Temple Beth Emeth - Ann Arbor, MI: Volunteer at the Delonis Shelter/Alpha House

Delonis Center/Food Gatherers Community Kitchen
312 W. Huron between First & Third Streets

Ages 16 and up are welcomed, training is provided and there is up to two free hours of parking at the lot at Huron and First.

The Community Kitchen prepares and serves meals daily to those in need. Volunteers are needed on the 1st Monday of the month for a two hour shift (either 3—5 or 5—7) or on the 2nd Saturday of odd numbered months for a 2.5 hour shift (either 12—2:30 or 2:30—5). The first shift prepares the meal. The second shift serves and cleans up.

Please contact Shoshana Mandel-Warner, shoshie@umich.edu, for the Monday crew or Rachel Erdstein, Erdstein@comcast.net, for Saturday.

Alpha House/IHN Shelter Volunteering

These anti-hunger initiatives augment other related already successful endeavors such as the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)/ Alpha House Shelter volunteer program. Contact Susan Greenberg, sjgrog@umich.edu, for information.

Volunteers Needed at Alpha House
April 19-25

Families can participate with their children, ages 7 & up.

Alpha House, the Interfaith Hospitality Network shelter for homeless families with children, needs you during the week April 19–25. TBE and St Clare’s have been asked to provide volunteers during this time. Alpha House can make you to feel warmer than the weather may suggest.

Volunteers are needed to:

Provide dinner (child friendly for about 25 people each evening. Suggestions are: sloppy joes, hot dogs and baked beans, tacos, chili, receipts, and the Alpha House staff will give you a signed receipt.
Serve dinner, eat with the families, clean up and spend time with the kids during the early evening, from 5:30-8:30 each evening. Sometimes an activity is planned and other evenings there is an enormous basement playroom for the kids.
Spend the night from 8:30 pm until 7:30 am (or whenever you have to leave) in the morning. A bedroom is provided; you are mainly needed in the unlikely case of an emergency.
Spend 3 hours (8:30–11:30 am, 11:30–2:30, and 2:30–5:30 pm) during the day on weekends, “hanging out” with the families, putting together breakfast or lunch with food that is available and possibly doing some work to help the staff.

If you are volunteering for the first time, an experienced volunteer and a staff member will also be there with you. For more information or to volunteer, phone Susan Greenberg, 761-3253 or e-mail: sjgrog@umich.edu. We are so appreciative of all of you who have been helping over the years. It is exciting when a new family or individual steps forward.

For more information on these and other food pantries and shelters, visit http://foodgatherers.gov or www.annarborshelter.org