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JOIN: Day Space Volunteer Positions for Summer
Posted by hannah.cherry
Summer Volunteer Positions at JOIN
The Day Space Volunteer position gives volunteers a meaningful experience and many opportunities to talk to folks experiencing homelessness and hear genuine stories of their experiences. Volunteers typically work either a morning shift, from 10 am – 12:30 pm, or afternoon shift, from 12:30 pm – 3 pm.
Our day space, fondly known as The House, is a basic resource center where people previously or currently experiencing homelessness can have a cup of coffee and feel safe and warm. They can also receive services to help them survive outside and to help them get off the streets such as showers, lockers, mail, internet, laundry vouchers, and phones. We run on a barter system instead of a charity model in order to preserve the dignity of folks who access our services. This means that in exchange for services, people give back to the community space by doing barter work such as cleaning bathrooms or showers, sweeping and mopping, and more. Our hours are 10 am – 3 pm, Monday through Friday (except every 2nd Friday of the month).
What does the Summer Volunteer Staff position entail?
Staffing the front desk which includes:
- Working as a team to meet the basic needs of people experiencing homelessness
- Monitoring the shower list
- Monitoring the barter list
- Handing out hygiene products, pet food, laundry vouchers, computer codes, mail, etc.
- Connecting folks with their outreach workers and communicating the nature of our outreach-based housing programs to the public
Contact Information
Danny Finnegan, the House Coordinator
House@joinpdx.org
joinpdx.com
About the Organization
JOIN exists to support the efforts of homeless individuals and families to transition out of homelessness into permanent housing. Our efforts are directed at individuals sleeping outside or in their car in the Portland Metro area. Our service provision is not dependent on age, gender, race, ethnicity, faith, culture, language, sexual identity, specific diagnosis, or identifiable issue.