Rose Haven Day Shelter and Community Center

Fantastic community. No longer a safe place for women. In early 2023, I sought refuge at Rose Haven after I was terrorized in my home by one of the plumbers that was hired to work on my building. For close to a year I: -attended a weekly support group -accessed acupuncture, naturopathic and other medical care -received meals and community support I'm grateful for the services provided during this time of need. However, all kinds of men are allowed entrance to Rose Haven. It was awful to stop in for community only to watch other women/my friends in fear. I often avoided whole areas of the center. The below photos show the tour of 9 men led by Rose Haven's Advocacy & Operations Director during service. The second, taken while trapped in the back of their shop. The men on tour were asking to "peek in" while a different masculine appearing individual who had just been inside was violently melting down directly outside. I was terrified. Days later, I was fed quickly, then ushered out of the Christmas party by support staff. The violent individual was allowed re-entry and the behavior of that individual made the center unsafe for all inside. As a result, he party was closed down early. Fantastic community. No longer a safe place for women.

I came here twice and won’t be coming back. My son has severe autism and adhd and a lot of the women and volunteers in the children’s playing area kept glaring at my son and i made me so uncomfortable. There were a few very nice volunteers i spoke with that were wondeful. But the younger volunteers in the children’s are sitting down kept giving my son and mean glares. I signed up for resources and was in the first 10 women to sign up and they said a second time they couldn’t help me even though i came early and was in the first ten to sign up. i traveled over an hour by bus to get here before they opened and feels like it was a waste of time now. I won’t be back because how uncomfortable i felt with all the glares my special needs son and I received and the fact i came early and still was denied resources we really needed.

This place is a really nice church. They help women out with a lot of things. As you can see in my pictures are really concerned about this corona. They're taken all cautious. The church also has church also. They take donations.

a truly beautiful place and a most welcoming staff and excellent volunteers.. they are the greatest people ever

I love Rose Haven. I began accessing services there after leaving a very abusive relationship. I was able to find myself after accessing a safe space and also mental health services. I had to stop going when my dog Honey passed, as I had so many memories of how loved he was there and how sweet all the ladies were with him. I truly felt like I was in a safe haven there. I was able to heal and laugh and finally connect with other woman who had also been broken. I just am so so thankful for this space. I am now in recovery, I am going to start a healing business and all because I was able to heal. And be surrounded by lovely woman. I am just so thankful for this Non-profit. It changed my life 🥰😘😍🌹🌹🌹🌹

Rose haven is a life saver. They helped me no questions asked before I registered with them. I caught head lice from jeans place and needed lice shampoo cuz I had no money to buy it. They promptly gave me lice shampoo so I could get rid of lice. And they got me a new bag cuz mine was torn, falling apart. It's nice that they have place like this for females. I am on run from male abuser so I can't go to homeless feeds etc... that my abuser might show up at and I know many females can relate to this. One thing I would suggest is a table with long row of plug ins so more people can charge devices. I seen the charger on the floor but one girl swooped in and hogged the whole thing. Some clients are rude or act wild but there's some nice ones too. Rose haven is run very well and I like how they watch and protect the line. I felt safe. Very different from potluck in the park where no one is being monitored, drugs are being sold in line, and you feel like you're gonna be jumped. Suggestion: add bologna sandwich to snack bags. And pass them out more often, some folks can't get ebt at all. But thank you guys for being there on my journey as homeless in portland. You rock!

I went here in crisis today at 11:25am and it was completely empty, but I got turned away because they were “closed”. The woman at the front scoffed at me, aggressively circled something on a hand out and said I could “figure out when to come back” based on the paper. Starving, abused, and freezing, and treated like a dog. Not sure where else to turn when this is supposed to be my refuge, and I only had one bus ticket to get there. It’s so unfortunate to be treated like this as a black, queer woman and abuse survivor who has been referred to rose haven so many times. I want to believe it was just this one rotten woman, but I’m honestly afraid to return to get help and trying to find out who to report her to.

Rose Haven has been incredibly helpful during a very difficult period of my life. They are doing a great job. I am forever thankful to everyone there, specially Mo.THANK YOU!