Serving a meal to someone in need is incredibly impactful to both our guests and our volunteers. PRM has a threefold goal for those who wish to serve our residents. Your volunteering should be a blessing to our guests, a blessing to our kitchen staff, and it should be a blessing to you as well. We offer 3 different levels of involvement for meal volunteers. (Group size is limited to 4 volunteers per meal. Volunteers must be 16 years or older.)
MEAL ASSISTANCE
If you choose to ADOPT a meal, it is essential for you to ensure the food delivery or bring the food directly to our location. We have curated a list of suggested restaurants that have worked well for large orders to accommodate our guests. Additionally, we make sure to include approximate amounts necessary to feed our guests, ensuring that they are well-fed and satisfied during their stay with us. Food that is brought must be prepared in a commercial grade kitchen in order for us to serve it to our guests.
This option does not include serving the meal to the guests or the cleanup process unless you specifically request it. The kitchen staff will serve the provided food.
ADOPT a Meal
If you choose to SERVE a meal, you can come assist the kitchen staff to serve a meal to our guests. This option would include interaction with our guests as you serve each individual plate. This option would also include the cleaning of the kitchen and dining room as well after the meal usually in total taking no more than 2 hours.
This option requires no experience or finances.
SERVE a Meal
PROVIDE a Meal
If you choose to PROVIDE a meal, you can bring your own food and then prepare the food in the PRM kitchen. This option would also include you serving our guests and cleaning up the kitchen and dining hall after the meal.
This option is maximum involvement and new meal providers will coordinate planning and logistics through our Volunteer Coordinator and Kitchen Manager.
