The Overnights of Hospitality, Plymouth's emergency sheltering program for single men, will begin its fourth season on Oct. 28 and needs volunteers to serve as chaperones and meal providers.
“As in the past, we will be looking for volunteers,” said Connie Melahoures, president of the Plymouth Taskforce for the Homeless which runs the cold weather program. “We need two volunteers per night for the week -- which could be two men or one man and one woman. We also need volunteers to prepare and serve a meal.”
There will be a training workshop for all new and returning volunteers at 7 p.m., Wed., Oct. 17 in the Parish Hall of the First Parish Unitarian, Town Square. For anyone wishing to volunteer but who can't make that meeting, there will be other on-site training days. “And we always pair new volunteers with someone who has had experience,” Melahoures said.
The first week will be at Christ Church Episcopal, 149 Court St., Plymouth. Christ Church — and five other congregations on a rotating week-by-week basis — will welcome the men in from the cold to have a hot meal and stay warm for the night.
In addition to Christ Church, sheltering congregations are Zion Lutheran Church, First Parish Unitarian, Congregation Beth Jacob, Church of the Pilgrimage, and First Baptist Church. Last year’s 140 volunteers also came from Second Congregational Church in Manomet, Christian Science Church, United Methodist Church, New Testament Church, Salvation Army and Parish of St. Peter.
For further information and/or to volunteer, please contact Connie Melahoures at 508-746-3805 or e-mail conmel@aol.com.
October 4, 2007
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