Make-A-Day Volunteer Registration - April 26 Homelessness Outreach Event

1100 North High Street,Columbus OH 43201

26 April, 2021

Description

Join Make-A-Day Foundation April 26th at Standard Hall's Patio to lend a hand to your neighbors who need it! Make-A-Day Event Summary The Make-A-Day Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides outreach to Columbus’ homeless population and any of our neighbors in need. Our block party styled, pop-up outreach events focus on providing opportunities for homeless guests to build personal relationships with other community members. We provide guests with free clothing, personal care items, and a complementary meal from a gourmet local food truck. Make-A-Day also offers our guests free haircuts, shampoos, styling and shaves from some of the city’s best local cosmetologists. Make-A-Day Foundation’s guests will also have access to help obtaining “on-the-spot” presumptive Medicaid health insurance coverage, as well as medical, behavioral health, dental and vision service referrals. Volunteer Roles Explanation Read Carfully To Choose Your Preferred Slot! Volunteers will be assigned to specific roles. The event is from 11am - 1pm for our guests, but volunteers will need to be on site from 10am - 2pm. Hosts This is the most important and most hectic job. You must be an organized, people person that can think on your feet and scout potential bottle necks and problems before they get too significant. The host helps ensure that guests are on the list and are retrieved for haircuts, consultation with benefits experts, vaccinations, dental and legal clinic openings! This is position is like the Quarterback in Football! Servers Since everyone will need to be seated, we need volunteers willing to help serve/bring our folks their meal, and take direction from the hosts to let each guest know when their haircut chair is open (if they want one), when a spot at the experts table is open, and when the dental or legal clinic has an opening (if they are signed up). The goal is to make it feel similar to doing a regular service at a restaurant, but with a twist of remembering names, faces and being willing to help shepard people to their open spots for resources. Friendship Builders We also need people that are willing to sit and chat with people and build relationships, and be good listeners to learn about people’s stories and needs. In doing so, we hope that folks can gently, and without being intrusive, inquire about their needs related to healthcare, health insurance, criminal justice support, and any other social services they may need. General Volunteers Greeters/Registration Table: Greet Guests & Register Volunteers, Distribute Guests’ & Volunteers’ Name Tags, Give Volunteers Assignment Sheets.Chaperones: Usher Guests to Tables, Usher Guests to Haircuts, Inform Servers of Tables “sat”, Give friendly COVID-19 reminders to: Wear Masks, Stay Seated, Maintain Social Distancing, Give Out Hand Sanitizer, Provide Extra Masks, etc.Personal Care Item Talbe Workers: Organize Personal Care Item Take Away Bags, Maintain Table for Personal Care Item Distribution When Guests Depart.Mini Volunteer Training Make-A-Day Foundation will host a 45 minute mini-training on Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 prior to the event to help people feel comfortable talking to our guests! The training will consist of a 30 minute presentation that includes information about the event and information about working with those we serve. After the 30 minute presentation, there will be 15 minutes for questions.