MEETING YOU AT YOUR POINT OF NEED

Open Door staff meet people at their point of need in Warren, Washington, and Saratoga counties in Upstate New York, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, or creed.

We provide practical, workable solutions to physical, spiritual, and relational brokenness by providing hunger relief and shelter. The Open Door also provides emergency and transitional housing through our Life Path Program to the homeless with services that offer encouragement for daily living. We also partner with our community to help provide case management, counseling, connection to community resources, medical screenings, substance abuse recovery programs, budgeting, life and job skills training, transportation, and relevant advocacy.

If you need what we offer, please email us at gethelp@opendoor-ny.org

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Services & Assistance

FOOD ASSISTANCE

Currently, our new kitchen is open for guests to walk in, no sign up required. Lunch meals are offered at The Open Door six days a week. There is no charge or obligation for meal service.

 Lunch times | Monday – Saturday | 11:30am – 12:30pm

While The Open Door is not offering community dinners until the winter season ends, meals are still available locally at area churches:

Christ Church (54 Bay St) |  Dinner on the Last Saturday of Each Month | 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Salvation Army (37 Broad St) | Dinner Tuesday | 4:30pm & 5:30pm

Faith Tabernacle Church (15 Nelson St) | Dinner the Second Saturday of the Month | 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Full Foundation Church (62 Staple St) | Dinner on the First & Third Saturday of Each Month | 4:00pm – 5:15pm

FOOD PANTRY

The Open Door’s food pantry offers once a month food shopping per family. You are able to pick out items in varying amounts based on household size. This service is available on Monday, Wednesday from 1-5 p.m. and Friday 9-12 a.m. at our 226 Warren Street location. Please call 518-792-5900 ext. 250 to make an appointment, we cannot take walk-ins due to limited capacity in the pantry.

BACKPACK PROGRAM

The Open Door feeds 89 children every week through their Backpack Program. We currently partner with three area schools: Abe Wing, Sandford Street, and BOCES. If your child attends one of these schools and needs assistance, please contact your school office.

If your child attends one of these schools and needs assistance, please contact your school office.

SHELTER

Open Door Mission has a 57-bed shelter for those experiencing homelessness. In times of emergency, we are able to handle additional guests in an overflow area. For those who are utilizing our shelter, we provide access to resources and addiction recovery.

DAY ROOM

Our Day Room is a safe place for those who are experiencing homeless to come in off the streets, do laundry, access computers to work on a resume or search for jobs, and get connected with other resources.

Throughout the year, the day room is open to the public from 9am-11:30am Monday-Friday.

PLEASE NOTE: As of November 1st, 2024, the day room will be temporarily closed to the public until the winter season ends.

*Showers and Laundry are still open to the public in the dayroom from 1:30pm-4:30pm Monday-Friday – currently by appointment only *

CODE BLUE

Glens Falls Code Blue provides emergency overnight shelter to homeless people in the Greater Glens Falls Area, November through March. We are open on nights forecasted to be 32 degrees and below or 12″ or more of precipitation are predicted. Code Blue Season is here, individuals interested in Code Blue can call to see if the shelter is open.