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Host Site

VOLUNTEERS OF ALL FAITHS CHANGING LIVES

Family Promise’s shelter program relies on a partnership of interfaith congregations and other volunteer groups to help local families facing homelessness. Our host sites provide lodging, meals and hospitality to families in need. For families in the program, each day begins with breakfast at a host site with volunteers, followed by a bus ride to our Center.

 

In the evening, guests return to the host site, where volunteers provide dinner and spend some quality time. The evening hours are for homework, relaxing and family fun time, as they would be with any family. Each day ends with the family all together, under one roof.

HOST CONGREGATIONS

Local houses of worship provide temporary overnight lodging in otherwise unused spaces in their buildings. A host congregation team of volunteers may be involved with the following:

 

  • Cooking and hosting dinner

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  • Spending the evening with families, talking, tutoring kids or playing games

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  • Sleeping overnight in the congregation

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  • Coordinating children’s crafts & activities

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  • Donating necessary supplies for the hosting week

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  • Setting up and breaking down guest families’ rooms

MANAGEABLE COMMITMENT

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  • Families stay overnight, not 24 hours a day

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  • Each congregation hosts families for just one week, four times a year

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  • Guests consist of up to three families   (14 children & adults max)

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  • Family Promise runs criminal background checks and drug screenings on all program participants

 

  • A Family Promise driver transports bedding and luggage to the next site host location.

We need your help! Can your faith group become a host or support congregation?

Become A Host Congregation

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THANKS TO OUR MANY VOLUNTEERS!

Committed Host Congregations

  • Center Point Church

  • Concordia Lutheran Church

  • First Congregational Church Concord

  • First Congregational Church Hopkinton

  • Grace Capital Church

  • Smith Memorial Congregational Church

  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church

  • St. Theresa's Catholic Church

  • Bow Mills United Methodist

    • w/Suncook United Methodist​

  • Temple Beth Jacob

    • w/South Church​

  • Unitarian Universalist Church

  • Wesley United Methodist

Committed Support Congregations

  • Christ the King Church 

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  • The Congregational Church of Henniker

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  • Immaculate Heart of Mary

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  • South Congregational Church

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  • St. Mary's Church

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  • United Baptist Church​

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