Services We Provide:
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Emergency Food for clients with children
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Clothing and personal care items for the homeless and clients living in service area
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Household items including sheets, blankets, etc.
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Referral to other social service agencies
Client's First Visit:
The client must provide a photo ID. Clients with children must provide a copy of their lease with the names of the children on the lease.
Volunteer:
The Schuhmann Center is continually in need of volunteers. If you would like to help one or two mornings a week between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:45 am, please call the Center at (502) 589-6696.
Ways to Help:
Financial contributions are greatly appreciated. Please make checks payable to the Schuhmann Center. Mail all tax-deductible contributions to the St. Martin of Tours Church:639 S. Shelby St. Louisville, KY 40202
If you shop at Kroger, please support Schuhmann Center! Enroll at www.kroger.com or call 1-800-KROGERS, OPTION 3. Our organization number is TS593.
Please consider making Schuhmann Center a beneficiary in your will.
Other ways to help:
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Donate canned and boxed food items, laundry detergent, clothing, back packs, household items, kitchen utensils, sheets, blankets, towels, and personal care items.
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To donate online, click here.
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Please support the poor and homeless by donating a vehicle.
About Us:
Schuhmann Social Service Center is an outreach ministry of the Shrine of St. Martin of Tours. We are a non-profit agency named in honor of Monsignor George W. Schuhmann, a former pastor of Louisville. We opened in 1982, working with the poor and homeless of the inner city.
Mission Statement:
Our Mission is to assist the homeless and needy by offering food, clothing and social service referrals in a Christ-like atmosphere of dignity and respect.
Service Area:
Persons who live north of our location to the Ohio River, west to 13th Street, south to Hill Street, east to Baxter Avenue and any homeless who come to the agency.
