Did you know that 2.5 million children will experience homelessness this year?
As we continue to provide assistance to the most vulnerable members of our community, we need YOUR help!
Family Promise needs shelter rotation volunteers while the families stay at the Day Center. Volunteers help provide delicious meals, healthy conversation, quality time throughout the week and during the weekends.
Family Promise has a wide range of volunteer opportunities for everyone and every skill set!
To find out more about volunteering as a host or serving a meal at the Family Promise Day Center, contact serve@st.lukes.org
To visit Family Promise’s direct volunteer portal click the link below.
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Provide Meals during the Holidays!
St. Luke’s volunteers during the holiday season (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s weeks) by providing meals for Family Promise families.
Signups will be available in November.
Share some holiday cheer during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s weeks by providing meals for 4 families who are experiencing homelessness. Offering nourishing meals to families in the Family Promise program is a way to relieve the time and cost burden for families.
This is a great opportunity for an individual, your family or a small group.
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Julia G’s story
In these difficult time
s, it was an absolute blessing to be able to do outreach in the community. Things aren’t easy for anybody right now, but I’m very thankful we were able to prepare meals for people who needed them.
We got a list of some items that were pretty universally liked, for example, pasta. So we did our best to make meals that everyone would enjoy. On Friday we made a tuna casserole because we weren’t sure of the religious affiliations of the families, but we wanted everyone to be accounted for. (Good Friday, 2020)
The shopping was a little nerve-wracking because it was very different than we’ve ever seen it. There were stickers to remind people to distance themselves and some people were wearing gloves and masks. There were also items that were harder to find – we ended up with 3 different brands and 2 flavors of pasta sauce because there was so little left.
The Gardiner family prepared meals for 3 consecutive days in April, 2020.
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If you have any questions, please contact serve@st.lukes.org for more information.
