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 For 37 years,
volunteer groups in our community have made an astounding contribution
to homeless men and women: they have provided and served meals for people in our shelters. We've calcualated that to be more than one million meals over the years.
The dinners our volunteers provide are wonderful and critical, but the other benefits of their service are incalculable. Clients have told our staff time and time again how touched and grateful they are for the dedicated work of our Meal Providers. Our clients get a sense of just how many people care about their well-being.
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Want to help? Here are the basics: Put together a group of 6 to 8 adults, or 8 to 10 children along with a couple of adults, who can provide, cook, and serve a meal for 90 homeless persons. Most groups help with clean up, but our residents will assist if your group does not want to clean. COST Generally, meals cost between $75 to $150 depending on what you choose to prepare and whether you receive food donations (many stores will donate food if you ask). TIME Preparation time depends on the meal you serve. Lasagna takes longer than taco salad. Dinner time is 7:00 PM and the meals generally take 20 to 40 minutes to complete. LOCATIONS The Dr. Rodney Glisan Center is located at 475 NW Glisan (on the corner of NW Glisan and 5th). All meals served at Glisan must be prepared off-site because our kitchen facilities are limited. Meal providers are responsible for bringing plastic eating utensils, paper plates/bowls, napkins, and cups. The Clark Center is located at 323 SE Hawthorne, on the corner of MLK and SE Hawthorne, directly beneath the Hawthorne Bridge. The Clark Center offers a full commercial kitchen that meal providers are welcome to use (you may arrive at any time to begin preparations). Because of our commercial dishwasher, we are able to provide all utensils, plates, and cups. SCHEDULING Your group may provide as frequently as you wish. Many Meal Providers serve monthly, while others are more sporadic. We can schedule you with as little as a week's notice, but your chance of getting the date you want improves if you schedule earlier (weekends are popular dates and fill up quickly). In the Fall, we schedule approximately 70 percent of our dates for the upcoming year. PARKING There is free street parking around the Clark Center. The parking lot adjacent to the Glisan Street Shelter provides two free parking spaces for Meal Providers between the hours of 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM only. Ask the shelter staff for a Meal Provider pass to place on your vehicle dashboard. FOOD The following amounts will serve 90: 12 dozen sandwiches 9 gallons of milk or juice 10 dozen cookies 2 jars mustard/mayonnaise or 150 individual packets Click here for sample recipes. And click here for even more recipes. Two great website resources are www.allrecipes.com where you can change the serving size to 90 or 100 to get the appropriate proportions or www.angelfire.com/bc/incredible/foodservicelist.html PROHIBITIONS Please do not prepare any food with poppy seeds because they interfere with drug tests that we perform. In addition, because many of our clients struggle with addictions or are in recovery, we ask that you not use alcohol as an ingredient in any meal-such as wine sauce. Interested
in providing a meal? Contact
our Volunteer Coordinator at (503) 823-4926, x4, volunteer@tprojects.org. ©Copyright 2004, Transition Projects, Inc. All rights reserved. |