A day shelter is a place for those in the community to go who have no place to go. In our day shelters, we find the homeless, older high school kids, and retirees who don’t have a regular place to go. They come to our day shelters to hang out, to connect with others and to get some basic food and clothes.
A day shelter isn’t like a night shelter—it’s much more busy. There are fewer requirements to begin a day shelter than an overnight
shelter: All we have to do is open our doors and make sure we have trained people to deal with conflict or referrals.
In East Multnomah county, a number of churches, including
Anawim, St. Henry’s Catholic Church, East Hill Four Square, and First Baptist Church have been working together to establish a
network of day shelters. We typically get from 30 to 50 people a day, needing a safe place to be during the day.
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