Faithful Hospitality provides mobile shelter in St. Paul houses of worship to help Hennepin County deal with an overflow of families experiencing homelessness, especially families seeking asylum. The initiative, supported by the State of Minnesota, alleviates capacity challenges in shelters, decreases costs of serving
families experiencing homelessness, and empowers interfaith partners to live out their faith values.
Each month, two to three different area churches, synagogues, and schools host 20-24 emergency shelter beds. We strive to provide a site, volunteers, and a safe, clean, comfortable place for children and their parents/guardians to spend the night until they can transition into housing.
We need enthusiastic volunteers to serve as overnight hosts to help provide a safe, welcoming haven and compassionate support, especially for asylum seekers. Overnight hosts are on duty from 7pm to 7am weekdays and 7pm to 8am on weekends. Resources and training are provided for hosts.
Sign up to volunteer here: https://www.tfaforms.com/4934671 and choose "Faithful Hospitality". You will then be contacted to go through a brief, online volunteer training. Then you will be able to sign up for shifts at area houses of worship. if you have any questions, reach out to Community Engagement Manager Elizabeth Kulus at ekulus@interfaithaction.org or at 651-661-7736.
