Bridges Outreach, Summit, Union County

Street Outreach Runs and Soup Warming

Teens 13 to 17 accompanied by an adult distribute lunches, soup, and clothing to unhoused people in Newark, Irvington, and Rahway.

Can I do this

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    Minimum age is 13
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  • You can come without a guardian
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    Guardian waiver
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    Background check
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    Orientation / Training Required
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    Car
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Hours per shift
2 to 4
Schedule
Flexible
Format
In person

Service hours are not confirmed

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About this role

What you would do

  • Outreach Run: hand out brown bag lunches, hot soup, kits and clothing to people experiencing homelessness
  • Outreach Run: work in a team and talk with clients during a run of about two hours
  • Soup Warming: heat soup and drinks in the Summit kitchen and load them into insulated containers
  • Client Service Days: help with food service and fill requests for clothing and hygiene kits
  • Client Service Days: light food prep, dishwashing, and preparing the shower and laundry areas
  • Packing events: assemble brown bag lunches, hygiene kits, cold weather kits and warm weather kits
  • Organize a drive for bagged lunches, clothing, seasonal essentials or bottled water
Bridges Outreach reaches people who are unhoused in Newark, Irvington and Rahway from its base in Summit. Street runs go out in the morning and last about two hours. Kitchen work, packing and drives happen indoors for volunteers who prefer that setting.
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Who to contact

Where it happens

120 Morris Avenue, Summit, 07901

Last checked 6 days ago. Source: Bridges Outreach - Volunteer

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