Serve a Holiday Meal
Help us serve a very special meal to the community that utilizes our public meal program! We will need 50+ volunteers for each of the holiday meals that we serve.
These special holiday meals will include a full-service, seated meal. Volunteers are needed to help prepare the meal, show people to their table, serve food, drinks, and desserts to our guests, and bus tables. Volunteers are needed 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Thanksgiving Lunch: Wednesday, November 26
- Christmas Lunch: Tuesday, December 23
Join the Mission’s team of volunteers as we honor, and show kindness and God's enduring love to each person receiving a meal.
If you are interested in serving a special holiday meal, please complete the following form:
If you are interested in other volunteer opportunities, please complete the following form:
Host a Donation Drive
Winter can display some of the harshest weather conditions for our neighbors who are homeless. Help us provide them with the supplies they need by hosting a donation drive.
In addition to the items listed at the link below, the men and women we serve need the following:
- Hand and boot warmers
- Hats, gloves, scarves
- Winter coats
- Winter boots
- Winter socks
- Thermal underwear
- Sleeping Bags
- Blankets
Decorate the Mission
Help us make the mission feel homey and festive through decorations!
Here are some ways you can help us with this:
- Color Thanksgiving or Christmas placemats
- Decorate a Wall of Gratitude and a Wall of Joy
- Create and donate simple table centerpieces for our dining hall
- Donate wreaths that can be used around our facilities
- Decorate Christmas trees
- Let your creativity shine and share your ideas!
While all of these decorations go up, we will also need help taking them down.
To decorate the mission with us, please contact Sherri Gould by emailing sgould@eriecitymission.org.
All volunteer opportunities can be done individually or as a group. Consider volunteering side-by-side with friends, co-workers, fellow church members, school groups, professional or civic organizations, family, and acquaintances.