Open Door Community House, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 mission agency of the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. Their mission is to meet the basic needs of and to empower low-to-moderate income people of Muscogee County, Georgia and surrounding areas.
Open Door was established as a Methodist ministry in 1935, in response to the closure of one the largest mills in the area by providing childcare to women who were able to find work. The ministry quickly expanded over the years to address many other needs in the Columbus, Georgia area and today serves people through the following programs:
- Children and Youth Programs including after school care, full day summer academy and the Sharing Christmas program providing children with new toys and clothes
- Parent Network
- Senior Adult Programs including a weekly lunch program, transportation to essential services and special outings
- Homeless Services including a transition home for women in crisis and a 12-bed shelter for homeless women
- Community case management for homeless women and their children in all shelters and on the streets in the Columbus area
- Showering Program for unsheltered homeless men and women, which provides a shower, clean clothes, breakfast and a lunch to go
- The Open Door Institute which provides 12 weeks of culinary arts and life skills training in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank
For more information about Open Door Community House, visit their website at www.opendoorcommunityhouse.org.
