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Interested in Volunteering for Daily Bread Soup Kitchen?

WE ARE CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY, CHRISTMAS DAY AND NEW YEARS DAY

                           

Daily Bread Soup Kitchen is an entirely volunteer-run organization. The
requirements for volunteers are:
• Be at least minimum age 16 to volunteer alone; 14 years of age accompanied by a parent or other adult
• Be able to stand for a minimum of 2 hours
• No prior or current guest of the Daily Bread may be a volunteer
• Daily Bread cannot accept responsibility for validating volunteer hours for any
court-ordered or government-mandated service hours.

 Volunteers are needed to:
       -prepare food, serve and clean-up
       -pick up donated food and supplies
       -sort and organize donated goods
       -work on fund-raising projects and other committees

   We are unable to accommodate groups for volunteering.

                               

Lunch seven days a week at the new home of the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, 116 North First Street, Champaign.


We serve a hot lunch to an average of 200 guests from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. daily at the new locaton.  A different volunteer crew works each day of the week. Our regular volunteers arrive at 9:00 a.m. depending on the crew. To volunteer for our lunch service, please CLICK HERE. If you have questions, e-mail dbskvolunteering @gmail.com.

 Weekend Lunch Service


Since the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen will be open seven days a week, there will no longer be lunches served out of the van as of now..

       Food Pickup


We occasionally need volunteers to pick up food at the Eastern Illinois Food Bank (daytime), various stores, restaurants, and dorms on campus (evenings). The food is brought to the soup kitchen where it is sorted, dated and put away. Volunteers can use their own transportation or the DBSK van. Food pickups occur almost daily, including weekends. If interested, please email dbskvolunteering@gmail.com.

                                 

Referral/Assistance Program (RAP) Office Volunteers


Volunteers staff the referral desk one day per week from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Respond to guest inquiries and distribute referral information cards.
For more information e-mail dbskvolunteering@gmail.com.

 

Volunteer Policies

  1. Everyone who eats at Daily Bread should be treated as a valued guest, with respect, with courtesy, and with kindness. Guests should be addressed politely as “Sir” or “Miss” or “Ma'am” or by their given names.
  2. It is a Daily Bread policy that volunteers DO NOT give money, medication, or rides to guests. If asked, volunteers should politely respond that we canʼt give out cash or rides. All requests for assistance should be referred to the assistance program on the second Wednesday of the month.
  3. Volunteers should never deal with an angry or confrontational guest alone. Always bring in another volunteer, usually the crew chief. If a guest makes a volunteer feel uncomfortable in any way, he/she should quietly leave the situation and report it to the crew chief.
  4. All volunteers should check with the crew chief before giving out any additional food or other extras. Usually seconds are available around 12:15 p.m.
  5. Volunteers should identify themselves by their first names only. No volunteer should feel pressured to provide any personal information to guests, such as full name, address, phone number, etc.
  6. Many guests with mental health issues have problems with being touched. Other guests may misread physical contact. In general, volunteers should avoid physical contact with guests.
  7. Do not bring valuables (purse, phone, wallet, etc.), which canʼt be kept on your person, into the Soup Kitchen area.
  8. All volunteers should dress in clean, sturdy, non sexually suggestive attire (i.e., no short shorts, too tight or low cut tops.)
  9. Smile and have a good time!

 

Public Health Regulations
Please view this 2 minute video before volunteering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5NchP-B8I

  1. Wash hands thoroughly with soap when you arrive and before you handle food. (Use the hand-washing sink in the kitchen.) Wear clean plastic gloves when handling food. Discard gloves after handling non- food objects, phone, door knobs, etc. Replace with clean gloves.
  2. Wash hands after each trip to the rest room, after sneezing or coughing, or changing from unclean to clean jobs.
  3. Wear a clean apron.
  4. Do not touch your face or hair when preparing food.
  5. Do not eat or drink while preparing or serving food.
  6. All soiled dishes and trays go on the dish cart and are taken into the kitchen. “Seconds” must be served on a clean plate or bowl.
  7. Public health rules state that any uncovered food not under a sneeze guard (plates, salads, desserts) must be handed to guests by a server.
  8. Do not volunteer if you are having flu-like symptoms.
  9. Guests can enjoy coffee from the coffee table as soon as they are inside. However, no food should be taken from the serving tables until the official welcome and prayer.
  10. Take out food is not allowed unless it is prepackaged food or whole fruit.
  11. Close-toed shoes are required; no sandals.
  12. Hair must be pulled back away from face.