Menlo Park Campus, Garden Court

November 1 - 30

Serve our homeless guests while they are with us at MPPC every year during the month of November. This is a wonderful serving opportunity for individuals, families, and small groups.

Hotel de Zink is a homeless shelter program run by InnVision. Named after a Palo Alto police officer who opened up the police station on cold, rainy nights during the Great Depression to let people come in and sleep, it rotates between 12 area churches, each housing 12-17 people for one month.

Choose from four different opportunities:

1. Serve breakfast and distribute lunches at 6 a.m. Click here for a description.
2. Provide breakfast--deliver the night before or at 6 a.m. Click here for a description.
3. Provide lunch--deliver the night before or at 6 a.m. Click here for a description.
4. Prepare and serve dinner from 7-9:30 p.m. Click here for a description.

Clients enter Hotel de Zink through InnVision's Drop-In Center where they are screened prior to being admitted for a maximum of 90 days. Clients participating in Hotel de Zink are assigned a case manager with whom they are required to meet every week to develop and work on some short and long term goals. These goals vary from person to person, but usually revolve around finding housing, work and addressing health needs. People come to Hotel de Zink from all walks of life and all have different stories as to how they found themselves in their current situation.

Clients arrive each evening between 7:30-9 p.m. to have dinner and then sleep at the church.  They are expected to participate in chores prior to leaving the church grounds at 7 a.m. each morning. Dinner is provided each night by members of the host church. Supplies for a cold breakfast and lunch are also provided by church members.

MPPC's participation in Hotel de Zink is coordinated and managed by our Hearts for the Homeless ministry team.

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