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Much chatter that people won’t go downtown in Portland. Well, each day 50+ volunteers age 14-84 come to Old Town to serve at Blanchet House!
#homelessness
#volunteer
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We’re hiring a Bilingual Peer Support & Housing Specialist to help our guests find shelter, housing, support, and hope. $28.5/hour; Four-day work week Mon, Tue, Fri, and Sat; Apply now and see more details BlanchetHouse.org/jobs.
05.02.2025 21:39 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
On brutally cold nights like we’ve been having in Portland, it’s the lucky few who have sleeping bags at least. Not so lucky of course, but many don’t have that much. 30 degrees when Blanchet House opened for breakfast, serving hot coffee & oatmeal.
#homelessness
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David is proud to say he’s been sober for 1yr 4mths! He’s excited for the future since he came to stay at Blanchet House. “I finally got my life on track," David says.
His message for people?
“Have a little more empathy and patience. I think the majority would succeed if just given some love.”
A scary incident led the police to close the streets around our building for most of the afternoon so we had to cancel spaghetti dinner. BUT our incredible staff wanted to make sure that no one would go hungry tonight so they pivoted to serve sack lunches and more from the door. Heroes!!!
30.01.2025 01:32 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Join Blanchet House for a FREE screening of the docu film, No Place to Grow Old, on Thurs, Jan. 30, 6:30pm at Jesuit High School. Produced by Humans for Housing, the docu is an exploration of the rising crisis of senior homelessness in Portland. RSVP bit.ly/4jjnoFu. #portland #noplacetogrowold
27.01.2025 01:40 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Enter our Choose Your Own Adventure raffle and support Blanchet House's services! The winner can pick Belize, Cancun, Jackson Hole, or Lake Tahoe PLUS airfare from Alaska Airlines! Full details at blanchethouse.ejoinme.org/chooseyourownradventure. Purchase raffle tickets for $50 each.
23.01.2025 02:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Proud to say that the Blanchet House & Farm community resolutely stands by its Core Values & its commitment to alleviate suffering & offer hope for a better life by serving essential aid with dignity. Blanchet House serves anyone who comes to our doors without judgment.
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