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There are myriad ways for volunteers to participate in IHN. Training, orientation, written guidelines and support are provided for all volunteers.
- Hospitality: Volunteers provide hospitality to IHN guest families through their congregations. Volunteers of all ages are welcome!
Host congregations participate by inviting IHN guests into their congregations 4 weeks in a year, providing overnight hospitality and meals. There are 3 hospitality jobs:
1) cooking and hosting dinner;
2) spending the evening with guest families tutoring or playing games;
3) sleeping overnight in the congregation.Each host congregation has a Hospitality Leadership Team with two volunteer coordinators and volunteers in charge of the menu, activities, supplies, and set- up/take-down.
Support congregations send volunteers to a nearby hosting congregation to help provide hospitality. Support congregations are led by a team of two volunteer coordinators.
- Welcome Wagon: Volunteers donate furniture, gather household supplies for guest families and help transport furniture to guest homes.
- Support Partners: Volunteers make a 6 month commitment to help a guest family during and afer their IHN stay. Partnering requires a three-hour training and a volunteer background check.
- Jump Start training: Training classes provided for guest families include: budgeting, resume writing, landlord-tenant relations, nutrition, workplace communications and more.
- HOPE field trips: Weekend field trips with guest families that are ideal for congregation-based groups or individual families. IHN provides tickets and transportation.
- Just Neighbors: Volunteers can lead this easy-to-use, multi-media social justice workshop in their congregation or organization.
- Friends of IHN: Volunteers provide much needed help to IHN by assisting in one of our offices, working as a back-up van driver, and helping with fund raising events.
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