WHAT:
St. John Vianney Church hosts dinners for the
families in the Mountain View House Family Shelter
one week of each year.
Approximately 20 volunteers are needed daily to cook
meal items or serve the dinners at the Shelter
during Meals Week
Cash donations also allow us to provide supplies for
our week of meals and other much-needed supplies to
the shelter.
WHEN:
April 18th - 22nd, 2011
Meals Week Volunteer Sign-Ups will be held at SJV
church after all the masses on April 9/10. If you
can’t sign up after mass, contact Linda Locke at
lockes4@hotmail.com or 935-8035.
WHAT DO WE DO?
Cooks sign up to prepare a specific menu item in the
amount needed for a specific dinner night. (For
example: chicken enchiladas for 15 on Wednesday, a
veggie tray for 15 on Tuesday or 2 dozen cookies for
Friday)
The prepared items are to be brought on the
designated day from 4- 4:30 pm at the SJV Rectory
parking lot. They will be collected and brought to
the Shelter by volunteer servers.
Approximately 5 people serve the dinner at the
Shelter at 6 pm.
The servers clean up and are back at SJV around 7:30
pm.
HOW DO I KNOW WHAT TO DO?
An information sheet will be available at Sign-Ups
and given to all volunteers with directions for
their service.
There will be one family coordinating the dinner for
each night. Their contact information is:
| – |
Monday |
Locke Family |
lockes4@hotmail.com |
| – |
Tuesday |
Carrol Family |
kimcarroll@astound.net |
| – |
Wednesday |
Keefer Family |
karaleekeefer@mac.com |
| – |
Thursday |
Privitera Family |
mpprimo@astound.net |
| – |
Friday |
Locke Family |
lockes4@hotmail.com |
I CAN’T COOK OR SERVE THAT
WEEK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO?
Cash donations are most welcome, since this ministry
is funded entirely by our SJV parishioners. Please
make checks out to:
St. John Vianney Church
c/o Family Shelter Meals Week
Send to:
St. John Vianney
1650 Ygnacio Valley Rd.
Walnut Creek, CA 94598.
You may also drop your check off at the SJV office.
or drop them off during signups on April 17/18. With
these donations in years past we have been able to
provide additional food for the residents to prepare
breakfasts, sack lunches and weekend meals including
fresh fruit and baby food. We have also been able to
replenish many much-needed supplies like diapers and
cleaning supplies.
FACTS ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN
VIEW HOUSE SHELTER:
• Shelter, Inc. runs Mountain View House in
Martinez. More information about their programs can
be found at
Shelter, Inc of Contra Costa County
• SJV is part of the Interfaith Coalition, a group
of churches which provides meals and supplies for
the Shelter.
• The churches provide and serve evening meals on
weekdays for 35-40 people… residents, staff and meal
volunteers.
• Breakfasts, bag lunches and weekend meals are
prepared by the residents with food and supplies
provided by
Interfaith Coalition
member churches and many other generous groups.
• The resident families at the shelter are
approximately 2/3 children and 1/3 parents.
• Any donation to Shelter, Inc. would be greatly
appreciated by the residents and dedicated staff of
Mountain View House. Donations can be made through
the Shelter Inc. website above.
Thank you for your support of the SJV Homeless
Family Shelter Meals Week ministry! If you have any
questions, please call Linda Locke at 935-8035 |
