Volunteer

Serve a Meal

Daybreak Evening Meals: Groups are being sought to provide a 4:30 evening meal once a month at Daybreak. The meal is prepared on site or in a licensed kitchen and brought to Daybreak. Either those who prepared the meal or others would have the opportunity to serve the meal to Daybreak members.

Soup Kitchen Meals: From time to time groups are needed to replace one of the regular groups serving a lunch meal at the Soup Kitchen on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays. Five to seven people are needed on a once a month basis. Food is generally prepared on site and can be provided by the Soup Kitchen or by the serving group. There is also a need for ministers to give the noon-time prayer and be available for consultation for an hour.

Spiritual Guidance: The Soup Kitchen has a need for ministers to give the noon-time prayer and be available for consultation for an hour.

Become a Mentor: The Aspires Mentoring program is looking for volunteers to mentor students who are in risk of not completing high school. The Mentor would meet with the student on a regular basis (usually weekly) to provide a caring role model who encourages and supports the student to discover and develop their abilities and make good decisions about their future.

Transportation Help: We need help transporting teen parents and their children to our VIP (Very Important Parents) program on Wednesday afternoons.

Pathways Resource Counselor - Assist persons to move along their own particular "pathways" toward self-sufficiency. Includes interview-making, making appointments with appropriate agencies and follow-up. Deanne Malacsics, Pathways Director, offers training and supervision. A Resource Counselor will be working directly with people experiencing loss of work, emergency needs and homelessness. Minimum time requirement: one-half day per week.

Relational Sponsorship

Relational Sponsorship is a unique opportunity for church congregational members is to become directly involved in assisting individuals who are moving from chronic homelessness to permanent housing with increasing their independent living skills, self-sufficiency, and supportive networks. It involves building relationships and trust as well as in assisting people in reaching their goals. For more information please contact Ryan Vernick (HSS Director) at 610-433-6421 Ext. 6102.

Daybreak Volunteer: Assist staff with meal preparation, field trips, bookkeeping, special events, one-on-one conversation, crafts, games, etc. Daybreak members are people who have experienced mental illness, homelessness and or addictions. Hours are flexible and negotiable.

Committee Work: The Conference continually seeks to augment existing committees, offering opportunities to utilize talents in Finance, Public Relations, Personnel, Development, Ecumenism, the annual CROP Walk, or helping to shape any of the ongoing ministries such as Daybreak, Pathways, Soup Kitchen, Linkage or Homeless Supportive Services.

Clothing Room - Two or three people needed to sort clothing in the clothing room, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. You can volunteer once a week or one day a month.

Soup Kitchen - Assist in cleaning and maintaining an inventory of food.