A Meal.
A Home.
A Future.
Blanchet House serves every person who comes to our doors with dignity and without judgment. We believe everyone deserves food, clothes, community, and hope.
On a mission to alleviate suffering and offer hope for a better life by serving essential aid with dignity.
What We Do
Hot Meals
The Founders Café is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner Monday-Saturday. We serve freshly prepared, well-balanced meals to anyone who comes to our doors during meal hours.
Farm Program
Blanchet Farm, located one hour outside Portland, is a men’s transitional residential program that offers an opportunity to build a healthier, sober life in a rural setting.
House Program
The downtown Portland residential program offers a free safe space to recover and refocus for 8 months. Through dignity and respect, we help you build towards the life you want.
Women’s Shelter
Bethanie’s Room is an overnight shelter for women 18 years or older open from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., 365 days a year.
Ways to Help
Volunteer
Compassionate people aged 14 and older are needed to serve meals, sort clothing, and more. Easily sign up online.
Donate
Your financial support makes a powerful difference in the lives of the people in need of Blanchet’s life-sustaining services.
Make
Help our guests experiencing homelessness from your home. Make toiletry care kits, sack lunches, or collect clothing and sleeping essentials.
Latest News & Events
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Blanchet House welcomes Steve Cook as Executive Director, bringing over 15 years of nonprofit leadership and expertise. May 12, 2026 – Blanchet House has named Steve Cook as its new…
Shared Tables, Shared Commitment On Sunday, we gathered for Blanchet House’s 12th annual Lend a Helping Hand Brunch, united by a shared commitment to our neighbors in need. As a…
A Gift to the Community We were honored to celebrate the grand opening of Bethanie’s Room, our new overnight women’s shelter, with a small group eager to share this gift…
Blanchet House is excited to share the release of Toby’s Farm Adventure, the newest children’s book in the Toby series and a follow-up to Toby Finds a Home. Like the…
OUR PHILOSOPHY
“How we walk with the broken speaks louder than how we sit with the great.”
Our Story
Blanchet House was founded in 1952 by a group of University of Portland alumni as a house of hospitality in the model of those established by the Catholic Worker Movement.
It started with a simple mission to offer food to the unemployed in Old Town. Since then, Blanchet has grown to provide clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs to thousands of people every year downtown and at a farm.
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