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ORGANIZATION: Dorothy Day House of Berkeley

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 259 people are interested
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Dorothy Day House is a volunteer based non-profit organization that for over 30 years has provided meals, shelter, and employment for low income residents and people who experience homelessness in Berkeley, California.

We provide shelter and meals to the unhoused and could use your help for meal services. DDH follows all Berkeley Public Health guidelines. Masks are required and gloves are provided.

Meals are prepared and served by staff and volunteers.
TWO-HOUR SHIFTS ARE AVAILABLE IN 2 LOCATIONS, 7 DAYS A WEEK, MULTIPLE SHIFTS PER DAY.

If you are interested in pitching in, please fill out the volunteer contact sheet: https://www.dorothydayhouseberkeley.org/volunteer
The volunteer coordinator will reach out to you shortly to discuss your interests and availability.
Thank you very much!

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About Dorothy Day House of Berkeley

Location:

1931 Center Street, PO Box 12701, Berkeley, CA 94712, US

Mission Statement

The Dorothy Day House of Berkeley is a non-denominational community of volunteers who are dedicated to feeding the hungry and providing dignified hospitality to the poor. The name refers to our origins in the Catholic Worker movement; we are not a residential community.

Description

Daily breakfast is served to residents of Berkeley's long-term Men's Shelter and at Trinity Methodist Church (near U.C. campus) to drop-in guests. We also coordinate dinner for the Men's Shelter every evening, and run a foul-weather shelter on rainy nights. We have served free breakfasts in the People's Park neighborhood for more than 20 years. During the struggle to keep the park open we worked out of an illegal trailer -- the People's Cafe -- there. Now the City of Berkeley subsidizes some of our services, though we are completely dependent on volunteer labor and have no office or paid administrative staff.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Homeless & Housing
Hunger
Community, Homeless & Housing, Hunger

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

1931 Center StreetBerkeley, CA 94704

(37.870144,-122.27186)
 

SKILLS

  • Cooking / Catering
  • Basic Computer Skills
  • Fundraising
  • Food Delivery / Distribution
  • Grant Writing / Research
  • Community Outreach

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • Orientation or Training
  • Our shifts are in 2 hour increments. We are hoping to get consistency in our days of the week commitments.
  • Having a cheerful and friendly disposition goes a long way here at Dorothy Day House. Not being afraid of working with the most vulnerable is paramount.

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