Board & Staff

Board of Directors

President JoAnn Bolek

Vice President Mary Seifert

Treasurer Eric Andrzejak

Secretary Bethanie Mansfield

Director Gene Gerard

Director Karen Politowicz

Director John Reardon

Director Rob Wright

Director Sylvia Ashton

Staff

Executive Director Karen L. Myers
kmyers@opendooroutreachcenter.com

Pantry Manager Stephanie Mercier
smercier@opendooroutreachcenter.com

Client Services Manager Carrie Ortiz
cortiz@opendooroutreachcenter.com

Resale Store Manger Pat Kanners
pkanners@opendooroutreachcenter.com

Resale Store Assistant Manager Nancy Mannix
nmannix@opendooroutreachcenter.com

Administrative Assistant Jon McGregor
jmcgregor@opendooroutreachcenter.com

Open Door Outreach Center & Resale Store has 193 volunteer staff members and 6 part time paid staff who ensure we run efficiently and effectively. We are very grateful for their support and could not do this work without them. Our key volunteers commit to a 3 hour shift once a week, usually 10-1 or 1-4.

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Client Stories

Imagine a family of six, including four young children, living in a tent for 7 weeks.
That happened in the spring of 2016 when a family came to Open Door with their story of being evicted. They had borrowed the tent and were living without indoor plumbing in a campground.
The father worked, but the family was really struggling. No place to live and with payments at a camp ground no way to save the security or first month rent. Then the people who loaned the family the tent asked for it back. Open Door bought a tent for them in July, and for the next two months, staff and the family worked to pool funds from local churches. With the father’s savings, the family was able to put $2,200 down to rent a house. Open Door provided many visits of food, clothing, gas cards and books for the kids. By September, the family was out of the tent and living in a new home.

Food Pantry

Open Door’s Client-Choice Food Pantry provides food and care items on a monthly basis to qualified income men, women, children and seniors struggling to make ends meet.

Client Services

Open Door Outreach Center's primary mission, in the spirit of interfaith charity, is to provide emergency services of food, clothing and referral information to families in need.

Resale Store

This welcoming stand-alone store provides gently used, clean, in-season clothing and shoes to –extremely low income families and individuals at no cost.

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At Open Door we listen, qualify and compassionately serve low income families and seniors.