Volunteers Needed for Easter Dinner

Every year, Charlotte Rescue Mission opens their doors to hundreds of Charlotte's homeless men and women for their Easter meal. We still need volunteers to help us serve this year.

We invite individuals, couples and families to join us and celebrate Easter Sunday. The Mission will open to the public from 6:00 a.m. on Easter and stay open for guests until 2:30 p.m. The morning will begin with a hot breakfast from 6:00 am until 7:30 am. Coffee and Danish will be available from 8:00 am until 11:00 am. Movies will be shown in our chapel beginning at 6:00 a.m. The main dinner meal will be served from 11:30 until 2:30 pm. Cell phones provided by Sprint will be available from 8:30-2:30 so guest can make long distance calls to friend and family.

Please be aware that this event is not a typically “feeding of the homeless holiday meal.” Our goal is to treat our guests as VIPs; they will be seated at their table, use china, glasses and silverware, and be waited on as if they were in an expensive restaurant. There will be a more laid back, casual atmosphere for the hot breakfast. All volunteers will be on their feet and moving the entire length of their assigned shift. If you are not physically able to handle this amount of activity, please let us know. Please eat and use the facilities before your shift begins or after your shift is over. We are expecting a capacity filled crowd and can not afford to have volunteers leave their position.

Volunteer Shift Times: Volunteers will work in one of two shifts. The first shift runs from 10:30 AM until 1:30 PM. Volunteers from the second shift will relieve the first shift at 1:00 pm. Volunteers are welcome to eat after they complete their assignment. The second shift runs from 12:30 PM until 3:30 pm. We will have a few people work an early shift from 8:30 am until 11:00 am with the cell phones and Chapel supervisors.

Volunteer Registration Process

• Choose your shift: 8-11 am 10:30 – 1:30pm or 12:30 – 3:30pm
• Contact Andria Tindall at 704 334-4635 ext. 214 or email andria_t@charlotterescuemission.org to reserve your spot
• All volunteers are required to attend a 30 minute orientation on Easter Sunday