Franciscan Outreach Volunteers

ACTIVITIES: Homeless Services: Shelter, Soup Kitchen. Volunteers at work sites work directly with the guests building relationships, providing hospitality and services.

PLACEMENTS: Volunteers work at Franciscan Outreach, a non-profit agency providing emergency and long-term services to those who are homeless, poor, and marginalized in Chicago. Volunteers work directly with those who are homeless, providing hospitality and services.

CONTACT:
Rachel Kohl
773-278-6724, ext. 2016
rachel@franoutreach.org

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COMMITMENT: 12 months (renewable)

OVERVIEW: Franciscan Outreach Volunteers connect people who are homeless with human needs of food, shelter, respect, and compassion. This setting offers volunteers the opportunity to develop relationships with our guests and encourages volunteers to examine their own values and develop their personal strengths in a concrete lived reality. Franciscan Outreach Volunteers program is based on the values of Service, Community, Spirituality and Simple Living.