Stone Soup to Move Meals to Corvallis Center
The nonprofit will serve its daily meals from a permanent space shared with the Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center.
Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Philanthropy
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Stone Soup Corvallis plans to move its regular meals to a permanent location at the Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center at 559 SW Fourth St. in February 2027. Until renovations at the new site are complete, the nonprofit will continue serving meals at its current host locations.
Why it matters
Stone Soup's current locations are farther from the city's center, and the new site is expected to be more accessible for Corvallis residents without reliable transportation. The move ends years of meal service at churches and a hygiene center by consolidating it into a single shared space.
Stone Soup has served unhoused and impoverished Corvallis residents for 44 years, providing one meal a day to anyone with no questions asked. The partnership has been discussed for roughly twenty years and in active planning for about two and a half years, and renovations have not yet started.
The players
Stone Soup Corvallis
A local nonprofit that has served unhoused and impoverished communities in Corvallis for 44 years, providing one meal a day to anyone.
Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center
A local center offering medical care, addiction recovery, transportation assistance and peer mental support, which invited Stone Soup to share its new space.
The details
The Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center, which bought and opened its 559 SW Fourth St. location in October 2025, invited Stone Soup to become a tenant there after reaching out to the nonprofit. Stone Soup agreed, and will continue serving meals at its current sites until the new space is ready.
Timeline
October 2025: The Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center bought, moved to and opened its 559 SW Fourth St. location.
February 2027: Stone Soup is on track to begin regular meals at the new location.
Philanthropy Landscape
Stone Soup has provided meals to Corvallis's unhoused community for 44 years from borrowed space at two churches and the Hygiene Center. Consolidating meal service with the Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center's medical and recovery services into one permanent site marks a shift from rotating host locations to integrated, fixed-location aid.
Corvallis residents who rely on a free daily meal will be able to get it from a single permanent site that is closer to the city center and to other support services. Those without reliable transportation may find the consolidated location easier to reach than the current church and hygiene center sites.
The takeaway
Permanent, shared service spaces can make it easier for people in need to reach meals and support in one place. Residents who want to help can look to local nonprofits like Stone Soup that are expanding their footprint.
What happens next
Stone Soup is on track to open regular meals at the 559 SW Fourth St. location in February 2027, pending completion of renovations.
Further reading
Explore more Philanthropy coverage to see how nonprofits in communities like Corvallis are expanding services.
More information
Check the Stone Soup meal schedule by location for current meal sites and times.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Daily Barometer.
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