A Meal.
A Home.
A Future.
Blanchet House serves anyone who comes to our doors 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
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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
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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.
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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 Needs Funding to Complete Construction and Open Doors to Oregonians in Need FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Yamhill County, OR -- Blanchet Farm, a one-of-a-kind rural program for addiction recovery,…
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Harm reduction can lessen health and safety risks associated with drug use. By Duke Reiss In my time working as a Peer Support Specialist at Blanchet House in downtown Portland,…
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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…
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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