Dorothy Day House Berkeley

07/29/2026

We have new vehicles!

Spotted our new Dorothy Day House truck and van rolling around the Bay yet?

Thanks to the Del E. Webb Foundation we’ve got new wheels. Every day we’re using these vehicles to pick up food donations from places like Berkeley Food Network, Kaiser Permanente in Oakland and Target in Albany to keep fresh, hot meals coming for our daytime drop-in center visitors.

We’re also using our new wheels to deliver meals cooked in our Center Street kitchen to our hotel shelters on University Ave and San Pablo Ave as well as to Options Recovery’s hotel shelter.

Give us a wave the next time you see us on the road!

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07/15/2026

Pool? Why yes!

Summertime games are underway in the community areas of our hotel shelters on University Ave & San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley.

Having fun heals.

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07/10/2026

Our summertime teen volunteers are here!

25+ teens

from

12+ Bay Area high schools

are with us for the summer.

They are cooking and serving meals to our unhoused neighbors @ our daytime drop-in center in downtown Berkeley and helping out at Dorothy’s Closet, our thrift store initiative with Rebuilding Together.

Thank you to the Bentley School, Alameda Science and Technology Institute, Head Royce, Berkeley High School, Monte Vista High School, Oakland Military Institute, Alhambra High School, St. Mary’s College High School, El Cerrito High School, Bishop O’Dowd, Oakland Tech, Albany High School, and College Prep for sharing your students with us.

We are so excited to have them!

07/02/2026

’Tis the season!

We’re getting so many housing matches right now and moving lots of people from our shelters into their own studio and one bedroom apartments all around Alameda county.

Happy ☀️ days!

📸: Daniel, our housing navigator, with Lushandia, who stayed with us @ our winter shelter in 2025 and just got the keys to her apartment!

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06/26/2026

News!

Our county’s homeless population is decreasing.

Initial point-in-time data released by Alameda County indicates a 13% drop in people experiencing homelessness since last point-in-time survey in 2024.

Your support has made this decrease possible.

Read on and thank you!

https://bit.ly/3R455ec

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Are housing investments paying off? The Bay Area and California are reported falling homeless populations.

06/17/2026

Shopped!

725+ people came out to St. Ambrose Church and shopped the thrift sales benefiting us May 30th - 31st and June 13th -14th.

We raised $9K+ and every purchase helps us continue to provide the 550+ people we reach every day with the shelter, services and support they need to get back home.

St. Ambrose Church, the Eviction Defense Center, our Board, staff and volunteers, and everyone who spread the word made these sales happen.

We ❤️ our community!

06/14/2026

Last day; come get your treasures!

Thrift sale benefiting us.

7 am - 3 pm today (June 14th).

Happy shopping!

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06/13/2026

Thrift sale benefiting us happens today (6/13) x tomorrow (6/14)!

7 am - 3 pm
Ambrose Church
1145 Gilman Street in Berkeley

Find your treasures like this artwork (📸) plus clothing, shoes, dishware, and more vintage, one-of-kind finds.

Every purchase you make helps us serve 550+ unhoused neighbors with shelter, meals and the support to get back home.

See you there!

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06/13/2026

Thrift sale benefiting us happens today (6/13) x tomorrow (6/14).

7 am - 3 pm

Come find your treasures!

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06/12/2026

Set up is ON today; come shop this thrift sale benefiting us tomorrow and Sunday from 7 am - 3 pm.

We can't wait to see you at the sale!