Family Promise

- Social Justice & Outreach
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- Tess Thapalia
  
  Pastoral Associate for Administration
  
  518-489-5408
  secretarystvincentalbany.org

We are proud to be one of 13 teams who work with Family Promise of the Capital Region to provide support of families facing homelessness, providing temporary lodging, wraparound services, and the guidance they need to build a brighter future. Four times a year, our team of dedicated volunteers makes it possible for these families to stay in our Parish Center, sharing home-cooked meals and the fellowship and warmth of community.

Join Our Ministry!

St. Vincent de Paul provides overnight accommodations and some meals to homeless Family Promise guest families four times a year for a week each visit. We utilize the Parish Center at 984 Madison Avenue to accommodate our guests, the same building used for religious education and our parish food pantry. During host weeks, two volunteers are needed for each shift, each day, as described below. Volunteers select their shifts and sign up in advance.

Volunteer Shift	Time	Duty Description
Welcome & Dinner	5:15 – 7:15 pm	Two volunteers share in cooking dinner (at home) and bring it to the Parish Center. They welcome the guests, serve the dinner, dine with the guests and clean up.
Evening Activity	7:00 – 9:00 pm	Volunteers do a variety of things which might include talking with the guests, playing games, using the playroom or outside playground, reviewing homework, etc.
Overnight & Breakfast	8:30 pm – 7:30 am the next morning	Volunteers sleep on air mattresses (provided) in separate rooms, organize “grab and go” breakfast items, (provided) and stay until guests are picked up at 7:30 am.
Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday	7:00 – 8:30 am	Bring breakfast foods and prepare weekend breakfast for the guests prior to van pick-up.
Room set-ups	12 – 1:30 pm (appx.)	Sunday afternoon that starts the host week. Setting up the rooms for the guests and volunteers.
Room break-downs	8:30 – 10am (appx.)	Sunday morning that ends the host week. Packing up the materials and tidying the spaces.

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