DROP-IN

MON-THURS 10A -1P

Neighborhood Living Room

Drop In Hours offer a welcoming space for our unhoused neighbors to rest, prepare a meal, connect to resources and collectively create a healthy and vibrant community. We seek to be a space for authenticity and conversation, to bring the wider community to the table to learn from one another, to be transformed by one another, and to embrace one another.    

We dive into the messiness of what the day brings, we make food, share the table, grieve with one another and celebrate together. The Commons' desire is to be a space where hope overrides fear, where community interrupts isolation, and dignity is offered to all.

BASIC SERVICES

- Resource bridging
- Food & kitchen access
- Bottomless coffee
- Library
- Community Meals
- Clothing, shoes, socks
- Laundry Access

- Toiletries & hygiene supplies
- Telephone
- Restrooms
- Computer & internet access
- Bus Tickets
- Phone charging station
- Mailing address & collection

PEOPLE'S KITCHEN

The People's Kitchen project empowers and dignifies members of our community by providing adequate food supplies, a clean and sterile cooking environment, and access to a fully stocked kitchen, ensuring that all people at the Commons are able to prepare, cook, and share food with one another on a daily basis.

WOMEN'S NIGHT

Wednesday Nights from 6-9pm we offer Women’s only Drop-in hours. We provide educational and harm reduction materials, Bad Date List, connections to various organizations and resources around Seattle, and a kind, non-judgmental space for women to rest and be known. Aurora Commons offers the only drop-in space on North Aurora directly serving women who are commercially sexually exploited, many of whom are drug dependent. We have developed relationships with over 300 women who work along Aurora. Aurora Commons is part of the CEASE Network and a part of the Adult Survivor's Collaborative with OPS, REST, and the YWCA.

MEN’S NIGHT

Monday Nights from 5:30-8:30pm we offer Men’s only Drop-in hours. Sometimes it’s the Seahawks on the projector, or build your own pizzas, or cards at the table. Having the space available for the guys to relax in the evening, and still access and build community.

RESOURCE BRIDGING

Aurora Commons actively builds partnerships with area organizations and housing providers so that as we listen to the stories of our neighbors experiencing homelessness & poverty and build trusted relationships with these neighbors, we can appropriately connect them to the resources they need.

FRIENDS OF THE COMMONS

Our Friends of the Commons play a crucial role at the Commons.  They extend hospitality through care and conversation so that our neighbors feel welcomed, safe, and loved. As these volunteers offer their time and attention, our neighbors receive the encouragement and support they need in order to believe that their life matters and imagine the possibilities of change (ie sobriety, housing, employment, escape from the sex trade, etc).