About Overnight Stays:

Families participating in the DayBreak Shelter Program spend evenings and nights at one of the various participating churches. Overnight volunteers from the hosting churches spend the night with the host families to provide them support and security.

Overnight Host 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

• You will need to bring a sleeping bag and pillow.
  
• Arrive at St David's by:
  7:00pm and plan to stay until 7am Sunday thru Fri
  7:00pm and plan to stay until 9am Saturday
  Note: There are additional coordination responsibilities for those volunteers staying overnight on Saturday. See notes below.
  
• Upon arriving at St David's, please let the dinner volunteers know that you have arrived. They will be working with guests in the kitchen finishing dinner clean-up. Dinner volunteers will stay until you arrive.
  
• Lock the front door of the church at 10pm
  
• Encouraging "lights out" policy at 11pm
  
• Encouraging guests to be up and ready to leave in the van by
  7am Sunday through Friday
  9am Saturday
• Breakfast foods are provided for the participants but guests are responsible for making breakfast and cleaning the dishes.
  
• Make sure the DayBreak Shelter log gets to the van driver prior to their departure so they can take it to the Day Center.
  
• Please help to limit guest phone use to emergencies only.
  

For Emergencies:
Please follow both of these steps:
1. Call 911 for medical or police/fire related interventions. In the front of DayBreak Shelter log are medical release/information sheets on all the guests which may be of service to medical personnel
2. Call either Michelle (503-235-3276) or Debbie (503-236-3786). They will follow-up with the Human Solutions Shelter Coordinator.

Additional Responsibilities of Saturday Evening Host:
By Sunday AM, the following must be completed before the guests leave the church. Please help them to plan out and complete the following tasks between Sat PM and Sun, AM. Ensure they are ready to leave the church by 7AM:

• Chairs and tables cleaned, folded and stacked along the wall
  
• Make sure parish hall/dining area has been mopped
  
• Remove food and garbage from the rooms
  
• Strip cots of linen
  
• Put dirty laundry in bags/baskets (please keep wet items separate)
  
• Prepare their belongings for moving
  
• Fold up blankets and stack them in the linen room. Place pillows in linen room.
  
• Fold up cots
  
• Turn heat off in all the rooms
  
• Neatly place the cots and tubs with personal belongings along the hallway leading to the rooms (there is a wide open areas against the wall).
  

General 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).