VOLUNTEER FOR PADS
PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) is FCC’s commitment to serving the homeless population in our Community. We serve as a Sunday evening, Men-Only Shelter from October through April each year. Our site provides showers, a hot dinner, overnight lodging, breakfast and a sack lunch each week to thirty guests.
To volunteer, please contact Aaron LaBreck at 708-351-2199 or by email.
We have teams, organized by weeks (1st Sunday, 2nd Sunday, etc.), that cover the four shifts. Here is a brief overview of the work of four shifts.
1st Shift 5:45 - 10:45 p.m. (Only one person needs to stay past 8 pm, if guests are calm)
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Set up sleeping area with mattresses and bedding
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Prepare registration desk
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Turn on Alarm Doors
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Call Flossmoor Police to advise we are open
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Set up shower station
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Open doors, admit and register guests
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Complete intake packets for new guests
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Start laundry at 9:30 p.m.
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Handle late arrivals (no one admitted after 10 p.m. unless approved or brought in by police)
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Check area and lock shower room at 10 p.m.
2nd Shift 10:45 p.m. - 3 a.m.
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Monitor guest and sleeping area
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Complete in-take packet on any new guest brought by police
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Make sack lunches
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Interior perimeter checks to make sure guests don’t wander
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Handle ill guests (provide medical assistance, call 911, clean up)Handle laundry in kitchen for towels and socks (no clothing)
3rd Shift 3 - 7 a.m.
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Continue 2nd shift work until 5 a.m.
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Wake up guests requiring early wake up calls
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Set up cold breakfast items
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Start coffee at 4 a.m.
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Assist with 4th shift duties
4th Shift 5 - 7:30 a.m.
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Turn on lights at 5 a.m.
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Instruct guests to place linens in yellow bags
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Assist guests in returning PADS, pillows and blankets to storage area
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Clean up breakfast items after all have eaten, including return of food to storage area and waste to garbage cans
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Wipe off and put away all tables and chairs
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Sanitize kitchen and eating area
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Sweep and damp mop floors in kitchen, sleeping area, dining room and washrooms
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Sanitize toilets, sinks and showers in washroom
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Empty all garbage cans and take to exterior dumpsters and place new liner in cans