The YWCA WE Shelter at Summit House has closed for the 2012-2013 season.  We greatly appreciate every volunteer who worked at the shelter, provided food or breakfast bags, donated supplies, and/or supported the shelter in any other way!  We served 69 women between December 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013.  Many of the participants were able to find housing and/or jobs during the time they stayed at the shelter.

2012-2013 Information

FBC partnered with Greensboro Urban Ministry, the YWCA, and several other congregations to sponsor a Winter Emergency Shelter for homeless women in our community. This was our fourth year to support this ministry. The YWCA WE Shelter at Summit House served up to 25 women each night and was located off Yanceyville Street north of Cornwallis. The shelter was open from 6:00 pm until 7:00 am each night. Secure parking was available beside the building.

Shelter Address / Map:

YWCA WE! Shelter at Summit House
2505 Fairview Avenue
Greensboro, NC

Directions: MAP

 

Supporting the Ministry:

FBC provided volunteers and food for the residents on Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday evenings. There are many ways to support the ministry including:

• Praying for women, the staff and the volunteers
• Volunteering to be a Check-in/Greeter, be a Dinner host, provide Breakfast bags, or serve as an Overnight Assistant
• Leading a special activity
• Donating supplies and other financial support

Training is available for volunteers:  Training Audio - click to listen . . .

• Basic Training - Lindy Garnette & Jan Hill, YWCA WE Shelter
  • "Basic Training"
• Compassionate Boundaries/Compassion Fatigue - Jeni Powelll & Katie Wangelin, Women's Resource Center
  • "Compassionate Boundaries" - Track 1
  • "Compassionate Boundaries" - Track 2
  • "Compassionate Boundaries" - Track 3

Donations:

Periodically the Shelter is in need of donations such as personal hygiene supplies, laundry supplies, etc. If you would like to be placed on an e-mail list to receive a notice when supply donations are needed, please email shelter@fbcgso.org.

Questions?  shelter@fbcgso.org

FBC Shelter Coordinators: 
Catherine Little: 856-0623  /  Geneva Metzger: 288-1877

Shelter Dinners: Louise Burroughs  /  681-1934

Breakfast Bags: Bea Kay Powers  /  294-3622

Overnight Volunteers: Susan & Jack Steelman  /  288-7004

Greeters: Shelley Garrett  /  Faye Thompson  /  834-9321

VOLUNTEER!
(Links are disabled until the 2013-2014 season)

Training is available!  These sessions will help you  be prepared to serve in the shelter.  On-site volunteers are encouraged to attend one of the training sessions listed to the left before working in the shelter.  Additional sessions will be offered during the year.

Got an idea that the women would enjoy and you would like to lead (such a movie night, singing, etc.)?  Contact Catherine Little at 856-0623 or shelter@fbcgso.org to coordinate how you can be involved in the Shelter.

Shelter Dinner Menus:

If you want to volunteer to provide dinner for the women at the shelter, the menus have been suggested and recipes are provided.  If you wish to provide something different than the suggested menu, that is also possible.  Please contact Louise Burroughs, Shelter Dinner Coordinator, at 681-1934 to discuss such changes or if you have any other questions.

Click here for Dinner Menus & Recipes

Volunteer Instructions:

You can volunteer to work at the shelter through this website.  We use the online program SignUpGenius for all volunteer signups for the shelter ministry.  Click one of the links below to go to the SignUpGenius web page to see how you can be a part of our shelter ministry. 

1. Choose your day/opportunity to serve and click "sign up." 
2. The next screen will show you what you have signed up for and the date. 
3. If you are a first-time user and have not created your login/password, you will need to follow the steps to sign up.  You only do this one time so please use a password you can remember.
4. If you are a SignUpGenius member, simply click the button, "I'm a SignUpGenius Member" log in, and follow the directions to confirm your sign-up. 
5. Once you have signed up for an opportunity you can make changes if you need to.  You can change/manage your sign-up with three options to "edit, swap, or delete".  Using these options, you can change your sign-up later if you need to.
6. Two days before the date of your volunteer sign-up, you will receive an automated e-mail reminder from the system. 
   Note: Individual emails will be sent for each volunteer opportunity.  Multiple volunteer sign ups cannot be grouped into one email.