Navigation Center Meal Hosts

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The Navigation Center opened to provide winter shelter and services to those who were living at the Franklin/Hiawatha encampment. This center provides shelter for up to 120 adults without children, and provides on-site housing assistance, medical care, case management, and basic needs. The Navigation Center opened on December 10, 2018, and is scheduled to close no later than May 31, 2019.

Goal of Position

Simpson Housing Services has contracted with a third party to provide on-site meals three times a day. These meals will be prepared off-site and delivered to the Navigation Center. Simpson is looking for teams of 2-3 volunteers who can assist with dinner service twice a month January through May. Volunteers do not need to plan, prepare, or pay for the meals. We are only asking for assistance serving meals.

Sample Volunteer Tasks

5:30 -6:00 Arrive at Navigation Center at 5:30 pm with other volunteers on team. Check in with on-site staff and prep the space for meal service.

6:00 - 7:00 Serve guests.

7:00 - 7:30 Pack-up leftover food into food containers and clean all surfaces.

• Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
• Volunteers are expected to create their own group of 2-3 and must commit to volunteering twice a month as a group.
• All group members must attend a volunteer orientation prior to volunteering. Interested volunteers may sign up for an orientation for Navigation Center Meal Service at: www.simpsonhousing.volunteerhub.com.