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So yeah, this is my first indoor [service], it’s so exciting. Shahrazi, who attended Wilson High School in Southwest Portland, used to be homeless. He was sleeping on the streets, using drugs and, he said, suffering from schizophrenia. We recognize that this injustice can lead to housing and food insecurity, creating the need for our programs.
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We just stopped getting really heavy donations lately of tomatoes and cabbage, and sometimes it’s like a whole truckload of broccoli. Another thing that we often have to put into the equation is the preppers and the servers and everybody that makes this happen can fluctuate almost as much as the ingredients can. It’s all on having the residents available, having volunteers who are interested in spending time here. That’s a challenge that can happen every day — whether you’ve got those hands — but then not skipping a beat, we still open at the same time every day three meals a day, six days a week. So, it’s just a blessing when it all works out like this, and it does most all the time.
Hot Meals
Blanchet House is a nonprofit social services organization located in Old Town Portland with a farm in Carlton, Oregon. We make a difference, one relationship at a time, through food, clothing, and supportive residential programs. We serve all without judgment because we believe everyone deserves dignity, hope, and community. Blanchet House & Farm gets life-saving aid to our neighbors living on the margins and provides pathways out of homelessness and hunger.
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Free food and meals are available for everyone to enjoy in the Founders Cafe. One entree (meat or vegetarian) with sides is served at every meal service Monday-Saturday. Blanchet House’s three-year strategic plan was created through an inclusive process involving the Board of Directors, guests served, volunteers, community partners and staff. The goals and strategies reflect an integrated approach to fulfilling our mission as Blanchet House moves forward and continues to meet the needs of many. 10 years after opening, Blanchet House increased the number of meals it could serve and the breadth of services it could provide. Thanks impart to the addition of full-time Executive Director, Al Riley, who served for 38 years without pay.
We receive no government or archdiocese funding for programs. A small contribution goes a long way at Blanchet House of Hospitality. After nearly 10 years of planning and fundraising, all the while serving those in need, the Blanchet House board was able to build and open a new building. LEED platinum certified, the new and improved Blanchet House increased our capacity to feed and house those in need.
Farm Residential Program
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. A way you can help people experiencing homelessness is by volunteering with an aid group. At Blanchet House, compassionate people aged 14 and older are needed to serve meals and drinks, organize clothing, and more. COVID vaccinations are required to serve on-site at Blanchet House.
Free Food and Meals for Everyone
Showers was told they told the building for a little more than $1 million and they split the money between 30 local organizations. Please go to BlanchetHouse.org for the exact date that incentives are offered to donors. At Blanchet House & Farm, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of who we are. We strive to foster belonging and empowerment while serving aid to our diverse community. We listen to learn and facilitate a culture where diversity and inclusivity are valued and celebrated. We met Leonard, an elderly man who lives in a tiny apartment infested with bed bugs.
Volunteers
In these unprecedented times, people who have recently been laid off or lost housing are standing next to people who have relied on free food for years. Blanchet House rescues fresh, surplus food from businesses around Portland like Trader Joe’s. We take in more than 300,000 pounds of donated food annually, inspect it for quality, prepare meals and store it, then share extras with peer groups. The founders learned that there was a need for a place outside of Portland where men struggling with addiction could escape the temptations of the city.
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Blanchet House serves Portland’s unhoused community three meals a day, six days a week. On the Ledge is hosted by Blanchet House’s Emerging Professionals Board, a team of compassionate leaders dedicated to offering aid to people facing housing and food insecurity in Portland. Now in its fifth year, On the Ledge serves a dual purpose of celebrating artists, while raising funds to support Blanchet House's crucial services to the houseless community.
Kerman said Blanchet is in the process of evaluating the potential renovation of the Riley House at Northwest Hoyt and 13th Avenue. Blanchet purchased the house in the 1960s with donations left in a will. Beyond maintaining the Old Town and Carlton programs, Blanchet has major goals it’s trying to accomplish. Blanchet House’s mission and core values embody our commitment to serving anyone in need with dignity and without discrimination or judgment. We recognize that our Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities are disproportionately impacted by socio-economic injustice.
I started on St. Patrick’s Day, everything was shut down, [and I was] all dressed up, nowhere to go. I came out here from Vancouver, and they were the only place open to do things. I actually came out for six days a week when everything was shut down, but I’ve been doing lunches on Mondays ever since, now for a couple of years.
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