Today, thousands of our neighbors in Southwest Florida struggle with
hunger, homelessness & addiction.

Together, we can change that.

Easter Hope Starts Here
This season, your support can help bring new life to those overcoming addiction, hunger, and homelessness—just like Wayne.
Easter Hope Starts Here
This season, your support can help bring new life to those overcoming addiction, hunger, and homelessness—just like Wayne.

For over 35 years, St. Matthew’s House has tackled challenges born from the needs of Southwest Florida.

Our unique social enterprise business model helps cover the administrative expenses for the organization, so donations go toward our program expenses.
Hunger

Nearly 152,000 individuals experience food insecurity in Southwest Florida every year.

Homelessness

Collier and Lee County Homeless Coalitions identified more than 1,500 adults and more than 1,700 children experiencing homelessness in our communities.

Addiction

In 2023, Florida’s 7,769 accidental overdose deaths were the 2nd most nationally.

Under-employment

Individuals recovering from crisis find great difficulty securing living wage jobs.

Your Next Step toward the Journey Together

Together with our partners and participants, we cultivate communities where people are progressively seen, accepted, challenged, and supported.

Volunteer

Join us by lending your time and skills and becoming an integral part of the community-driven efforts.

Shop & Dine

Make socially conscious choices by supporting our social enterprises: thrift stores, catering, lodging and more.

Donate

Contribute to the mission with monetary support, in-kind goods or food donations.

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Our work through personal stories

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Only three weeks left until we pull the winner of the Corvette Sweepstakes! Don’t miss out on your chance to own this car! 😁

Enter today; link in bio.

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Carousel We are pleased to announce the volunteers who received the annual President’s Volunteer Service Award for their service in 2024!

This is a national volunteer recognition of our volunteers with the most hours served in 2024, in specific incremental service categories.

Thank you, Bertha, Sheila, and Nancy, for your service and dedication to our mission!

We are so fortunate to have you as part of the team.

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Last week we celebrated our latest graduating class of Justin’s Place Recovery Program! We are so proud of these individuals and their perseverance over the last 12 months. Keep on going, grads! 🤗 💜

In case you missed it or want to rewatch, the livestream is still available on YouTube! Link in bio.

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Video Reels Last week we had the pleasure of hosting #LeadershipCollier at our Naples shelter where they took a tour, completed a volunteer activity and engaged in a Q&A session with multiple community leaders from the @colliercffl, the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, and the @ncef_nwwf.

We’re so grateful for these opportunities to share the work of St. Matthew’s House with the community and the impact they can have.

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Earlier this month, we celebrated our first 20-year workiversary in the history of St. Matthew's House, and it couldn’t have happened to a more lovely person: Peggy Mullins. 🤗

Here’s a couple of the many kind things Peggy’s coworkers had to say about her…
▪️I'm so very grateful for Peggy’s knowledge, wisdom, compassion, and dedication to our mission.
▪️Her commitment to serving others is felt by many every day here at St. Matthew’s House!
▪️She has contributed in such meaningful ways that have consistently been helpful, healing, excellent, and God-honoring!

Drop your kind compliment or thoughtful anecdote in the comments!

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Working? Live out of state? Don’t worry, we’ll be livestreaming our Justin’s Place graduation ceremony on Thursday, so you don’t have to miss it!

Livestream link in bio! 

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Our Empowerment Hub is hosting a FREE 2-day workshop about 𝘛𝘩𝘦 7 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴.

You'll learn to establish a proven and successful principle-centered framework to build strong family relationships and develop a common language so family members better understand each other.

To register, click the link in our bio!

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