Welcome to The Front Porch

A place to rest, renew, and restore

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The Front Porch Memphis was built with one simple goal: to create a space where everyone feels welcomed. Whether you’re here to host a meeting or event, grab coffee with a friend, or simply take a quiet moment to recharge, this is your place. We believe in the power of connection—in conversations that spark ideas, relationships that deepen over time, and spaces that invite both productivity and rest.

At the heart of it all is Second Helpings Café, where you can enjoy breakfast, lunch, or a cup of coffee with a friend or business associate. From casual gatherings to professional events, The Front Porch is where Memphis comes to work, rest, and gather for good.

We’re proudly located in the heart of East Memphis, right on Walnut Grove near Perkins—a welcoming spot where the city naturally comes together.

The Front Porch features:

7,777 square foot glass building
Long and inviting veranda with rocking chairs for outdoor conversations
Second Helpings Café – open Monday–Saturday to the public
Event Space and Meeting Room available for booking
Private Office Space
Free Monthly Events including outdoor concerts, speakers, family events and more
Gardens, Green Space and More

Voices from Our Community

“The peace of a front porch is the gift that every generation should experience, even if it’s just to rock back and forth to the rhythm of the day.” - Mearl Purvis, Board member

“We have a unique privilege - and space - that affords us opportunities to serve as a Front Porch where people from across the wider Memphis community can come to experience rest and renewal, grace, and the goodness of belonging.” - Dr. Stephen Cook, Second Baptist Church

“This partnership and our new location at the corner of Perkins and Walnut Grove will allow us to work towards healing our community and those we serve. We are honored to be one of the first community partners to call this new space home.” – Angela Hamblen Kelly, LCSW, Administrator for Baptist Centers for Good Grief

Join Our Mission

Your support helps us continue building bridges between business success and community compassion. Together, we can create lasting positive change.

A red telephone box on the lawn at The Front Porch, beside the building with young trees and planting around it

On the campus

The Wind Phone Booth

There is a red telephone box on our lawn. The phone inside it is not connected to anything.

It is a wind phone — a quiet place to say the things you didn’t get to say to someone you have lost. Ours is the only one in West Tennessee. It is free, it is private, and nobody will ask you why you came.

Read about the Wind Phone Booth

Our first fundraiser · One night only

A Taste of Rwanda

at The Front Porch

For one evening in October, this building becomes a doorway to Rwanda — an original production of music, dance, and storytelling performed by Mashariki, a Rwandan theater company, alongside authentic Rwandan food and creative mocktails.

Created together by artists from Rwanda and Memphis, and given to us as a gift by Hattiloo Theatre. You will not see it anywhere else.

Proudly alcohol-free. In place of a bar there is a mocktail menu built for the evening — an easy yes if you are driving or simply not drinking. Families are welcome. Finished by 8:30.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
$100 General Admission · $125 VIP
Families welcome
Alcohol-free

Get Tickets See the Full Evening

Where your ticket goes

Every dollar stays in Memphis — keeping the building running, funding the free events we host all year, and sustaining a space where everyone belongs. Our goal for the night is $30,000.

Can't make it on the 20th?

The online auction and Fund-a-Need appeals run October 6–20. You can bid and give from anywhere.

Browse the auction →

Sponsorships

Four tiers from $500 to $5,000, each with seats and recognition. Presenting sponsorship is still open.

Talk to Melissa Todd →