Cathedral Center Outreach

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Mission
Activities
Who Can Participate
Types of Donations Needed
Time Commitment
Additional Information

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Activities
We provide and serve evening snacks, visit with guests, and prepare bag lunches for the guests to take with them the next day. There are anywhere from 50-75 guests at the Center each night, including up to 50 women and up to eight women/men with their families.

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Who Can Participate
Women, men and high school or college students of any denomination are invited to volunteer. Children in third grade or older are welcome to join their parents.

Volunteers may do any or all of the following:

• Donate snacks, beverages or supplies to be taken downtown.
• Help with food set-up, serving, bag lunch preparation, and clean-up.
  • Six volunteers are needed to travel to the site.

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Types of Donations Needed
Suggested snacks and beverages include items such as fruit juices, milk, veggies and dip, cheese, sausage, nachos, crackers, cookies, etc. Individually packaged food items to include in lunch bags are also appreciated.

Suggested supplies donations include paper plates (dinner size), plastic forks and spoons, napkins, paper towels, dish soap, hand soap and paper lunch bags.

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Time Commitment
We are one faith community of many church and community organizations that provide assistance to the Cathedral Center. We participate in this ministry during an assigned period of days every month or two. Volunteers are able to select the night that they would like to help.

Volunteers arrive at the Cathedral Center (845 N. Van Buren -- adjacent to the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist) by 6:30 p.m. and are finished with their duties by 9:00 p.m. at the latest. Carpooling can be arranged.

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Additional Information
Newsletter article: Parishioners Help Cathedral Outreach (Lent/Easter 2005)
Catholic Herald article: Cathedral Center helping to rebuild lives (December 11, 2003)

For more information, please contact the Cathedral Center Outreach representative.

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