How will you put Compassion in Action in 2025? Many of us want to put compassion in action in our communities, but it’s hard to know what to do sometimes. We hope that you explore the resources on this page for ideas inspired by the April 9 event Compassion Starts Here: An Event to Inspire … Read more
When people have access to safe and stable housing, it benefits everyone. To help build public and political will to ensure homelessness a rare, brief, and never-again experience, a partnership of leading organizations is inviting community members to join a national conversation at the first screening in the region of a new documentary “Beyond the … Read more
No one should have to live outside. Everyone regardless of who they are or where they come from needs a safe place to call home. There are hundreds of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Maine this winter, living outside in the cold… in parks, under bridges, beneath overpasses, and in many other places not meant … Read more
“If you can’t get what you need, we’re here,” was the message Joe Kreisler wanted people experiencing poverty to hear when he founded High Street Resource Center (the organization that evolved into Preble Street) in 1975. For 50 years, Preble Street has been here – expanding far beyond a handful of social work interns in … Read more
On Friday, December 20, Portland held a vigil to remember the friends from the Greater Portland homeless community who died in 2024. On one of the longest nights of the year, a candlelit procession marched from the MaineHealth-Preble Street Learning Collaborative to Monument Square. To honor the 50 friends and community members who were lost … Read more
50 years of helping others! In 2025, Preble Street celebrates 50 years of Compassion in Action; providing a voice for marginalized and underserved populations, advocating for and investing in solutions, and providing people not only with food, clothing, and shelter, but also with dignity. For 50 years, our work has been about making Maine a … Read more
Photo: Between 1981-1993, Preble Street operated a day shelter in this Chapel providing breakfast, phones, bathrooms, mail, and links to community services. As we approach this milestone anniversary of 50 years, I’ve been reflecting more and more on Preble Street’s history and its future. When I was hired in 1991, I was one of two employees at Preble Street, alongside Florence … Read more
2024 was a year full of many difficult challenges and lessons but also a year full of progress on important issues. After 50 years, Preble Street understands how important it is to recognize the positive while still holding space to learn from the obstacles we’ve faced. As 2024 comes to a close, Preble Street looks … Read more
The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems. While our mission has remained constant and central to all we do, Preble Street has changed dramatically over the past nearly 50 years. Preble Street … Read more
[A meal] is so comforting. It’s a feeling of home sweet home. There have been times when I’ve been hungry for so long and struggled for so long that I had a hard time digesting food… I know people that have gone without food so long that having a plate of food in front of … Read more
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The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems.
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