Volunteers needed this winter to feed unhoused folks

Logo for the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter with the title The Warming Center at the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter

Every winter, The Bangor Area Homeless Shelter provides overnight emergency shelter to people living outside during the winter access to a safe warm place to get a hot dinner and dry clothes. The Warming Center opens December 7, 2024, and closes March 15, 2025. We need volunteers to cook or serve dinner for 40 people which is 2 disposable roasting pans worth of food. Dinner is served at 7 pm every night.

Option 1:  Cook a main course dinner at home and drop it off at the Shelter. We serve 40 people a night – two turkey sized aluminum pans worth of food. Volunteer Hours: Drop off the meal between 8 am and 4:30 pm.

Option 2:  Heat up the pre-cooked dinner in our shelter kitchen and serve dinner at 7 pm to people who are literally living outside on the streets of Bangor.  Volunteer Hours: 5:30 pm to 8 pm. (* 1 to 3 volunteers fit in our kitchen at a time.)

Option 3: Cook and serve 7 pm dinner for 40 people in our shelter kitchen. Volunteer Hours: 5:15 pm to 8 pm. (* 1 to 3 volunteers fit in our kitchen at a time.)

* We gladly accept donations of ground coffee, powered creamer, hand and foot warmers, gloves, sweatpants, hoodies, coats, paper plates and cups, and utensils.

Sign up to help here:  www.giveinkind.com/inkinds/S1J4C9O/the-warming-center-at-the-bangor-area-homeless-shelter. **December is pretty full, but there is a lot of need in January and February. Plan ahead and choose your date now!