Provide a Meal for Homeless Families

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Help ensure our homeless families have a healthy meal during this time of uncertainty.

In 2005, YWCA Columbus responded to a community call to take over emergency shelter and services for families without homes. Many are working poor and unable to meet high housing costs; many are women raising children alone. The 50-room center offers these families safety and support, a place where they can get three healthy meals a day, and a warm, secure place to sleep.

There is no higher priority for us than the health, safety, and physical well-being of our visitors, the population we serve, and YWCA Columbus employees. In an effort to ensure the safety of volunteers, we have suspended all in-person volunteer opportunities until further notice. We rely on volunteers and donors 365 days a year to provide meals to homeless families staying at our Family Center. This saves the organization over $200,000 annually, and when there's a crisis, this need is even more crucial.

MEAL HOSTING OPTIONS DURING THIS TIME:

• Physically provide and drop off the meal/ingredients for our kitchen staff to serve. Your group should expect to serve up to 185 people for breakfast/dinner and 50-120 people for lunch. Please contact Naomi Merino prior to purchasing food. Sign up for an open date: https://www.ywcacolumbus.org/get-involved/volunteer/open-meal-host-dates-and-signup/
• Financially sponsor a meal for our kitchen staff to prepare and serve for a donation of $300 for breakfast and $500 for lunch/dinner. To sponsor a meal, visit https://ywcacolumbus.org/meal-sponsor
• Contribute to Community Night, a monthly evening where the community works together to donate a full meal for families at the YWCA Family Center. Shop and share our Amazon Wish List, drop off items, or make a monetary donation to go towards the meal.