The Freedom Warming Center season is here! USSB is once again be host to many cold and hungry people, looking for shelter when the weather is bad.
Volunteering means selecting at least one night of the week to be on a Hospitality Team. If we are activated, the team will provide dinner on their night for about 60 guests. We also need Team Leaders who will help coordinate their team's shopping, cooking and cleaning up for their night. There is an instruction manual, and you will join a team of experienced and trained volunteers!
Although we are assigned six on-call weeks between November 15 and March 31, we only activate if the weather forecast calls for 50% chance of rain or a temperature of 35 or below. We usually get 48 hours notice. However, we always open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Our on-call weeks are:
November 15 - 19 (Season starts on Nov. 15th)
December 18 - 25 (extended to include Christmas Day)
January 15 - 21
January 29 - February 4
February 26 - March 4
March 26 - 31
We also need a team of "Kitchen Kindness" volunteers to re-organize, straighten and clean our kitchen the days AFTER our "on-call" weeks!
Questions? Contact Rev. Julia Hamilton.
julia@ussb.org