Birmingham Hospitality Network News
02/25/10: Part Time Weekend Employee Needed!
We need your help! We are looking for someone who – ideally – has a working knowledge of BHN and who would like to work in a part time position for us. Of course we will consider anyone, but it works so much better when it’s someone who has a passion for what we do. Please spread the word. Thanks!!
Job Description:
Part time position available at shelter for homeless families. Approximately 12 – 13 hours per week; Saturdays 8:45 am to 2 pm, and Sundays 6:45am to 2 pm, with some flexibility required.
Position requires dependable staff to manage the operation of the Day Center and supervise guests on weekends. This includes, but is not limited to driving our van to picks guests up at the host congregations, answering the phone and taking information for referrals, and supervising guests’ activities in the Day Center.
Applicants should be at least 21 years old, with valid Alabama driver’s license and clean driving record. Drug test and background check will be performed.
Please contact Rana Cowan at 205-918-0246 or bhnrc@earthlink.net for an application.
Clean out your jewelry drawers and help the homeless!!!! > Learn More
09/16/09: September 2009 Newsletter
> read our September Newsletter (2.22MB PDF)
07/15/09: BHN Silent Auction Preview
> Preview what our 2009 Silent Auction has in store! (283KB PDF)
> read our May Newsletter (153KB PDF)
Please join us for the 8th Annual Host Celebration Reception and Silent Auction to benefit the Birmingham Hospitality Network. It will be held Thursday, July 23, 2009 at B&A Warehouse. > Learn More
02/13/09: February 2009 Newsletter
> read our February Newsletter (7.56MB PDF)
> download Sponsorship Form (28.7KB PDF)
01/16/09: BHN Update, Point in Time Homeless Survey Info, & Part Time Employee Needed
Friends,
We currently have 2 wonderful families being hosted at Baptist Church of
the Covenant. Temple Emanu-El will be hosting next week.
Jessica Germany asked me to let you know that the Gift Wrap Booth
cleared over $11,000 ! Thanks so much to all of YOU who gave your
valuable time during the busiest season of the year.
BHN will be participating in a Point in Time Homeless Survey from noon
Jan 29-noon Jan 30. This “count” helps all agencies with statistics
needed to determine what services are still lacking in the community.
Volunteers will have a brief training session prior, and on count day
and will be broken into groups. You will be going to other agencies and
locations on the streets where homeless people gather and help them
complete a simple survey. This is a wonderful opportunity to get out and
see the obstacles of all homeless people in Birmingham, and to help
collect data that is vital to improving services. If you would like to
help with this count, let me know.
We are looking for a part time employee to help staff the day center on
the weekends. It’s about 12-13 hrs per week: Saturdays 6:45 am to 2 pm,
and Sundays 8:45 to 2 pm, with some flexibility required. This staff
position picks up the guests at the host congregations, manages the
operation of the Day Center and supervises guests. Applicants should be
at least 21 years old, with valid Alabama driver’s license and clean
driving record. Drug test and background check will be performed. If you
know of anyone that is interested, have them call me.
Have a great weekend, and stay warm !
12/08/08: BHN Update for Volunteers
I wanted to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of our wonderful BHN volunteers and supporters! Also wanted to take this opportunity to let you know what’s going on at BHN.
Our annual Gift Wrap Booth is open and ready for your gifts to wrap at Brookwood Colonial Village! It’s in the same location as last year – the southwest corner of the food court, next to Sbarro. It is open during mall hours, and 100% of the donations made for wrapping come directly to support BHN because the expenses were underwritten by sponsors. It’s a simple way to get all your holiday gifts wrapped, and support us at the same time, so bring them on down!
We are still in need of sponsors for the guests for Christmas. We would appreciate any Wal-Mart gift cards or monetary donations to make sure all 14 guests are covered, PLUS any new families that we get, since it looks like 2 or 3 of our current families *may* have new homes before Christmas! Remember that you can sponsor guests as a gift to your family and friends and co- workers, and we will send a donor card to inform them.
We are currently being hosted at Huffman United Methodist Church. We will be going to Trinity United Methodist Church on Sunday.
The rotation for the rest of the year is as follows:
• 12-07 Trinity United Methodist Church
• 12-12 All Saints’ Episcopal Church
• 12-21 Covenant Presbyterian Church –
Christmas week!!
• 12-28 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church –
New Years week!!
We have been, and remain at capacity still – 14 guests, 3 families. All 3 families are attempting to move out soon, so we may be getting an entirely new group in the next few weeks.
Thank you all SO much, and have a beautiful holiday season!
We need to go ahead and start planning for Christmas for our guests. If
you would like to sponsor a guest/guests, let me know. If you want to
shop and wrap, we won’t know until a few days before Christmas who we
will have, and be able to give you a wish list. If you would like to do
a gift card, we can go ahead and start collecting those. I will take the
parents shopping a few days before Christmas to buy “Santa”, and try to
help the kids pick out things for their parents. I try to keep it to
about $75 per guest. Santa then leaves the gifts under the tree on
Christmas morning. Covenant Presbyterian will be hosting them this year,
and get to have all the fun ! Anything we have above and beyond the
current guests goes to help families who have moved out this past year
and who may not have been eligible for an assistance project.
If anyone wants Belk Charity Sale tickets, or wants to take selling
those on as a project - they are in! The sale is on Sat Nov 15, from
6-10 am. The tickets pay for themselves on your first purchase that day,
plus there are so many more opportunities to save big. Also, there’s the
$1000 shopping spree to be given away!
Our annual Gift Wrap project is scheduled as usual - from the day after
Thanksgiving, through Christmas Eve, at Colonial Brookwood Village,
during regular mall hours. Please bring all your gifts and get them
wrapped! If you would like to do the wrapping, please talk to your
coordinator or board member.
|
10/30/08: Cold Weather Clothing Needed! Friends, We have TEN children in the shelter!! They are all adorable, but cold! It just came to my attention that some of them have needs for the cold weather. Most of the local clothes closets have been cleaned out already. So, if any of you have closets you are cleaning out and come across coats/jackets/gloves/hats/scarves etc, would you consider passing them on to us? You can just drop them at the day center at Southside Baptist Church. I will hold on to any we don’t use immediately to have for the rest of the season. The children come in all sizes: • Boys
- sizes 6/7, 12 (2 boys wear this size), and 14/16 Thanks so much for your kindness and warmth!! |
|
|
Home .
Info & Facts .
Congregations .
Calendar .
News Birmingham Hospitality Network P.O. Box 531233, Birmingham, Alabama 35253 Phone: (205) 918-0246, Fax: (205) 918-0246 Email Rana Cowan: bhnrc@earthlink.net Email Meredith Reid: bhnadmin@earthlink.net This site was originally produced in association with web design students from The Altamont School. © 2010. The site is maintained by denning e-solutions. |