Since 1982, the Guest House has been creating solutions to homelessness in Milwaukee.
The Guest House mission is to provide shelter, housing, education, and services to Milwaukee's homeless who seek to transform their lives with dignity and purpose.
414-345-3240
1216 N 13th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53205
www.guesthouseofmilwaukee.org What began as an emergency response to homelessness has grown into a multifaceted effort to help people recover from the trauma of homelessness and rega
The Guest House mission is to provide shelter, housing, education, and services to Milwaukee's homeless who seek to transform their lives with dignity and purpose.
414-345-3240
1216 N 13th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53205
www.guesthouseofmilwaukee.org What began as an emergency response to homelessness has grown into a multifaceted effort to help people recover from the trauma of homelessness and rega
Operating as usual
We're currently looking to replenish some essential items for our clients, and cereal is at the top of our list! Visit guesthouseofmilwaukee.org/in-kind-donations to learn more about our current wishlist items, and to access Guest House's Amazon Smile account - where any items of need you purchase will be shipped directly to our donation center.
This , Guest House recognizes the generosity of those who responded to the needs of Milwaukee’s growing homeless population in 1982, opening the doors to our shelter to provide hospitality, opportunity, and possibility to our fellow community members. Through our 40 years, that generosity has persisted - continually helping to propel our growth and support our clients’ journeys to independence in more effective, innovative ways year after year. Your contributions to help advance our legacy of providing more than shelter truly represent what’s so great about our community! We thank you! Visit https://linktr.ee/guesthousemke to learn more about our history, or to make a gift in support of Guest House of Milwaukee.
In honor of Veterans Day, we're sending special recognition to all current and former clients of our Veterans Housing Program. We remain committed to serving those who have so selflessly served all of us through the years.
We would also like to express our deep gratitude to all the members of our team here at Guest House of Milwaukee who have served - Thank you for all you’ve done!
FRIDAY FACT: We're dedicated to providing quality outpatient counseling services to Guest House clients AND members of the community struggling with mental health and/or drug and alcohol dependency issues. Check out https://guesthousofmilwaukee.org/what-we-do to learn more about our extensive programs and services.
More Than Shelter = More Than A Tagline
Just like a kitchen is the heart of the home, Guest House’s evening meal service for our shelter clients is really the heart of our volunteer program - 365 nights a year, sustained entirely through the generosity of our amazing supporters!
We’re looking to fill a few more dates between now and the end of the year. Interested in learning more about how you might contribute? Visit https://linktr.ee/guesthousemke to get started!
40 years of growth, change, and expanded services - all made possible by the unwavering commitment of countless donors, volunteers, and staff to end the cycle of homelessness - have transformed Guest House into the organization it is today. More Than Shelter truly is more than a tagline.
Guest House's donation center receives and distributes clothing, hygiene supplies, and household items to make certain our clients' basic needs are met all year long. With our inventory constantly evolving, we're currently in need of a few select items in the short-term. To learn more about helping us secure these and other wishlist items, visit https://linktr.ee/guesthousemke
Thank you for all you do to keep our in-kind donations program going strong Milwaukee!
Come share some laughs with local comedians and benefit Guest House! Friday, 8/26, at Patti's Power Plant - see you there! Thank you, !
We know food prices are high right now, so we hate to ask - but we need food for our shelter! Please consider hosting a Food Donation Drive for Guest House. Email [email protected] for more information and see our flyer for food donation drive themes.
With your help, we can continue to provide meals to our 86+ shelter guests every day!
Coming through for us once again, our great friends at LOAF_mke delivered 120+ sandwiches, juice boxes, and chips! Thank you to all those who donated the ingredients and time to make this happen - we appreciate you!
We are in this together. 💖
Special events are hard work and require tons of teamwork! Luckily, Guest House staff and volunteers were up to the challenge! Deeply, truly - THANK YOU for all your efforts to make this year's golf outing a success! We appreciate you! 🥰
Special thanks to our friends and colleagues for sponsoring our 2022 golf event! You helped make it successful and we truly appreciate your support!
Vizance
PCS Human Capital Management
Sprinkler Fitters Local 183
Alverno College
This fantastic group from MGIC chose to "Give Back Together" with Guest House! Thanks for making sandwiches, assembling hygiene kits, and helping us rebuild our garden's compost system! Love those shirts, ! 🤩😁
Our volunteers and supporters provide kindness in many beautiful ways. Thank you for lifting up our community with your light. 💖
Our golf open was blessed with a beautiful, cloudless day - and temps in the mid-90s! For reprieve from the sun, all golfers had carts courtesy of First Midwest Bank. Thanks for your support, FMB! 😎
Our amazing friends from Berean Family Worship Center are hosting a Kickball Fundraiser to benefit Guest House of Milwaukee! We are SUPER excited - come join the fun!
Registration ends July 10th: https://form.jotform.com/221644861554055
We are grateful for the professional services we receive from Brookfield Badger Insurance, and we're deeply thankful for their support of our 2022 golf event! (How awesome is their logo?!) 😎
Thanks to Custom Wire Technologies, Inc. for supporting our 2022 golf event! We appreciate you and enjoyed your golfers as well! Hope to see you all again next year! 😊😎
On the final day of , we were honored to receive a grant from the Pride United Equity Fund to support our Marsha's House program.
Named for Marsha “Pay it No Mind” Johnson, a Black trans woman and activist who sparked a new phase of the LGBTQ+ movement in 1969, Marsha's House is proud to offer safety, compassion, and support to those in need, and to support the LGBTQ+ movement all year round.
This generous grant will allow us to add another bedroom to Marsha's House and increase our capacity to serve by 20%. Thank you, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County! 🌈🥰🥳
Our great friends provided an outstanding dinner to our shelter guests last month and we are truly grateful for their ongoing support! After dinner, many guests expressed hope that they'll return again because the meal was THAT good! 😁Thanks, LOAF_mke!
Our accounting partners, O'Leary & Anick, support Guest House in SO many ways. Their amazing team frees us from day-to-day accounting work so we can focus on serving our mission. They also provided generous support to help make our 2022 golf event a success! Thank you, O'Leary & Anick , for everything you do!
The 4th of July calls for BBQ, and our shelter guests were delighted to receive a full BBQ meal from the Saucy Swine in St. Francis! Owner/chef Matt Nuetzel generously donated 90 servings of BBQ chicken, pulled pork, potato salad, coleslaw, and all the fixings needed for a proper 7/4 celebration. Thank you, The Saucy Swine , for providing this amazing meal to our guests, and for reminding them that our community cares for each other!
As our guests work towards personal independence, we are honored to serve them with dignity and respect. Wishing all a peaceful and dignified Independence Day!
To everyone who helps and supports our mission - thank you.
The success of our 2022 Golf Open was made possible by presenting sponsor Jomela Properties. Locally owned and operated, proudly provides affordable housing to our clients and the community. We are honored to work with them and receive their generous support!
Our new friends at GFL Environmental spent their Saturday morning volunteering in our community garden! Thanks, - we appreciate your support!
We were grateful to have the support of Gardner Builders at our golf open this year. is a hospitality company in the commercial construction business. They uplift the mission of Guest House and other local non-profits to help our community thrive. Thank you, Gardner Builders!
Guest House is honored to lift up our neighbors, especially as they bear heavy things. Sending love and support to our community! 💜🧡
This year's Guest House Golf Open was a success! We are deeply grateful to our Presenting Sponsor, Cannon & Dunphy, for their incredible support of this event. Wisconsin's premier personal injury law firm, Cannon & Dunphy utilize their experience, compassion, and success to represent their clients and to benefit our community. Thank you, !
Guest House of Milwaukee is filled with gratitude for all who find ways to support others during challenging times. As we serve our mission to provide shelter, housing, education, and services to Milwaukee's homeless, we do so with immense appreciation for those whose gifts make our work possible. 🥰
Rising temps increase our need for household fans! Please consider donating a spare fan to our shelter, or have one shipped directly to us - here's a link to our wish list: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2R2QMGB/?coliid=I1WG2XH04ICIJI&colid=183Z20DT40IHB&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
During the summer, Guest House distributes more than 400 sandwiches every day to our shelter guests and neighbors. We are currently OUT of sandwiches! Can you help? Please email [email protected].
AND THE WINNER IS...
ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON PARISH!
Overall & Faith-Based Category: Team St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Workplace Category: Team Kapur
Friends & Family Category: Team unMENtionables
CONGRATULATIONS to all our Undy teams for donating more than 2,900 items combined and supporting our shelter guests and community-based clients.
THANK YOU to all our 2022 teams and individual supporters! We don't UNDYestimate your kindness, and you never let us down! 🥰🩲🧦👙🩳👕
We can't UNDYstate our excitement to announce the winners of this year's UNDY 500!
Before we do, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all the UNDY 500 teams:
Trinity UCC – Trinity United Church of Christ
Keep It Brief – Emanuel United Church of Christ of Hales Corners
Trinity Lutheran Church – Trinity Lutheran Church of South Milwaukee
Bethlehem UCC – Bethlehem United Church of Christ
First Congregational UCC – First Congregational UCC of South Milwaukee
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish
Captain FUNderpants – United Way of Greater MKE & Waukesha
Vizance – Vizance, Inc.
First Weber – First Weber, Inc.
Kapur – Kapur, Inc.
Un**es From Home – Medical College of Wisconsin
Gospel in Life – Oak Creek Assembly of God
The Undie-Feateds – Bethel-Bethany UCC
The unMENtionables – Women’s Club of Wisconsin
The 4-Bits
James D. Norton, Susan B., Shannon
THANK YOU, EVERYONE! 🥰🏁😁
Stay tuned for the thrilling results! 😉 🩲👙👕🩳🧦
During times of national & worldwide tragedy and suffering, it's important to remember that there is still good in the world. Case in point: The wonderful volunteers of who recently held a donation drive for breakfast items, assembled hygiene kits, and prepared & served a meal for our shelter guests. Sometimes it can be difficult to see beauty through pain; may the generosity and kindness shown by this group and others in our community remind us of the love that connects us all.
Many thanks to our friends at Kapur, Inc. for their generous (and festive!) contributions to the Undy 500!
The next Undy 500 drop-off day is Wednesday, 5/25, 2:00-6:00PM - keep those un**es coming! 😁🥳🏁
It's true that many places are hiring. But not many can provide the same degree of pride that our team has in serving our mission (plus our benefits pretty great). Check out our Careers page: https://www.guesthouseofmilwaukee.org/careers
We were delighted to welcome an amazing group of women from Delta Sigma Theta as our first group to resume serving meals to our shelter guests. Thank you, Delta Sigma Theta - we appreciate you! 🥰
For information on serving meals, please email [email protected].
Save the Date: Thursday, August 4, 2022 - Guest House's 40th Anniversary Dinner at the Italian Community Center. Come celebrate with us!
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“Giving back creates an energy and it creates an environment where people can really heal, and change.” In this final installment of our “Meet Mike Williams” video series, hear Mike discuss his priorities for his first 100 days as President & CEO, and why building strong relationships across the organization and within the greater Milwaukee community is so important to fulfilling the mission of Guest House.
With over 20 years of experience working with social justice and social service issues, Mike is the perfect person to serve as Guest House of Milwaukee’s President & CEO. In this second installment of our "Meet Mike Williams" video series, hear Board Chair Pat Dunphy talk about why Mike is uniquely positioned “to continue the mission of Guest House to be more than shelter.”
Meet Mike Williams, the new President & CEO of Guest House of Milwaukee. Mike says the passion that drives him is helping others. In this short video, hear Mike talk about his background and why leading Guest House is a “dream come true” for him. A leader in identifying and addressing the root causes of homelessness for nearly 40 years, Guest House of Milwaukee provides comprehensive onsite, community-based, and clinical services to over 1200 individuals and families annually.
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