| Our mission | Women's Lunch Place offers a safe day sanctuary, nutritious meals and critical support services for women experiencing homelessness or poverty. |
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Women’s Lunch Place
| Ways to help | Resource Center VolunteerIn the Resource Center guests can use computers, make telephone calls, receive mail, and learn about community resources. Resource Center Volunteers support these activities, respond to various requests, facilitate access to community resources, and maintain a calm and pleasant atmosphere in the space.Group VolunteersVolunteer Groups make a sponsorship donation to underwrite food costs on the day that they prepare and serve the meal. Groups of 4-6 volunteers work in the kitchen and prepare hundreds of meals under the direction of Chef Sherry. Volunteers also serve the guests breakfast and lunch restaurant style, prep food for the next day, and help clean the kitchen and dining room.Meal Program AssistantMeal Program Assistants assist kitchen staff with food preparation, serving meals, and clean-up, helping WLP provide healthy and delicious breakfasts and lunches to our guests.Volunteer AttorneyExperienced attorney to work on-site 1-2 mornings per week to assist guests with connecting to and accessing appropriate legal services. Attorney will advise guests on legal matters, handle quick issues, and triage referrals to outside specialists. Confer with network of advising attorneys for assistance. Common legal concerns include: housing, consumer, immigration and family law.Special Event VolunteerWork on the major fundraising events helping with in-office administrative tasks and general fundraising. Day of event tasks include greeting and registering guests, selling raffle tickets, helping with event set up and break down.Welcome Center VolunteerThe Welcome Center is an information hub. Guests sign up for showers, laundry, and medical services, volunteers sign in and out of their shifts, and individuals drop off donations for the shelter here. Welcome Center Volunteers help guests access shelter resources, direct new volunteers, record incoming donations, and assist staff in maintaining a calm and happy atmosphere in the dining room. |
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| How you help | Last year, we prepared and served 106,201 meals to over 1,400 individual women. Volunteers help make this possible. |
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| About us | Women’s Lunch Place (WLP) opened its doors in November of 1982 to serve women a hot lunch in a safe welcoming place. We have grown from serving lunch three times a week into a vibrant and supportive day community that is open six days a week. We serve healthy breakfasts and lunches, and we also provide basic necessities and services that help restore dignity and hope. Medical care is provided free by Healthcare Without Walls, and advocates and support staff assist women in crisis. Women interested in pursuing employment, housing, and other opportunities use our resource center and library. |
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