SKAGIT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE

For 40 years, Skagit Friendship House has kept one promise to our neighbors in need: the door stays open.

Founded in 1986 in Mount Vernon, Washington, we began with a simple belief - that everyone deserves a warm meal, a safe place to land, and someone in their corner. Four decades later, that belief drives everything we do.

Today, Skagit Friendship House serves some of Skagit County's most vulnerable residents through a continuum of care that meets people where they are and walks with them toward stability.

What we do:

At our Mount Vernon Friendship House café, we serve hot meals to our residents and dinner to anyone who comes through the door no questions asked. Ten meals for $40. That's the math of community.

At the Skagit First Step Center, we provide resource navigation, essential supplies, and a safe, stable environment for people working to rebuild their lives one day at a time.

In our sober and transitional housing programs, residents find more than a roof. They find structure, support, and a real path toward a permanent home. Last year, 187 people found recovery and stability in our programs.

At our Shelters, men, women, and families facing homelessness and crisis find up to 95 days of shelter, wraparound support, and the time and space to move forward.

Why it matters - and why now:

Forty years is a milestone. But it's also a reminder of the work that remains. Homelessness, addiction, and housing instability don't pause and neither do we.

This GiveBIG, we're asking our community to help us carry this work into the next 40 years. Every gift - at any level - keeps the door open for one more person.

Join us. The door stays open because you walk through it with us.