Volunteer Training for Emergency Overnight Shelter November 7, 8, or 9
UCE will host the Emergency Overnight Shelter again this year. Interfaith Action of Evanston provides some staff to manage the shelters, which rotate among six different faith communities but we need you to help volunteer, especially when UCE hosts during the weeks of February 25, March 4, and March 18. What we need to focus on now is the brief but necessary training. Three opportunities for this hour-long training will be offered at 7pm on 11/7, 11/8, 11/9. You only need to attend one of these evenings if you haven’t been trained before. Below are details about the volunteer roles and the locations of the training sessions. Thank you for your much needed help keeping people off the streets on the coldest winter nights.
Volunteers roles for the overnight shelter
Set-up Volunteers – 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm – able to set up the cots, prepare the rooms, prepare hot drinks and greet guests as they arrive at 9:00
Overnight Volunteers – 9 pm to 7 am – able to spend the night to assist the staff person. Lights will be turned out at 10:00. Volunteers should be able to get some sleep.
Clean-up Volunteers – 6 to 7 am – able to help wake the guests and ensure they leave the facility on time. Also assists the supervisor in taking down/storing cots, cleaning up the facility, and preparing the laundry/cots for pickup.
Emergency Shelter volunteer requirements:
…Attend one training session
…Comfortable with email notifications
…Compassionate heart and ability to get along with diverse people
…Listening ear
…Reliable and prompt
…Boundary keeper (Able to enforce rules, not easily manipulated)
Please email Sue Murphy at ia@interfaithactionofevanston.org if you are interested or for more information.
Training Sessions (required to come to one)
Tuesday, November 7 7pm Northminster Presbyterian Church
2515 Central Park
Wednesday, November 8 7pm First Congregational Church
1417 Hinman
Thursday, November 9 7pm First Presbyterian Church
1427 Chicago