St. Mark’s is one of twelve churches that each provide dinner and accommodation to 15-20 homeless adults every night for one month of the year. Named “Hotel de Zink,” the shelter program was started in 1987 as part of the Urban Ministry of Palo Alto – named for Police Chief Howard Zink who supported services for homeless men in the 1930s. In August, St. Mark’s will again provide this valuable and rewarding service – and we need people to sign up to provide meals for our guests, who shelter overnight in the Parish Hall, every night in August.
We are collecting clean bath towels. On Sunday, August 11, please bring clean bath towels to church and leave them on the couch in the Kennedy Room.
On Tuesday, Aug. 20, we will be having an Ice Cream Social for our 12 guests. We will gladly take your ice cream donations to help make this event successful!
There are a lot of myths about homeless people and homelessness in California, and CalMatters offers this pointed article that addresses it for us, and helps us understand our guests better. Read the article HERE.
LifeMoves screens the guests and provides three rotating paid staff members to supervise and sleep with the guests in the Parish Hall each night. These staff members will open the doors at 7:00 p.m. and lock up at 7:00 a.m. Thank you for signing up to provide dinner on the Meal Train. All the dates to provide a meal has been fully filled! Please note the updated number of guests from 20 to 12. You may also use Grub Hub or your favorite restaurant. Food should be delivered between 7:00 -7:15 p.m. to the table that will be set up in the breezeway outside the kitchen.
If you have questions, or might need to make arrangements for your meal delivery, you can email Susan Dansker at susandansker64@gmail.com or Jenny Jordan at jennyjordan4@gmail.com.
