Stay strong with a healthy meal! | Seeking volunteers and donors to help feed our guests

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HavenHouse St. Louis provides families with healthy, nourishing meals to help ease their stress while they're staying in St. Louis. They need not worry about finding food in a big city when they eat with us. And they can relax in their rooms or the hospitality room to unwind after a stressful day at the hospital.

We're seeking creative and resourceful team members eager to assist HavenHouse St. Louis Staff in securing and providing meals to the patients and their families who rely on our meal program to ease anxiety.

This is an excellent opportunity for a volunteer group, a business looking to offer volunteer hours and donation incentives to employees, or a personal project to do something good. We encourage organizations devoted to giving back to the community to reach out so we can discuss ways we can team up and make a difference!

Click "READ MORE" for details!

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** For volunteers without access to a commercial kitchen...

Pre-Prepared Meal Donations

A great way to help feed HavenHouse St. Louis guests is meal donations-the kind you don't need to worry about cooking! You can do this in a number of ways. Below you'll find two examples.

1.Purchasing boxed meals from local restaurants
Numerous restaurants offer catering and group options. Volunteers helping in this way can contact us to see what the meal need is for a specific day. We can inform them how many families are in-house and how many would like to eat. The volunteer would then purchase a certain number of meals to donate based on that information. This can be a single event or on a reoccurring basis-however the volunteer wishes to help!

2. Requesting donations from local restaurants
Everyone always wants to help. That also goes for local businesses. Volunteers can reach out to restaurants and establishments to inquire if meal donation is an option. This is a phenomenal opportunity for someone who loves to network and expand their reach while helping a local nonprofit!


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** For volunteers with access to a commercial kitchen...

• Preparation:
  • If you or your group are happy to prepare and donate meals, we only ask that you are able to do so in a food-safe environment. This needs to be in a commercial kitchen.
  • If you are a business or employee who would like to donate prepared meals, please contact us so we can discuss how you can best help our families!
• Health and Safety
  • We ask that all prepared and donated meals be individually packaged during the COVID-19 pandemic. We understand this is an added step. But we hold the health of our patients and families in the highest regard.
  • Any individual or group willing to volunteer their time in preparing meals should also have at least one member with a food-safe certification. This allows us to guarantee that the food we serve is safe and healthy.
• Subject to Change
  • All requests and requirements are subject to change at any time. As a health-adjacent organization, we must follow certain guidelines and procedures to ensure the health and safety of all our guests. As such, while we may be asking a lot, we also hope that the time spent helping HavenHouse families is time you cherish, knowing that you're making a difference in so many lives.

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To start the volunteer screening process, respond to this listing, email, call, or complete an application on our website at https://www.havenhousestl.org/volunteer.shtml.

To learn more, please contact hailey@havenhousestl.org or call (314) 434-5858.