SOS Volunteer Opportunities

Below is a list of volunteer opportunities for SOS. We need your help to make our guests feel at home. Please use this as a guide to how you might help. Please feel free to contact us with any questions: Dawy 586-854-5677 dawy05@hotmail.com, Nancy Isken 248.651.2975 nisken3@gmail.com 

Dinner Preparation: buy, prepare, serve, dine with our guests and clean-up after dinner. You will serve with a team of 10. Time Commitment: 5:00p - 9:00p Contacts: Louise Borucki 248-373-9652 pl39boruck@)sbcglobal.net 

Lunch Preparation: prepare a bag lunch for each guest from donated food items. You will serve with a team of 4. Time Commitment: 7:-00p - 8:00p Contacts: Louise Borucki 248-373-9652 pl39boruck@)sbcglobal.net 

Breakfast Preparation: set out donated breakfast foods, assist guests as needed and clean up after breakfast. You will serve with one other person. Time Commitment: 5:30a - 8:00a Contacts: Louise Borucki 248-373-9652 pl39boruck@sbcglobal.net 

Registration / Hospitality: check the guests in as they arrive, provide conversation and remind volunteers to sign - in. Time Commitment: 5:45p - 7 :30p Contacts: Mary Fizzell 248-693-9038 pmfizzell@)comcast.net, Carol Anne Ketelsen 248-652-7374 and Karen O'Connor 248-681-4288 kboc11@gmail.com

Morning Transportation: pick the guests up at St John Fisher and drive them to their jobs or other destination. The Transportation Coordinators will try to group destinations as best as possible. Please make sure your trunk is empty if you are picking up on Sunday morning as the  guests will have their belongings with them. You will serve with many others. Time Commitment: leave times from 5:00a - 8:00a (only one trip per morning) Contacts: Bill O'Connor 248-681-4288 kboc11@gmail.com, Norm Franks 248-202-8730 nfranks147@comcast.net

Evening Transportation: pick the guests up at the SOS office in Royal Oak and bring them to SJF. Please make sure your trunk is empty if you are picking up on Sunday evening as the guests will have their belongings with them. You will serve with many others. Time Commitment: 5:00p - 7:00p (only one trip per night) Contacts: Bill O'Connor 248-681- 4288 kboc11@gmail.com, Norm Franks 248-202-8730 nfranks147cmcomcast.net .

Set - Up: One crew of 4 will pick up the shelter supplies in a rented truck from the previous church. Others will meet at SJF and move furniture and set up mattresses. You will serve with  many others. Time Commitment 1:00p - 3:00p Contacts: Pat Kwasek 248-960-4487 pkwasek@aol.com

Activities: provide an activity in the evening (e.g., arts and crafts, board game night, card games, haircuts, sing-a-longs, movies, anything that you would enjoy doing with our guests to make their stay more enjoyable). Time Commitment: 8:00p - 10:00p Contacts: Kim Dodd, 810-877-0509 kmd0579@yahoo,com  

Wednesday Laundry: pick up sheets and towels in the morning (after 8:00a), take them home, wash them and return to SJF by 5:00p. Time Commitment: transport and laundry time Contacts: dawy 586-854-5677 dawy05@hotmail.com

Sunday Morning Laundry: pick up sheets and towels at 7:30a in the morning, take them to a laundry mat, wash them and return them to SJF by 12:00 noon. Time Commitment: 7:30a - 12:00 noon (SJF provides funds for the laundry mat) Contacts: dawy 586-854-5677 dawy05@hotmail.com

Night Supervision: stay overnight, supervise and socialize with the guests. You will serve with 3 others. Time Commitment: 10:00p - 6:00a Contacts: Joe Pauwels 248-375-2441 joseph.pauwels@sbcglobal.net

Donations: food for lunches, toiletries, hotel samplers, gift certificates, candy. There are donation cards on the table, if you'd like please take one and fill it out Time Commitment: shopping time Contact: Nancy Isken 248.651.2975 nali14@comcast.net

Thank you for you continued support for this important project!