About Providing Dinner:

A hot dinner is provided Sunday through Saturday for host families participating in the DayBreak Shelter program. Dinners are served at the church providing the overnight facilities for that particular week.

Volunteers from participating churches can either prepare their meal at the church or pre-cook their meal and bring to the church to reheat. You can volunteer individually or as a group.When planning your meals we ask that you keep them simple (ie: soup/sandwich; hot dogs; macoroni and cheese...) due to the fact the the number of guests can change unexpectantly ( however it will never exceed 14). In addition we ask that left over food be taken with you as you leave the church.

Meal Preparation Volunteer Information:

During the Inner Southeast Church Group's hosting week, host families overnight at St David's Church, located at:
2800 SE Harrison
503-232-8461

• On the Friday before our hosting week, you will be contacted with the number of guests scheduled for the week.
  
• St David's church will be open by 5 PM each evening.
  
• The kitchen is well equipped with cooking utensils and should have what you need to cook there (you'll just need to bring the food) or feel free to cook ahead and bring a prepared meal.
  
• Plan to serve dinner for the participating guests at 6:15-6:30.
  
• Generally, dinner is served buffet style, but feel free to take your own approach.
  
• Sometime during dinner, ensure that all guests to sign into the DayBreak Shelter log provided at the entrance of the kitchen. This list is used to ensure all guests are evacuated in case of emergencies.
  
• Guests are responsible to assist with clean-up and dishes.
  
• Please assist the guests in clean-up by being responsible for running the dishwasher and ensuring all items used in the kitchen are return to their proper location.
  Note: If you have used the dishwasher in the past, please refer to the directions posted. If you have not used the dishwasher in the past, please ask volunteer opening the church that evening to give you a demonstration If you do not receive a demonstration, dishes will need to be washed by hand at the request of the Pastor of St. David's. Again, the guests are expected to participate in this process. Please document any noncompliance in the log book.
  
• Please stay until 7:00 or so. This is when the overnight host is due to arrive.

General Information:

• Please let you coordinator know if you would like to be contact via phone or email and provide the appropriate contact information.
  
• Please note in the communication section of the DayBreak Shelter log for that week and day any issues that arise during you shift that the Day Center should be aware of. Examples might be continuously causing the van to leave late, not respecting curfew or other schedules, verbal abuse, not respecting property, or if any other Guest Guidelines are not followed. Please also feel free to include positive comments when appropriate as well!
  Note: The Day Center staff will issue violations to guests who do not comply with the Guest Guidelines.
  
• If you have questions or concerns prior to or during you shift, please call Michelle (503-235-3276) or Debbie (503-236-3786).