Meal Clean Up Volunteers– Job Description

1. When you arrive:
1. Sign in and put on a name tag with your first name ONLY plainly written.
2. Read "Providing and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries" before beginning their work shift.
2. After guests are finished, put garbage and recyclables into cans or other receptacles provided.
3. Provide gray bins and garbage cans for used plates and silverware.
4. Guests should scrape their own plates and place in bins provided.
5. Wash all pots, pans, utensils, plates etc. and put away to proper locations.
6. Wash tables and restock supplies for next meal.
7. Empty coffee filter and wipe down the coffee pot if it was used.
8. Run dishes, utensils and serving ware through the dish washer, following instructions on the wall.
9. Wipe down all tables. The tablecloths are plastic and should be able to be used for 4-5 nights.
10. Wash serving pieces and make sure that everything is put back in the correct locations.
11. Wipe down kitchen counters.

Weekend Breakfast Clean Up Volunteers
(3 needed each day- 2 hours – 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM)

Clean-up volunteers should be done and free to leave by about 10:00 AM.

Clean-up volunteers should be done and free to leave by about 1:30 PM.

In addition to the above general clean-up instructions:

1. Sweep kitchen floors.
2. Empty trash and recycling.
3. Close kitchen.
4. Clean-up volunteers should be done and free to leave by about 8:00 – 8:30 p.m.

More Information on Winter Nights Set-Up, Serve, and Clean-Up

Please do not bring young children. We recognize that this is a delicate issue because there is so much enthusiasm to help. The mission of Winter Nights is "to protect homeless families and seniors from winter weather by providing shelter in a clean, safe and warm environment." We need to keep that mission foremost in our minds.

Guests are not allowed in kitchen. (Reasonable exceptions apply to mother with babies or clients who have to arrive late). Usually the kitchen is designated for "Winter Nights Volunteers Only".