Dorothy Day House

We would like to give a big THANK YOU and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DDH supporter Mistie Serrano! To celebrate her birthday, she put together these gift bags for our families by collecting items. Contributions were made by her, her family, coworkers, and friends. Every person at our houses received a treat bag with necessities and goodies, plus other needed supplies were given such as clothes, diapers and wipes.🙏

Thank you for your generous donation, Mistie and we hope that you had a wonderful birthday! 🎉❤

“When we begin to take the lowest place, to wash the feet of others, to love our brothers with that burning love, that passion, which led to the cross, then we can truly say, ‘Now I have begun.'” -Dorothy Day ❤

KIDS CAN DO ANYTHING!!! We would like to give a shoutout to some of the most darling in-kind donors we've had! These kids are with the Goodman Oaks Church of Christ VBS (Southaven, MS) and Sunday School Kids Worship and they collected over 500 toiletries and cleaning supplies for our families here at Dorothy Day House. We are so grateful for their contributions and our residents will use them every day. This just proves once again that you can care about your community at any age!! Way to be, kids!!! ❤

Join us on Monday, August 12th from 7pm to 8pm for another installation of Roundtable Discussion! We are very excited for our guest speaker, Dr. Ann Mulhearn Youngblood, author of 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠: 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑠, 1950–1970. She will be speaking on the topic of the Blessed Martin House of Hospitality, 1952.

All are welcome and no RSVP is required!

Are you new to the Dorothy Day House community and want to know more about how we help families experiencing houselessness? Join us on Thursday, August 8th for our next Lunch and Learn! It's a great way to learn more about what we do here at the Dorothy Day House and how you too can get involved. 🎉❤🌟

For more information or to RSVP, please visit: https://www.dorothydaymemphis.org/events/august2024ll

Read the latest Dorothy Day House Volunteer Newlsetter

July Volunteer Newsletter   Where does your mind go when you think of providing hospitality in your home? For some, it is a curated experience in which there is lots of cleaning and preparation. When the moment finally arrive

Looking for an interesting way to help out the Dorothy Day House? Between now and August 31st, Delaware North is featuring us as the charitable recipient of their Game Changer campaign at the Southland Casino Hotel in West Memphis! The campaign involves casino patrons gifting the change that’s left on their slot vouchers and racing tickets by dropping them or the change off at wishing wells and large ticket barrels throughout the casino. All the change gifted goes to DDH this summer, and we couldn't be more thankful. It's a great way to make a difference while having fun! 🌟🎉

Hello DDH Community! It's Wishlist Wednesday, Prime Day Edition!

There's a ton of super great deals on Amazon today and we hope that you can help us out just a little with some of our most pressing needs. We are looking to stock up on some items for our offices, but we also still need laundry soap and baby formula, as well as a few other crucial items for our families.

If you would rather shop locally, we also welcome that. Just please reach out to our Donations Coordinator, Aileen by emailing her at [email protected] so you can coordinate a drop off time at our office at 321 S. Bellevue Blvd.

We will put the link to the Wishlist below if you're into taking advantage of the Prime Day savings!

Thank you so much for following along, DDH family and friends! We are so grateful for every one of you! ❤🙏🌟

It's Wishlist Wednesday a day early, friends! Don't worry, we will be back again tomorrow, but we just thought it would be a wise move to take advantage of Prime Days on Amazon. If you happen to be a Prime member, you can take advantage of discounts on the site to maximize your giving!

This week, we are focusing our efforts on making our offices complete. We are in need of a wide variety of things to transform our workspaces and assist our families with their needs, everything from Command Strips to a ladder to car battery chargers. We still also have lingering needs from over the past few weeks for our families too, so if you would rather purchase those, they're still on the wishlist too. The Wishlist link can be found below.

As always, we are incredibly grateful for every last share, donation, like, and love. Without our community, we wouldn't be able to do what we do and we thank you! ❤🙏

📣📣Big DDH shoutout📣📣 to this kind, fun, and enthusiastic group of youngsters and their chaperones from The River Church in Marion, Indiana who came to volunteer with us at our office. They came on a service mission trip to Memphis and volunteered at various spots around town that help people experiencing houselessness last week, including the Dorothy Day House office. They were such a big help, scraping wallpaper in our kitchen to prep it for painting, cleaning blinds, mowing the yard, blowing and raking leaves, and pressure washing the sides of the building to make it sparkle! We are so grateful for their hard work and their commitment to service. The Dorothy Day House and Memphis community thank you for being driven to make the world a better place. We wish you a safe journey back home! 🙏🙏🙏

Join us this evening at 7pm for our Roundtable Discussion featuring Taylor Payne, the Homeless Liaison for Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Taylor will be speaking on the topic of Student Homelessness and Available Resources for Students/Parents Experiencing Homelessness. No RSVP is necessary and everyone is welcome to attend. Our Roundtable Discussion events take place at our new DDH offices at 321 S. Bellevue.

We also will be accepting last minute donations for our Back to School Donation Drive, so if you have any uniforms or school supplies or have signed up to sponsor one of our resident children this year, you may bring them with you to the event.

Come be a part of this important discussion with our DDH community! ❤🙏🌟

“When it comes down to it, even on the natural plane, it is much happier and more enlivening to love than to be loved.” - Dorothy Day

🌟🌟Just a couple more days left on our Back to School Donation Drive! 🌟🌟

We are collecting school supplies and uniforms to sponsor each of our resident kids as they head back to classes in August. If you are interested in donating, please visit: https://forms.office.com/r/FhFmkhc221?origin=lprLink

⚡️⚡️Also, if you have any gently used uniform shirts or bottoms, we will also be accepting those for donation. ⚡️⚡️

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a drop off of items, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator Aileen via email at [email protected] or call (901)726-6760.

Let's get the kids of DDH ready to head back to class. Donate today! 🍎📓

We would like to give a big DDH "Thank You!" to this smiling group of volunteers from First Congregational UCC of Lowell. They came all the way from Lowell, Michigan to lend some elbow grease and help make Dorothy's House all neat and tidy again for the families living there.

We are so grateful for y'all coming down to Memphis and helping out our community here. We wish you safe travels on your way back home! ❤

Would you and your social group, church group, sports team, or workplace like to volunteer at Dorothy Day House? Fill out a volunteer application here: https://www.dorothydaymemphis.org/volunteer or email our Volunteer Coordinator Ben at [email protected]!

We are proud to announce that Dorothy Day House has been featured in the latest edition of the Faith West Tennessee magazine! To read the article, visit: https://catholicmagazines.org/magazine-archive/faith-west-tennessee/mem0724 and scroll to page 14. 🎉⚡🙏📰

Hey there, friends, followers, and family! ❤We are at another Wishlist Wednesday.🎉

It's been hot and stormy out, but we are staying cool and safe at the Dorothy Day House. Parents are working hard and the kids are enjoying their time off of school. The houses are all full right now, which means we have a lot of dishes and laundry to do! As such, our highest needs this week are laundry detergent and dish soap. We also are in need of a very specific baby formula for one of our tiny residents - Similac Total Care Sensitive Baby Formula Powder.

If you are wanting to donate, you may peruse our Amazon Wishlist, which we have in the comments, or if you feel like purchasing at a local brick and mortar, that is fine too. If you do choose to shop locally, please reach out to our Donations Coordinator, Aileen Palmer by emailing her 📧 at [email protected] or calling her at ☎️(901)726-6760.

Thank you for reading and following along this week and every week for our Wishlist Wednesday! We are incredibly grateful to each and every one of you who take the time out of your day to look, donate, and/or share. 🙏

The Dorothy Day House is hosting our annual Back to School Donation Drive now through July 15th! We are collecting school supplies and uniforms to sponsor each of our resident kids as they head back to classes in August. If you are interested in donating, please visit: https://forms.office.com/r/FhFmkhc221?origin=lprLink

⚡️⚡️Also, if you have any gently used uniform shirts or bottoms, we will also be accepting those for donation. ⚡️⚡️

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a drop off of items, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator Aileen via email at [email protected] or call (901)726-6760.

Let's get the kids of DDH ready to head back to class. Donate today! 🍎📓✏

Join us in ONE WEEK on Monday, July 15th for our next Roundtable Discussion featuring Taylor Payne, the Homeless Liaison for Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Taylor will be speaking on the topic of Student Homelessness and Available Resources for Students/Parents Experiencing Homelessness. No RSVP is necessary and everyone is welcome to attend. Our Roundtable Discussion events take place at our new DDH offices at 321 S. Bellevue from 7pm to 8pm.

Come be a part of this important discussion with our DDH community!

“'After all,' I used to tell him, 'we drink milk from the breast of our mother. We are nourished while we are in the womb by the blood of her heart. From her flesh and from her blood we grow before we enter into this life, and so from the Body and Blood of Jesus we are nourished for life eternal.' We are shriven and we are nourished, and my gratitude for this tremendous gift only grows greater with the years."

- Dorothy Day, "Loaves and Fishes"

The Dorothy Day House is hosting our annual Back to School Donation Drive now through July 15th! We are collecting school supplies and uniforms to sponsor each of our resident kids as they head back to classes in August. If you are interested in helping out, please visit: https://forms.office.com/r/FhFmkhc221?origin=lprLink

⚡️⚡️Also, if you have any gently used uniform shirts or bottoms, we will also be accepting those for donation. ⚡️⚡️

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a drop off of items, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator Aileen via email at [email protected] or call (901)726-6760.

Let's get the kids of DDH ready to head back to class. Donate today! 🍎📓✏️

Just a reminder that the Dorothy Day House is the chosen charity for the Delaware North Game Changer campaign going on right now through August 31st at Southland Casino Hotel in West Memphis! Casino patrons may gift the change that’s left on their slot vouchers and racing tickets by dropping them or the change off at wishing wells and large ticket barrels throughout the casino. We are so honored that they chose us for this wonderful campaign this summer!

To find out more about the Game Changer campaign, visit: https://media.delawarenorth.com/gaming-division-raising-funds-for-charity-through-game-changer-campaign/

We are so grateful to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and their VBS campers for helping stock our pantry with much needed items and summer snacks for our kiddos here at DDH! Thank you, VBS campers! We appreciate the love you have shared with our residents. ❤🙏

Don't forget our next installation of our Roundtable Discussion event! On Monday, July 15th, we are hosting Taylor Payne, the Homeless Liaison for Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The event will be held at the DDH offices at 321 S. Bellevue Blvd. from 7pm to 8pm and the topic of discussion will be Student Homelessness and Available Resources for Students/Parents Experiencing Homelessness. Everyone in the community is invited to attend, no RSVP required!

Note: This will also be the last day of our Back to School Supply and Uniform Drive and will serve as a drop off for any donated supplies too.

Hi there, DDH Friends and Family! Welcome back for another Wishlist Wednesday!🎉

This week, our biggest needs are:
Size 6 diapers
Dish soap

If you would like to purchase those items from our Amazon Wishlist, we will provide that info below. If you would rather shop locally, that is also fine, but please reach out to our Donations Coordinator, Aileen by emailing her at 📧[email protected].

Thank you for sharing, donating, and supporting the Dorothy Day House this Wishlist Wednesday and every other day of the week! We are grateful for each and every one of you! ❤🙏

Today begins the launch of our School Supply and Uniform Drive! Classes start soon and we are asking our DDH community to help us get our residents ready.

For more information about how you can get the kids of Dorothy Day get the school year started off on the right foot, please visit and sign up here: https://forms.office.com/r/FhFmkhc221?origin=lprLink

If you have additional questions, you may reach out to our Donations Coordinator Aileen by emailing her at [email protected]

Thanks in advance for helping us get our kids ready for Back to School! 🍎📓✂️✏️

“Christian philosophy of work was this. God is our creator. God made us in His image and likeness. Therefore we are creators. He gave us a garden to till and cultivate. We become co-creators by our responsible acts, whether in bringing forth children, or producing food, furniture or clothing. The joy of creativeness should be ours.”
-Dorothy Day

We would like to give a biiiiiiig DDH THANK YOU to these fine folks visiting from Hillcrest Christian Reformed Church in Michigan. They came to Joseph's House earlier this week and did a fantastic job of deep cleaning! We are so grateful for your hard work and elbow grease, Hillcrest. We hope you have a wonderful rest of your visit here in Memphis and safe travels back up north! ❤️🙏

This Summer has been flying by. Read more about what's been going on at Dorothy Day House in the latest issue of our eNewsletter: https://conta.cc/3XKdl4a

Summer is Flying By... From Our House to Yours - July 2024 eNews   Day by Day   This summer seems to be flying by so quickly! We are sending out our July newsletter a week early because of the July 4th holiday. Each week we

Before their holiday break, 1st and 8th graders at Woodland Presbyterian School had their annual Christmas lunch. In lieu of exchanging gifts, students collected items we needed here at the Dorothy Day House! We would like to extend our gratitude to these kids, as they are working towards a better, brighter tomorrow by serving their community and thinking of others. Thank you, Woodland students! We appreciate your thoughtfulness and generosity. 🙏💗🎁