The Drop-in Center is a place where people experiencing homelessness and those in need can access resources, rest, rejuvenate, and replenish.

The Drop-in Center opened in February of 2022 and has served more than 900 unique guests in the Auburn/Lewiston area. We are open just 2 days per week, but currently help around 250 people each week. We provide breakfast, a hot lunch, free clothing, and free goods from our "store" including toiletries, hats, gloves, mittens, and critical survival gear such as sleeping bags and tents. We will be opening a shower facility soon that our unhoused guests can use - the only access to showering for most.

On Wednesdays, several community partners join us to provide services to guests in the areas of case management, health care, harm reduction, mental health, recovery, employment, sexual assault prevention and support, and housing navigation.

In February 2025, we moved from our previous location at the First Universalist Church of Auburn at 169 Pleasant Street to Auburn’s Community Resource Center at 121 Mill Street. Until the kitchen facilities are completed, our friends at Bates College and Davinci’s restaurant have graciously provided regular meals, along with community groups like John F. Murphy Homes, as well as our volunteers.

We were exclusively volunteer-operated until July 2025, when we hired a part-time Operations Manager to facilitate the continued growth of the program. We currently have a team of about 60 dedicated volunteers, and always welcome more!

Our annual operating costs are approximately $100,000 per year.