A-SPAN -- 2708 South Nelson Street, Arlington, Virginia -- 703-820-HELP (4357)

HOMELESS BAGGED MEAL PROGRAM

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVING VOLUNTEERS

SCHEDULE:

5:45pm:  Sullivan House, 3103 9^th Road

Pick up hot food in cambros

6:00 – 6:20pm:  Oakland Mini-Park, 9^th Street      

Meet preparers with bagged meals; serve half of combined hot/bagged meals from vehicle

6:30 – 6:45pm:  Rosslyn, 1801 North Moore St.    

Serve remaining combined hot/bagged meals from vehicle

6:45 – 7:00pm:  Emergency Winter Shelter, 2049 N. 15^th St. MONDAY-FRIDAY ONLY

        Drop off leftover bagged meals (NOT leftover hot food)

7:00 – 7:15pm:  Sullivan House, 3103 9^th Road     

Return cambros; dispose of leftover hot food; fill out program report

(2-3 volunteers are sufficient for serving; 1 vehicle is necessary.  More than 1 vehicle can cause parking difficulties.)

SULLIVAN HOUSE, 5:45pm

Sullivan House is located off North Highland Street near the Clarendon Metro.  The address for Sullivan House is 3103 9^th Road.  The parking lot/driveway has a one-way entrance and a one-way exit; to enter, you should turn right onto 9^th Road from N. Highland Street and make an immediate right into the parking lot/driveway.  Ring the buzzer at the back door and identify yourself as an A-SPAN volunteer.

Cambros (crates) containing hot food from the DC Central Kitchen will be in the front entrance along with a milk crate filled with serving supplies.  Each cambro contains 30 styrofoam containers of hot food.  The milk crates contain drink cups, spoons, latex serving gloves, garbage bags, hand sanitizer, and a Homeless Bagged Meal Program Report.  If something is missing, notify Sullivan House staff and someone will let you into the storeroom, where you will find similar milk crates containing the missing items. 

The cambros should be carried by two volunteers and it is important to keep them level to avoid spilling.  Once the hot food is loaded into your vehicle, proceed to the Oakland Mini-Park. 

Exit onto N. Highland Street and turn left.  At the light, turn left onto 10^th St.  At the intersection with Wilson Blvd make another left.  After about 5 short blocks you will see the Oakland Mini-Park on your right between N. Nelson St. and N. Oakland St.  Turn right onto Oakland St. and make an immediate right on 9^th Street, which borders the park on the other side.  You should park your vehicle and serve on this side of the park.

OAKLAND MINI-PARK, 6:00 – 6:20pm

Preparation Volunteers will meet you (the Serving Volunteers) here at the first stop with the bagged meals they have prepared.  Do not begin serving until you have loaded the bagged meals into your vehicle, to be served along with the hot food from cambros.

Meals are served at the Oakland Mini-Park from 6:00pm until 6:20pm.  Everyone gets one bagged meal and one hot food item.  You should hand out around half of the total number of bagged/hot meals here (25-30 bagged meals and 30 hot food items).  NEW: Do not hand out seconds of the bagged meals; these you will take to A-SPAN's Emergency Winter Shelter at the end of the evening.  You may hand out seconds of the hot food after 6:15pm.  Do not put any food or garbage in the trash at the Oakland Mini-Park.  At 6:20pm, proceed to the second stop located in Rosslyn.

Turn right on N. Nelson St. to return to Wilson Blvd.  Turn left on Wilson Blvd., and follow it about 2 miles.  (It will become Clarendon Blvd. for a while; Wilson Blvd. at this point is one way in the opposite direction, but the two connect again to become Wilson Blvd.)  After you pass the Hyatt hotel on your left and the two roads join, turn left onto N. Moore St.  The Rosslyn Metro will be on your left, and the Burger King is diagonally across from it on your right at 1801 N. Moore St.

ROSSLYN, 6:30 – 6:45pm

If necessary, A-SPAN volunteers have permission to park in the No Parking zone or, if no space is available there, in the taxi stand area in front of the Burger King.  Use the On Delivery sign provided with the milk crate.    Here you may hand out the remaining 25-30 bagged meals and 30 hot food items.  NEW: Do not hand out seconds of the bagged meals; these you will take to A-SPAN’s Emergency Winter Shelter.  You may hand out seconds of the hot food.  Do not put any food or garbage in the trash at the Rosslyn location. 

EMERGENCY WINTER SHELTER, 6:45pm- 7:00pm (M-F ONLY)

On weeknights ONLY, take any leftover bagged meals to A-SPAN’s Emergency Winter Shelter, located at 2049 N. 15^th St., Arlington (near Courthouse).  A staff member will be waiting to collect any meals you may have.  Please note that you should only go to the shelter if you have leftover bagged meals; the shelter will not accept leftover hot food.  Hot food should be disposed of at Sullivan House.

SULLIVAN HOUSE, 7:00 – 7:15pm

Return with the milk crate, cambros and any leftover hot food to Sullivan House.  Any food or garbage should be placed in a garbage bag (to be found in the milk crate) and thrown in the Sullivan House dumpster in the parking lot.  Leftover hot food must be discarded.  If food has spilled inside the cambros, please use the utility sinks located in the Sullivan House laundry facility to the left of the main entrance to clean out any mess.

When you have replaced the milk crate and cambros in the location in which you found them, please fill out a Homeless Bagged Meal Program Report.  This is important!  The report allows A-SPAN to keep track of how many people benefit from the Program.  It is also essential that we hear your suggestions and concerns.  If you forget to fill out a program report, please call or email the Volunteer Coordinator with the information at 703 820 4357 ext. 17 or aspanvolunteer@aol.com.