Shelter van driver (Interfaith Hospitality Network)
ORGANIZATION: Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis
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Did you know Indy is seriously lacking in shelter space for families with children, and family shelters have to turn away a dozen families daily all throughout the city? You can help us fix that!
Family Promise is recruiting a pool of volunteers to help take on morning and evening driving shifts for the families with children in our shelter!
Our shelter--called the Interfaith Hospitality Network--is a group of congregations of all faiths that each host 3-4 families going through homelessness. A congregation hosts for a week at a time, then transfers the beds and materials to the next congregation on Sunday. Then that congregation hosts. Together, all 52 weeks of the year are covered, and Indy gets additional shelter space.
During a congregation's hosting week, they need one van driver each morning to drive the 3-4 families to the Family Promise Day Center so kids can catch school buses, and parents can get to work.
They need one driver to pick up the families at 4:45pm and drive them back to the congregaiton daily.
The driver must be 21+ and have a valid driver's license in the State of Indiana.
If you express an interest through Volunteer Match, you would be contacted about scheduling an orientation. Then, you would be referred to a congregation or two that is in need of driving volunteers. Their coordinator would communicate to you any time they had a hosting week coming up, and send you a link to pick out any shifts you are available to help. There is never any obligation to sign up.
A driving shift is any day you sign up for after joining the pool of volunteer drivers. Morning shifts generally are 5:30-7:30am or 4-6pm on weekdays, and 7:30-9:30am or 4-6pm on weekends.
The van is a 15-passenger van, and requires no special driver's license. Also, though we are a network of congregations who are each passionate about our faith, we do not proselytize through this shelter program.
Thank you for your interest!
Because every child deserves a home. (Learn more at www.fpgi.org.)
More opportunities with Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis
Location:
1850 N Arsenal Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46218, US
Mission Statement
We are a partnership of congregations and community organizations responding to the crisis of children and their families who are homeless. We work to eliminate homelessness in Greater Indianapolis.
Description
We shelter families with children till they can find housing, then we work with them for two years to retain housing. Founded in 1994, we are unique for three reasons: 1) We accept any family that comes, regardless of the makeup of the family--something rare for traditional shelters in the United States that separate by gender, age of children, or don't allow same sex couples, three generational families, or sibling groups. 2) We serve twice as many families per dollar invested thanks to a network of 30+ congregations that actually host the families in their own facilities, with volunteers sleeping on site each night and providing meals/transportation out of their own pocket. 3) We are beginning in 2020 to advocate for policy changes to curb the eviction crisis, and are piloting a first-in-the-nation shelter model through renting a private apartment. As a shelter, we believe it is not enough to receive 10 calls per day for help from families, and not ask why so many families are in a position to have to call.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1850 N. Arsenal Ave.Indianapolis, IN 46218
DATE POSTED
February 28, 2020
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- Generally a one-hour shift, on any day you choose