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A Capital Campaign for Blanchet Farm

Help rebuild a one-of-a-kind place of hope and healing.

On a mission to alleviate suffering and offer hope for a better life by serving essential aid with dignity.

What We Do

Blanchet House Hot Meals

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.

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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.

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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.

Ways to Help

Volunteer

Compassionate people aged 14 and older are needed to serve meals, sort clothing, and more. Easily sign up online.

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Donate

Your financial support makes a powerful difference in the lives of the people in need of Blanchet’s life-sustaining services.

Care Kits Kids Blanchet House

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 Farm Ross walking in front of red bard by Kaveer Rai 2023

Blanchet House Announces Campaign to Rebuild Blanchet Farm

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Blanchet House Announces Building Pathways Home Campaign, to Rebuild Facilities for Addiction Recovery at Blanchet Farm Oct. 1, 2023 -- The public phase of Blanchet House’s campaign to rebuild Blanchet…
How to Donate Food Produce

How to Donate Food Safely: Expiration Dates and Good Samaritan Laws

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A guide for understanding how to donate food safely to food banks and charity kitchens. By Jon Seibert  Blanchet House is well known for the thousands of meals we serve…
Ban of homelessness, Nurse Emily Harrington volunteers to aide a woman in pain on the sidewalk outside Blanchet House.

A Ban on Homelessness, But No Safety Net in Place

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We’re all scared, but we don’t have to be if we fund dignified services for the most vulnerable in our community. A Portland ban on homelessness will put people already…
Work helps formerly homeless man John in his recovery

Work Helps Formerly Homeless Man in Recovery

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The healing power of work transformed John Andersson's life and helped him gain sobriety after a stint of homelessness and hopelessness. Blanchet House's unique work-based program helps the homeless in…

OUR PHILOSOPHY

“How we walk with the broken speaks louder than how we sit with the great.”

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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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SERVICES

We make a difference, one relationship at a time, through food, clothing, and supportive housing programs.

LEARN

We welcome and serve meals to everyone with compassion and dignity. Join as a guest, a volunteer, a resident, a donor, or a supporter.

GET INVOLVED

There are many people in immediate need of food, clothing, access to hygiene, shelter, community, and hope.

DONATE

Your gift will help stabilize lives by providing meals, transitional housing, and other vital services to vulnerable individuals and families.