Maybell Clark Macdonald Center

The Macdonald Center fosters the sacredness and dignity of all individuals, builds community by breaking down isolation through outreach and hospitality, and provides assisted-living for low-income residents in an urban setting.

Through service, education and research, the Macdonald Center raises public awareness about the challenging health and life issues faced by individuals who are homeless and poor. This work of the Macdonald Center is nourished by a faith tradition that identifies with those who are poor, isolated, and in need. We fulfill this mission by:

Visiting
A staple of the Macdonald Center's outreach efforts is our visiting program. Weekly, volunteers visit socially isolated individuals who live in single room occupancy hotels and in our own residence in downtown Portland. Lives are honored through hotel birthday parties and memorial services. Visits also take place in hospitals, the jails, and on the streets.

Education
The Macdonald Center is a site for service education about the issues of poverty, social justice, mental illness, and community building. As university students and our volunteers learn and develop community-building skills, healthy relationships grow in the Old Town community.

Research
The Macdonald Center is also dedicated to researching the best and most effective ways to meet basic needs and deliver health care to those poor among us.

Assisted living
The Macdonald Center provides assisted living in an urban setting for low income residents who require help with the basic activities of daily living and who qualify for Medicaid reimbursement.

www.macdcenter.org

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What is amazing is that I KNOW almost every person you interviewed! Employees as well....what an honor to be a part of these amazing folks lives!

I cannot wait to tell Vince how great he looked and direct him to this link!...thank you for capturing these folks in the light that often goes dark and unseen...