Volunteer Chefs-plan, prepare & serve a meal to patients battling medical illness

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Meals from the Heart Volunteer Cooks

The Meals from the Heart program offers individual and group volunteers (up to 10 people) a fun and rewarding way to support families staying at the House. Our guests return from a long day at the hosptial often tired and hungry. By providing a meal, volunteers will be providing guests staying at the House with a
1) A healthy, nurtritous meal that will assist them in recovery from their medical care
2) A smile that will brighten their day
3) A caring community of conversation
4) The gift of time to focus on healing and wellness.

Families consistently tell us that complimentary meals are the one thing they appreciate most about staying at the Hosptiality House.

Meals from the Heart Volunteers plan, purchase, prepare and serve a meal to families staying at the our "home away from home" that is located in Druid Hills, close to Emory University.

Meals are prepared and served every night of year.

Meals can be prepared onsite or in commercial kitchen from your church, business/school, or restaurant. Takeout and delivery meals from a restuarant is perfectly acceptable.

Volunteers can plan your own menu or our Guest Services staff can provide guidance on menu selection, including a shopping list.

Dinner is served at 6:00pm every night;
Volunteers typically arrive arouund 4:00pm to starting meal preparation.

• 2-10 Volunteers
• Dinner served daily at 6:00pm
• Prepare meals and serve 3-20 Guests
• Plan, purchase, prepare and serve the meals.
• Each meal consists of a salad or vegetable, protein, side dish, beverage and desser
• All cooking and serving equipment is available onsite when you arrive.
• The meal will be served buffet style, with volunteers directly serving families.
• Volunteers are responsible for clean up after meal preparation is completed and should be departing the House by 8:00pm.

If you prefer a day cooking volunteer event, we can accomodate that too!

This is a great opportunity for 1-2 friends, families, a work team, faith or community groups, and student organizations. Have a great team building event while serving others. Sit down, stay and join the our families for dinner and hear their stories.

Please note that all on-site volunteers under the age of 16 must be supervised by an adult.
**The number of volunteers gathered in one area might be limited due to COVID social distancing requirements.

**All volunteers must wear a mask while in the presence of others, during the serving of food, and follow social distancing requirements while at the House.

**Symptom screening will be required for all volunteers prior to volunteering.

**All volunteers will be asked to sign a waiver before volunteering.