Volunteers Needed for Inclement Weather Center
January 29, 2016
COLUMBIA, SC – The winter weather is here and The Salvation Army of the Midlands is in desperate need of on-call volunteers to help with serving breakfast and supper to the homeless and hungry at the Inclement Weather Center, depending upon the temperature.
The Inclement Weather Center is located at 191 Calhoun Street, Columbia, SC 29201. The center will operate on nights when the National Weather Service forecasts temperatures of 40 degrees or below.
Volunteers will be notified each day if they are needed to assist with serving supper and breakfast at the Inclement Weather Center. Serving times are listed below.
For Breakfast Service:
- Volunteers should arrive at 5:30 a.m.
- Service will begin at 6:00 a.m. and serve until 6:30 a.m. with a leave time of 6:45 a.m.
- 1-2 volunteers are needed each day that the center is OPEN.
For Supper Service:
- Volunteers should plan on arriving at 6:45 p.m.
- Service will begin at 7:15 p.m. and serve until 7:45 p.m. with a leave time of 8:00 p.m.
- 4-6 volunteers are needed each day that the center is OPEN.
- 7 volunteers is MAX per supper shift.
If you or someone you know is interested in helping us serve supper or breakfast on weekends or weekdays at the Inclement Weather Center, please have them sign up here: http://goo.gl/forms/
Volunteers will receive an email notifying them if we will need assistance due to the center being being open or closed.
Please contact Andrew McIntyre at 803.309.0436 or andrew.mcintyre@uss.
Please note that all volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church established in 1865, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination for 130 years in the United States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. 82 cents of every dollar spent is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide. For more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.
