• Albany Helping Hands provides Registered Guests a 24-hour/7-day-per-week shelter and services for up to 130 every day of the year. 

  • We provide more than 60,000 meals to Registered Guests. Breakfast at 7:00 am, Lunch at noon, and Dinner at 5:00 pm.

  • We deliver support services to an average of 400 residents each year as they seek to move toward transitional and independent homes.  

  • Albany Helping Hands is an independent faith-based 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization supported primarily by contributions of individuals, businesses, churches, and nonprofit organizations.

  • We operate the Albany Helping Hands Thrift Store, Keep Warm Wood Lot, and U-Haul.

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The Shelter and Kitchen are located at a two building facility in Albany, Oregon at 619 Ninth Avenue SE.

Konopa
“Helping Hands is vital to our community and the homeless shelter provides such a needed service. We are so appreciative of the wonderful service that Helping Hands has given our community.”
— Sharon Konopa, Albany Mayor, May 2014 Albany City Council Meeting

  • Other services include housing searches, transitional jobs programs, mental health referrals, substance abuse and anger management counseling.

  • AHH also provides clothing, household needs, furniture and more for those in need in our community.