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The Drop-In Center

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The Drop-In Center

A low barrier resource center welcoming the unhoused community. Come as you are. Pleasant St. We are open Saturdays 9:00am-2:00pm and Wednesdays 9:00am-12:00pm.

Drop-in Center is a low barrier weekend resource center welcoming the unhoused community. Lunch is served both days. Our location offers toiletries, blankets, and other items we can gather to help support our guests.

05/31/2026

Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
Moving Forward Program Report
We are open Wednesday and Saturday, 9 AM – 1 PM at 121 Mill St, Auburn.

By the Numbers:
Guests: 143; 6 newcomers. Welcome!
Guests provided with storeroom goods: 126
Showers: 27
Volunteers: 19
Community Service Providers: 13+ – connecting our guests to resources
Meal supporters: Georgio’s, Panera and our amazing cooking crew!
Donation drop-offs: 28

Special Mention:
Erica and another volunteer from NFI North stopped by to package items in the store.
Darlene did free haircuts for guests in the Training Room - guests were grateful and looked spiffy!
Special shoutout to guest Brayden who folded up the new black rectangular tables and put them on the cart for us.

By the Heart:
Not only are two meals and survival goods available here, but every Wednesday area service providers join us and are available to all our guests. This week included:

Andwell Health Partners
Spurwink Community Outreach Team
Disability Rights Maine
Kennebec Behavioral Health PATH Program
Better Life Partners
Strengthen LA
Preble Street Veterans Housing Services
City of Auburn – a staff member doing Coordinated Entry Assessments
Health on Wheels mobile medical unit
Safe Voices
NFI North

We are grateful that these agencies have committed to reaching out with us.

Consider joining us. You can reach out to Jen at [email protected]

05/28/2026

Spurwink is proud to offer a special viewing and panel discussion of Building Hope: Ending Homelessness in Maine, alongside the City of Auburn.

Directed by Richard Kane and produced by Melody Lewis-Kane, the film shines a compassionate light on the realities of Maine’s homelessness crisis. Through deeply personal stories, Building Hope explores the challenges faced by unhoused individuals and families, while highlighting the hope that emerges when communities come together to create solutions.

Learn more at spurwink.org/building-hope ➡

05/27/2026

Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
We are open Wednesday and Saturday, 9 AM – 1 PM at 121 Mill St, Auburn.

By the Numbers:
Guests: 152; 11 newcomers. Welcome!
Guests provided with storeroom goods: 88
Showers: 29
Volunteers: 17
Meal supporters: Georgio’s, Panera and Wallingford’s
Donation drop-offs: 60

Special Mentions:
Karen & Shawn stayed late to make sure every last clean-up task was completed!
Our new kitchen is in full swing now. Lunch was pulled pork, mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, Brussel sprouts, carrots, yams & pasta salad - yum!

By the Heart:
Please keep your eyes open for yard sales, store sales, and other opportunities to help our program. Do you have a bag of cute travel sized items but never use them? Did your family outgrow a tent, backpack, or some clothing? Is there a yard sale with tons of men’s clothing? Every donation, large or small, makes a difference and is used locally.
Current needs:
Clean blankets, tents, backpacks & sleeping bags.
Small tarps: 6x8 or 8x10.
Men’s pants and shirts: All sizes.
Woman’s pants: sizes 0,2,4,6, 2x, 3x &4x.; sports bras all sizes; underwear sizes 6 & 8.
Socks, hoodies, spring/summer jackets.
Skirt hangers.
Bug spray, sun screen, aloe gel, sun glasses, body wipes, unscented bar soap, travel size shave cream & travel size hand sanitizer.

We need more kitchen and store helpers every time that we are open. Consider joining us. You can reach out to Jen at [email protected]

05/27/2026

Wednesday, June 3 is our first ever SUMMER COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC! In addition to breakfast, lunch, showers, clothes and all the other great things our guests can access every Wednesday, we've invited some extra special providers to offer foot care, ear care, heart/lung checks, vision screenings, plus info and goodies to protect your skin and the rest of your body! Everyone is welcome! (The Drop-In Center is open from 9am-1pm, but providers will start heading out at 12 noon, so get there early!)

We would be so grateful to receive donations of the following items to give to guests:
- sunscreen
- bug spray
- anti-itch cream
- foot powder or spray
- toenail clippers
- socks
- reading glasses (new or used, any prescription)
- reusable shopping bags

Donations can be dropped off on Wednesdays or Saturdays from 9am-1pm at 121 Mill Street in Auburn (come down the left side of the building to the glass door at the top of the ramp). Message us if you have any questions - and thank you in advance!

05/15/2026

Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
Moving Forward Program Report
We are open Wednesday and Saturday, 9 AM – 1 PM at 121 Mill St, Auburn.

By the Numbers:
Guests: 127; 2 newcomers. Welcome!
Guests provided with storeroom goods: 99
Showers: 28
Volunteers: 20
Community Service Providers: 15+ – connecting our guests to resources
Meal supporters: Georgio’s and Panera
Donation drop-offs: 28

Special Mention:
Eddie Greyfox from The Wellness Mobile set up a table to give away socks, underwear and bras.
Our new Bates College intern, Chidera, helped in the store. We're so lucky to have her!
A big thank you to Ocean State Job Lot for the snacks they donated - large numbers were given out to guests!

By the Heart:
Briella Ntungane, who is the Statewide Homeless Data Lead for Maine, stopped by to learn how she can best support us as we do Coordinated Entry Assessments – an effort to get our guests connected with resources that lead to stable housing.
It is so easy to look past our unhoused neighbors, but our center is not looking away. Stable housing is truly the key to the path back to a fulfilling life.

Consider joining us! You can reach out to Jen at [email protected]

05/13/2026

We were so honored to receive The Harward Center Award for Outstanding Partnership at Bates College last night! We love all of the Bates students who volunteer with us - whether as part of their coursework or because they're wonderful humans who care about the people in our community (or both!).

And congrats to a few of our "Batesies" who also received awards last night: Natalie (Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellowship Award), Molly (Award for Outstanding Academic Community Engagement), as well as Caitlin and the entire Women's Lacrosse Team (Award for Outstanding Community Engagement by a Club/Team).

05/09/2026

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
Moving Forward Program Report

By the Numbers:
Guests: 117; 9 newcomers. Welcome!
Guests provided with storeroom goods: 125
Showers: 28
Volunteers:19
Community Service Providers: 12+ – connecting our guests to resources
Meal supporters: Georgio’s and DaVinci’s
Donation drop-offs: 41
Special Mention:
The Health on Wheels mobile medical unit joined us again today, to check in with guests and provide supplies.
A big thank you to Ocean State Job Lot for the snacks they donated - large numbers were given out to guests!

By the Heart:
Now that we have a kitchen manager, we can make more connections with the community. This week, Georgio’s of Auburn joined us by donating yummy donuts, some of which are in this picture. Every time that we are open we are feeding over 100 hungry unhoused neighbors twice! Every little bit helps.

05/06/2026

Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
We are open Wednesday and Saturday, 9 AM – 1 PM at 121 Mill St, Auburn.

By the Numbers:
Guests: 114; 6 newcomers. Welcome!
Guests provided with storeroom goods: 88
Showers: 28
Volunteers: 18
Meal supporters: Panera Bread and Wallingford’s
Donation drop-offs: 40

Special Mentions:
This was our first day cooking everything in-house! We started with a simpler "self-serve" breakfast to allow time for cooking lunch.
We ran our first load of laundry in the washer/dryer in the kitchen that's now hooked up.
A big thanks to St. Michael's church for their monthly drop-off of to-go lunches for guests. We were able to share a few leftovers with the Alter L/A Shelter in Lewiston.

By the Heart:
This is Ken, who works hard organizing and distributing donations and survival items in the storeroom. After that he patrols the grounds, rain or shine, to make sure that trash is picked up. We see your big heart, Ken!
We need more kitchen and store helpers every time that we are open. Consider joining us. You can reach out to Jen at [email protected]

04/28/2026

Hooray for May with our Health on Wheels friends!

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121 Mill Street
Auburn, ME
04210

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Wednesday	9am - 1pm
Saturday	9am - 1pm

Telephone

+12072411849

Website

https://www.thedrop-incenter.org/

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