Drop-in

Wednesdays, 10am to 3pm
Salvation Army Church
391 Gladstone Ave.

Mission:

It is our mission to offer a safe, Christian environment in which people who are homeless and disadvantaged can share in building community to meet their spiritual, emotional, social, vocational, and physical needs

Vision:

We provide services on a weekly basis that ensures continuity of care and offers the ability to respond to the ever increasing and challenging needs of the homeless community.

Volunteer Opportunities:

Trained volunteers help run our various services at the drop-in. These include the following:

• breakfast and lunch service
• foot care
• touch care
• hair care
• chiropractic care
• clothing
• pastoral care

Volunteer Requirements:

Each drop-in volunteer is an ambassador for the OIM ministry and a servant of our Lord and Savior. As a volunteer at the drop-in, he/she is reminded that they carry a disposition and behaviour to be suitable with the standards and ethical guidelines of the OIM organization.

The following requirements are set out by OIM for all volunteer drop-in workers:

• Attend the Urban Intervention Training (UIT).
• Complete a Volunteer Application, including a police check form.
• Upon completion of the above requirements, a final interview will determine suitability for volunteering.