Volunteer with Family Promise
About Family Promise
Family Promise is a national organization dedicated to helping families with children who have fallen into temporary homelessness. Professional case workers and staff work with families to find sustainable housing and employment, while also providing care and support for kids and children as well. St. John - along with other churches in Clark County - support Family Promise by housing families overnight in our facilities, providing a personal, private space to sleep, relax, and spend time.
More information can be found on the Family Promise website: https://familypromise.org/
Get involved
Our next host week is January 5-12. There are a variety of ways you can get involved. Sign up to volunteer using the link below:
January 5-12 Family Promise Host Week
Evening Host: As an evening host, you will help assist families in settling in each night, answer questions, play games and assist with serving dinner. Evening Host Volunteer Guide
Overnight Host: As an overnight host, you will be available throughout the night should guests have any questions or concerns. You also will doing occasional fire checks and help set up breakfast items. Overnight Host Volunteer Guide
Dinner Cook: As one of our cooks, you will make and deliver a homecooked meal to the church at 6PM for the families to enjoy. Items purchased for the meal can be reimbursed by the church with proof of receipt. Dinner Cook Volunteer Guide
Set Up/Tear Down: At the beginning of each host week, we clean our hosting space and set up the guest rooms with beds, cots, lamps, etc. At the conclusion of each week, we clean up the rooms and pack beds back into the trailer. Set Up & Tear Down Guide
Van Driver: Sometimes, families will need some additional assistance with transportation. Van drivers are certified to transport families in the Family Promise van to and from the Day Center from the church in the morning and evening. Additional training is required to serve in this role.
Other Roles: Laundry, Grocery Shopper, Data Entry, Trailer Transportation
2025 Host dates
January 1/5-1/12
May 5/7-5/18
August 8/17-8/24
November 11/9-11/16.