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4 people are interested
Florence House Soup Kitchen
ORGANIZATION: PREBLE STREET
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4 people are interested
About Florence House
Florence House is Preble Street's women's shelter and Housing First facility in Portland, ME. In partnership with Avesta Housing, Florence House is both an emergency overnight shelter serving women in Portland, and a long-term housing facility, with 25 housing-first units located on the premises.
Florence House's soup kitchen serves more than 50 women three meals per day. We are currently seeking volunteers to to help prep and serve these meals to the women in our community. As a volunteer, you'll help keep the kitchen clean and organized; cook delicious food; serve the women of Florence House, and engage with a vast network of dedicated volunteers.
Requirements
- Must to 21 years of age or older
- Must commit to an ongoing weekly shift for a minimum of 3 months
- Breakfast: 7:45-10am
- Lunch: 10:30am-1:30pm
- Dinner: 4:30-7:30pm
- Saturday Lunches
- Saturday Dinners
- Sunday Lunches
- Sunday Dinners
- Friday Dinners
- Friday Lunches
- Weekday breakfasts
Hint: you may need to copy and paste this URL into your web browser:
http://florencehousehelp.preblestreet.volunteerhub.com/
More opportunities with PREBLE STREET
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About PREBLE STREET
Location:
38 PREBELE STREET 3RD FLOOR, PORTLAND, ME 04101, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems.
Description
In 1975 Preble Street was founded as a neighborhood center to involve and empower homeless and low-income residents. As homelessness became an urban issue, Preble Street was the first agency in Maine to recognize that homeless people needed a place to stay during the day and has operated a day shelter since 1981, providing free meals and access to clothing, phones, bathrooms, mail, and linkage to community resources for housing, healthcare, mental health treatment, employment, etc.
As ideas for a more unified community resource center emerged, Preble Street launched a unique collaborative partnership of private and public agencies working together to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the homeless and low-income residents of Greater Portland, consolidating three soup kitchens, a food pantry, the City of Portland Homeless Healthcare Clinic, a day shelter, social services, a housing location program, and a homelessness prevention program.
This model was replicated in 1996 at the Teen Center and expanded to include overnight shelters for homeless youth and women in 2004 and 2007, respectively. The first permanent low-barrier supportive housing for chronically homeless adults in Maine, Logan Place, was opened in 2005, as well as casework support for previously homeless families in community-based housing.
Today, Preble Street has become the hub of programs for the most vulnerable and underserved residents of Portland.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
190 Valley StreetPortland, ME 04102
DATE POSTED
March 15, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Must commit to an ongoing weekly shift for a minim
- Must to 21 years of age or older. Must complete a criminal background check.