The Dumas Wesley Community Center's transitional housing program, the Baldwin Family Village (BFV), is located in Fairhope, Alabama. The program provides 12 months of housing stability and wrap-around services for up to 100 women and children annually. BFV seeks to break the cycle of homelessness and help women and children re-establish and maintain self-sufficiency by focusing on accountability, case management, life skills and behavior modification.
Volunteers are needed to become meal sponsors to provide a dinner for single women and women with children experiencing homelessness. Meal sponsors can sign up for one day or multiple days throughout the year.
Meal Sponsor Information
1. Sign up to donate a meal here.
2. Plan to bring a meal that will feed 25-30 people (women and children)
3. Please note your menu items on the meal site in order to avoid duplicate meals during the week
4. We ask that you consider providing a well-rounded meal consisting of a protein, vegetable or fruit, and a starch
5. Please do not bring any food products containing nuts
6. You are welcome to bring disposable plates and utensils
7. Meals must be prepared and fully cooked offsite
8. Volunteers, please deliver your meal by 4:30 p.m. Dinner will be served from 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Please contact Amy Abernathy for inquiries about meal deliveries prior to 4:30 p.m.
9. Baldwin Family Village staff will call to confirm the week before and tell you how many residents we currently have in shelter
We encourage meal sponsors to stay, serve and fellowship, although it is not required. Due to the nature of those we serve, we ask you to please be mindful of boundaries between residents and meal sponsors, i.e.:
o All meal sponsors must sign a confidentiality waiver
o In order to respect the diversity of residents, discussions of faith and religion should be initiated by our residents
o Please do not provide any kind of financial assistance for residents
o Residents should never solicit financial assistance from meal sponsors. If a meal sponsor is solicited for assistance, please immediately notify Baldwin Family Village staff
Learn more about the Baldwin Family Village here.
