Welcome to Turning Point
Please note our office is currently closed due to the COVID pandemic. We are monitoring our phone lines during this period, however. If you are in need of assistance, please call 508-291-0535, and someone will respond to your message as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience during this unprecedented time.
Turning Point Day Resource Center is an all volunteer organization committed to helping our neighbors most in need. Turning Point Day is a social service agency that provides supportive services to individuals and families who are facing various life challenges and are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless as a result. In addition to housing assistance, Turning Point also offers assistance with heat and utility bills, access to emergency food and clothing, essential baby items, employment information, referrals to treatment centers and many more. Turning Point collaborates with other local service agencies in order to come to together as a community to assist our most needy within our community. Through the generosity of our volunteers and donors Turning Point is able to make an impact on the lives of those we serve.
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MARION – The Marion Institute’s South Coast Food Policy Council’s Cooks for Community Program debuted on April 13 to provide hotDamien’s Place to reopen May 14
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The Family Pantry at Damien’s Place will be re-opening on May 14. To keep volunteers and clients safe, the pantry will be implementing some changes to their procedures. Food will be distributed outside the building. All clients are expected to wear...Please note, our office is currently closed due to the COVID pandemic. We are monitoring our phone lines during this period, however. If you are in need of assistance, please call 508-291-0535, and someone will respond to your message as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience during this unprecedented time.
The Gleason Y is offering shower services to our unsheltered population on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 2-4pm. Those having shelter, but limited access to water, will be able to use the facility as space is available.
All users must wear a mask and gloves (if available), practice safe distancing while on the property and be subject to a temperature check upon entry. We ask that anyone feeling or exhibiting symptoms of illness to please refrain from coming.
Our goal is to offer the opportunity for good hygiene to help decrease the risk of illness during our current health crisis.
Be safe, be clean, be well.
Become a Volunteer
Turning Point relies on volunteers to help us meet the needs of the people we serve. Volunteers contribute thousands of hours each year, saving the organization thousands of dollars in labor costs it cannot afford. Thank you for your interest in volunteering. Please contact us at Turning Point. In order to provide you with the best experience possible, that matches your talents and interests with our greatest needs, we ask you to call our office at 508-291-0535.
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Friends of Turning Point
Turning Point and Baby Point can meet many of the needs of the homeless and near-homeless people in our area through the generous support of our community. Whether it’s in-kind donations for Christmas packages, financial contributions or involvement in fundraisers we depend upon your kindness. Please visit our Donate Page for more information on how you can help.
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