Opportunity Details
Shower of Hope at St. James Episcopal Church
Shower of Hope staff provide access to hot showers for our unhoused neighbors. St James volunteers collaborate with Shower of Hope to create a safe waiting area for the showers including an art table, board games, a clothing shed, and hot meals, and conversation.
Impact
Provide safe space for socializing, hot showers, clean clothes, and home cooked meals for our unhoused neighbors.
Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities
- Prepare the parking lot as a safe "waiting area" for the showers:
- Set up chairs, tables, clothing shed, food distribution table, and various activities like board games and an art table.
- Hallway attendant/monitors bathrooms: Make sure that the area will be secure, safe from congregating.
- Hand out ready-made meals
- Select and distribute clothing from the Clothing Shed in the parking lot
- At the End/Breakdown: return furniture to the Parish Hall. Wash dishes used for food distribution. Pick up around the parking lot.
Prefer that you be fully vaccinated.
Location
Support this weekly event in the parking lot of the St. James Episcopal Church, near the intersection of Wilshire/Western
All volunteers participating in this volunteer opportunity should adhere to the health and safety guidelines outlined here: http://www.laworks.com/health-and-safety
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Age Minimum (with Adult): 18+, Minimum Age:18+
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