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Breaking Bread

An Initiative that Connects Our Neighbors to a healthy meal and Life-Enhancing Services

Every Thursday, @ 11am
Volunteers Needed!

Breaking Bread is BSM’s weekly lunch program serving the community every Thursday from 11am to 1:30pm with a healthy meal (served at 11:30am) and a variety of social services. Currently the services include:

Haircuts
Clothing Closet
Hygiene kits
BSM Mail Service
State Identification Assistance
Veteran Benefit Assistance
Links to Counseling Services
Mending Aids

This meal is for anyone who is hungry. The BB Team is ALWAYS looking for new volunteers who have a Thursday free once or every week. Please contact BSM’s Associate Director of Social Services,
Amy Root, or BSM’s Breaking Bread Hospitality Coordinator, Wendy Gaynor, for more information.

Therapeutic Arts at Breaking Bread

contact Becca Blake at becca@broadstreetministry.org

Therapeutic arts projects at BSM are designed to have several functions:

Projects are incorporated into several areas of BSM life, including the Social Impact Course, the Youth Initiative, Sunday worship, and Breaking Bread. Every Thursday at Breaking Bread we make space for an open art studio in the sanctuary. All are welcomed to come to the table, pick up an art medium, and express something. Art-making at BSM is more often than not about the process over and above the product--the belief is that the very process of creative art expression is therapeutic and life-giving. The works of art you see on these walls, in the vestibule, and on your dinner tables were created by the talented artists that participate in BSM's therapeutic arts programs.
Questions? Interested in volunteering? Have some great project ideas? Willing to donate art supplies? Please contact Becca Blake!

Volunteering:

Therapeutic arts at Breaking Bread can take the shape of specific projects (ex: mosaic flower pots, expressive abstract paintings) to more of an open studio feel where participants are working on individual projects. Regardless of the project, many of our guests need one-on-one guidance and affirmation. To volunteer with this program you don't need to be "artsy," all you need to be is patient, kind, and encouraging. Come on Thursdays at 10a.m. for project orientation.

Hospitality/Service Volunteers

contact Wendy at wendy@broadstreetministry.org

Greeters: Welcome guests at the front door with Mr. Elbert, BSM’s Ambassador of Welcome.
Servers: Help with the hands-on preparation and serving of food in the Cathedral Dining Hall – this includes greeting those at the table(s) that you are serving.
Food Preparation: Work mainly in the kitchen making fruit bowls, bread baskets, salad and drink preparation, and generally helping out the chef.
Hygiene Kit Helpers: Hand out hygiene kits/items at our kiosk located at the entrance to the building.
Salon Assistants: Lend a foot by serving as a 'runner' in between the Cathedral Dining Hall & BSM’s Salon, accompanying people to and from the salon.
Host: Keeping your eyes open for people entering the Cathedral Dining Hall and helping them find seats, in addition to occasionally bussing tables.

Social Service Volunteers

contact Amy at amylroot@gmail.com

Mail Service Volunteer: (One to four Thursdays a month, 3 hours per Thursday) Distributing mail to individuals at Breaking Bread who currently participate in the Broad Street Ministry Mail Service, as well as signing up individuals who currently do not have a mailing address.
Identification Assistance: (One to four Thursdays a month, 3 hours per Thursday) Assist individuals in completing applications for a social security card, birth certificate or state photo identification card.
Nurse Volunteer: (One to four Thursdays a month, 3 hours per Thursday)
Provide basic nursing services to individuals who attend Breaking Bread. This includes checking blood pressure and vitals as well as making unofficial referrals regarding guests’ concerns.
Qualifications: RN, or RN in training.

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