AUBURN — The Drop-In Center at 169 Pleasant St. recently welcomed its 10,000th guest, Mary Cross. The center is celebrating two and a half years of providing meals and services for the unhoused community and those in need.

Auburn’s The Drop-In Center welcomes guest number 10,000 Mary Cross, center, with her friend, Corrie Savage, and Drop-In Center board president Greg Whitney. Submitted photo

The center operates from the vestry of the Unitarian Universalist Church on Spring Street, as the staff wait for a transition to 121 Mill St. in partnership with the city of Auburn. The center, open from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, provides breakfast and lunch, showers and laundry vouchers, and has case managers to assist guests with needed services, according to a news release from Virginia Starbird, DIC Board secretary.

On Saturdays, the center is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the same location. The clothing store is open that day, also offering necessities like tents, sleeping bags and toiletries.

During the school year, the center provides a foot care clinic staffed with nurses and a supervising physician, and on Wednesday, Aug. 14, will be offering Hepatitis A vaccines to its guests with MaineCare.

The center, staffed by volunteers, receives support from many Lewiston-Auburn business and individuals.

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