Thank you to the many volunteers, donors, and sewing groups who have stepped up in this time of need and are helping us provide critical safety supplies for our staff and guests. The face masks you painstakingly measured, cut, pinned, and sewed are being distributed to the +1,500 women we serve annually.

Looking for a way to help but can't make it into the city? We now have WLP donation drop-off locations in many neighborhoods around Boston! Simply collect your donations and drop them off at a Drop-Off Volunteer near you. Our Drop-off Volunteers will collect donations within their neighborhood and deliver them to the shelter for you.

View our current list of participating neighborhoods below. Click on a neighborhood to learn where your nearest drop-off location is.

We are grateful for the support we have received from our community and for the inquiries asking how you can assist our mission to support women experiencing homelessness and poverty during this time of uncertainty. You can get involved and become a “virtual volunteer” by helping us promote our Mother’s Day cards in two easy steps.

WLP is still open and serving women every day. We are continuing to maintain all three of our core service areas – healthy meals, direct care and advocacy – despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19. Although this pandemic has forced us to temporarily shift to take-out meals, we are still serving over 200 meals each day! We miss our volunteers greatly and wanted to let you know a few ways you could be a "virtual volunteer"!

Want to help WLP while shopping for your everyday essentials? Set up Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate to WLP each time you shop through the Smile page.

For daily updates on coronavirus in Boston, text BOSCOVID to 99411.

The leadership of Women’s Lunch Place has been monitoring the evolving conditions related to the COVID-19 emergency. Initially, WLP implemented prevention, education and response measures throughout our shelter programming.

Several weeks ago, on an icy January night, WLP Executive Director Jennifer Hanlon Wigon joined hundreds of Boston volunteers to count the homeless living on the streets of Boston. Each year, volunteers work with city and state officials and comb through streets, alleyways, MBTA stations, and more to record how many people are sleeping outside. This data is then combined with overnight shelter and other transitional housing headcounts to get a better picture of homelessness and its impact in our city.