VRQ/Steadfast House Needs

VRQ & STEADFAST Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Duties                        Times Needed                    Day of Week

Kitchen

Dishwasher                                                     8:00 am to 8:00 pm                            Monday – Sunday

Kitchen Prep Aids                                          9:00 am to 5:00 pm                            Monday-Sunday

Cook Teams (Groups of two or more)

Breakfast-                                                       5:00-8:00 am                                      Call to check availability

Lunch-                                                            9:30-1:00 pm                                      Call to check availability

Dinner-                                                           3:30-7:00 pm                                      Call to check availability                              

Clerical Duties

Front Desk Volunteers                                   9:00-9:00 pm                                      Monday- Sunday

                                                                        1:00-9:00 pm                                      Monday-Sunday

Administrative                                               TBD                                                   Monday- Friday

Data Entry                                                      9:00-9:00pm                                       Monday- Friday

                                   

Educational & Training

Campus Meeting classes                                Day & Evening                                   Monday- Sunday

Computer Class Instructor                             9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Monday - Sunday

Job Coach                                                       9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Monday-Sunday

Mentor                                                            9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Monday-Sunday

PTSD Certified Instructor                              Weekly Meeting TBD                                    Monday- Friday

Chaplains& Chaplains assistants                   9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Monday – Sunday

Health Awareness instructor                          9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Monday - Sunday

Recreation                                                     9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Monday - Sunday

Bingo, movie, Ice Cream Socials etc.            7:00 pm to 9:00 pm                            Monday – Sunday

Musicians to perform (groups)                      6:00 pm to 7:00 pm                            Monday – Sunday

Decorations for holiday’s                              TBD                                                    Holidays

Miscellaneous

Donation sorting                                             10:00-2:00 pm                                                Tuesday & Thursday

Maintenance Helpers                                     9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Monday-Friday

Art Therapy Instructor                                   9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Preferably Saturday

Attorneys (Legal Aid)                                                Upon Request                                                 Call to check availability

Instructor for Financial Mgmt. Class            9:00 am to 9:00 PM                            Monday – Sunday

Hair Cuts                                                        9:00 am to 9:00 pm                            Monday - Sunday

Volunteer opportunities may also consist of doing drives for us. 

Food Drives,    Hygiene drives,     blanket, sheets, and towels drive   Shoe drive

VRQ INFORMATION CALL      Kelley Freeman 398-6615   

Steadfast House Dinner January 27

Would you like to donate, prep, or help serve dinner at the Steadfast House with Grace Covenant's cook team? Our next dinner is a week from today, on Sunday, January 27. All the details about where, when, and how you can get involved are in the sign-up page here:

http://www.perfectpotluck.com/meals.php?t=OXRN2884

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thanks for your help with this GCPC project!

--Amber Cook

ambercook714@yahoo.com

Steadfast House Dinner Opportunity and Wish List

Steadfast House provides women a fresh start and a place to heal surrounded and supported by Christian love, trust, education and companionship. Their mission is to provide stability to homeless women and moms with children; provide personal skill building for women; provide education and training that equip women for employment and sustainable housing; provide reintegration skills and opportunities that lead to greater self-determination. Please click HERE to learn more, to see a list of needed items, and to get involved.   

A group of GCPC volunteers provides dinner for Steadfast House residents every other month. The next dinner is Sunday, September 23. See this link for more information and to sign up to help!

March Steadfast House Dinner

Can you help provide food or serve with the GCPC Steadfast House cook team this month? We will be providing dinner on Tuesday night, March 27 at 6:00 p.m.. We will likely be shorthanded because of the Lenten series happening concurrently, so please sign up if you can pitch in! See this link for more information and to sign up.

Profile: Steadfast House Cook Teams

The Steadfast House, located on Hillcrest Street near Claxton Elementary, provides

• emergency shelter and transitional housing for 26 single women and up to 7 families for a total of 43 residents,
• safe place with food and care, personal skill building, and life skills and job training, and
• the ability to work and save money for a new start and reintegration back into the community

Grace Covenant provides

• two cook teams, each of which provide dinner once a month
• one team initiated by the SOS group (young mothers at GCPC) and headed up by Amber Cook; another initiated by a smaller group of women and headed up by Nan Clarke 
• we provide, prepare, and serve the food
• we eat with the women whenever possible
• occasional other partnership
• SOS held yard sale to help fund Steadfast House wish list needs
• GCPC young parents sponsored a room renovation with materials and labor
• SOS group provided items for residents' Christmas gift baskets

How do I get involved?

Contact Amber Cook to be added to her e-mail list. We recruit helpers via e-mail each month, so you can join in on the months you are available and lay low when it does not suit your schedule. Volunteers are needed to donate menu items, prepare food, and/or serve the dinner at 6:00 the fourth Tuesday of each month.  The group consists primarily of GCPC young mothers, but all are welcome. The second group (Nan Clarke’s) serves on the fifth Tuesday of each month and does not currently need additional volunteers. If you’d like to start your own cook team, contact Steadfast House’s volunteer coordinator, Brittany Williams.