Help keep a warm, welcoming day shelter open through the winter. 

The Winter Welcoming Center offers warmth, food, WiFi, clothing and connections to services, seven days a week from mid-November to mid-April, with no barriers to entry. Last season it welcomed 5,479 guest visits. 

Help neighbors in crisis keep the lights on, the rent paid and gas in the tank. 

All-volunteer St. Vincent de Paul provides fast emergency help with rent, utilities, car repairs and other necessities, with no government funding. It has helped 962 households so far this fiscal year, usually within a week of their call. 

Help keep a welcoming space open for people rebuilding their lives in recovery. 

Recovery Café of Jefferson County offers meals, recovery circles, emergency services, and connections to housing and care, with no appointment or screening required. Your gift buys meals, blankets, tents, hygiene supplies, solar battery packs and hand warmers heading into winter. 

Help families facing hardship get food and fast, flexible help with essentials. 

The Olympic Peninsula YMCA's School's Out Food Pop-Ups have provided more than 24,000 meals to 227 families in 2026. Its Resource Navigators help with rent, utilities, transportation and other urgent needs, and demand is growing fast. 

Help families in financial crisis get flexible support when it matters most. 

Org description: OlyCAP has served Jefferson County since 1966 with energy assistance, weatherization, housing, community meals and emergency aid, and its three community centers logged 64,230 visits in 2025. Unrestricted gifts let it help when a family's needs don't fit one program. 

Help immigrant families stay housed, fed and connected through a sudden crisis. 

Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates provides emergency help with rent, utilities, food and healthcare, plus practical English classes and referrals. In 2025 it supported 130 applicants through its Legal Defense and Family Support Fund. 

Help keep diapers and baby essentials on the shelves for families with young children. 

First Step Family Support Center runs a diaper bank and family programs across Jefferson County, from Port Townsend to the Hoh River. It served 384 families in 2025, a 28% increase, just as its diaper funding disappeared. 

Help survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault find safety and start over. 

For 44 years, Dove House has offered a 24-hour crisis line, advocacy, and the county's only shelter for families, all free and confidential. About 600 adults and children receive advocacy each year. 

Help low-income neighbors get free legal help with eviction, family and debt problems. 

Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers helps about 650 people a year through volunteer attorneys, legal clinics and the Housing Justice Project. Your gift funds the coordination that turns donated attorney hours into real help. 

Help buy everyday essentials and build a wheelchair ramp in South County. 

Brinnon Quilcine Gifts In Kind collects and delivers donated hygiene supplies, clothing and household goods through local agencies in Brinnon, Quilcene and South Jefferson County. They also design and build custom wheelchair ramps. 

Help stock a free clinic with the medical equipment and supplies it needs to treat patients on site. 

Volunteer providers at JC MASH Free Clinic deliver free medical and behavioral healthcare in Port Hadlock and at the county emergency shelter. The Clinic expects to serve more than 1,000 neighbors in 2026.