Room in the Inn

This signup is for breakfast, lunch, dinner, & laundry for Room in the Inn-OLOL.  Details for each of the various roles that make up these are listed below under the header Descriptions.  Each week, a hot sit-down dinner is served to our guests & volunteers on Sunday evening.  On Monday morning, the guests are served a hot breakfast before boarding the bus back downtown.  On their way to the bus, they are provided a sack lunch.  Additionally, all linens used for the guests are laundered and returned to the church.  For Youth Volunteer worker signups & Inn Keeper signups, please see the other Room in the Inn-OLOL signup lists.

Thank you on behalf of the many homeless men that we help throughout the year. This is truly a great blessing to them.

Descriptions:

Main Entree– We need two entrees each serving 15-20 people each week.  You can choose to sign up for one entree or both (if you sign up for both, please provide enough entree for 30-40 people).  If you sign up for only one entree, please try to coordinate with the other person to bring compatible foods.  We serve a hot dinner to our guests, so entrees need to be a hot meal (so no cold sandwiches, etc).  Please bring entrees to the Fr. Bevington Hall kitchen and have them ready to serve by 5:30 pm.  Food must be ready at 5:30 pm, so if you need to finish cooking or heat your item at the church, please arrive early enough to do so.

Vegetable/Side– We need a vegetable or side to serve 30 people each week.  May be a hot or cold side.  You may wish to coordinate with the main entree to bring a compatible side.  There is another sign up for a garden salad/soup so please do not bring that type of side.  Please bring side to the Fr. Bevington Hall kitchen and have them ready to serve by 5:30 pm.  Food must be ready at 5:30 pm, so if you need to finish cooking or heat your item at the church, please arrive early enough to do so.

Soup or Salad– We need a soup or garden/veggie salad to serve 30 people each week.  If you choose to bring a salad requiring dressing, please bring dressing.  Please bring soup/side to the Fr. Bevington Hall kitchen and have them ready to serve by 5:30 pm.  Food must be ready at 5:30 pm, so if you need to finish cooking or heat your item at the church, please arrive early enough to do so.

Bread– We need a bread to accompany dinner to serve 30 people each week.  You may wish to coordinate your bread item with the main entree.  For example, if the main entree person signs up to bring taco meat, you may offer to bring tortillas &/or taco chips.  You may drop your items off prior to Sunday evening to the Fr. Bevington Hall (small hall).  Please label them “Room in the Inn”.  Items must be at the Fr. Bevington Hall kitchen ready to serve by 5:30 pm.

Dessert– We need dessert to serve 30 people each week.  You may drop your items off prior to Sunday evening to the Fr. Bevington Hall (small hall).  Please label them “Room in the Inn”.  Items must be at the Fr. Bevington Hall kitchen ready to serve by 5:30 pm.

2 Liter Sodas– We need 4-2 liter sodas each week.  Sodas must be caffeine-free and a variety (diet and non) are much appreciated.  You may drop your items off prior to Sunday evening to the Fr. Bevington Hall (small hall).  Please label them “Room in the Inn”.  Items must be at the Fr. Bevington Hall kitchen ready to serve by 5:30 pm.

Breakfast– We need two people to bring and serve a hot breakfast for 15 people each week on Monday.  Breakfast only needs to serve 15 as some men choose not to eat and others choose to eat cold cereal (provided by RITI).  Whoever brings breakfast needs to serve it and clean up the kitchen as well so you will need to plan to stay.  It is recommended that 2 people sign up to serve and clean up breakfast so this spot often works well signing up with a buddy, but you don’t necessarily need one.  The men will be heading to the bus around 5:30 am so you will probably be able to leave then too or shortly after depending on how much the kitchen was used to prepare your food.  Please bring food to the Fr. Bevington Hall kitchen and have ready to serve by 4:20 am.  Food must be ready at 4:20 am prompt, so if you need to finish cooking or heat your item at the church, please arrive early enough to do so.  The bus arrives by 5 am to take the men back downtown.  The lower level back door will be unlocked for you to come in.  We are often asked for breakfast ideas.  Here are some from over the years:  pancakes and sausage/bacon, breakfast burritos, sausage biscuits, biscuits and gravy, breakfast casseroles, etc.  Things like fresh fruit and yogurt always make great accompaniments.

Milk, Tea, Orange Juice– We need 1 gallon of milk, 1 gallon of sweet tea, & 1 gallon of orange juice weekly.  You may drop your items off prior to Sunday evening to the Fr. Bevington Hall (small hall).  Please label them “Room in the Inn” and place them in the refrigerator.

15 Sack Lunches with drinks– We need 15 sack lunches, along with a drink (caffeine free-water works best), packed & ready to go with our guests.  You may drop the lunches off prior to Sunday evening to the Fr. Bevington Hall (small hall).  Please label them “Room in the Inn” and place them in the refrigerator.

Laundry Service– We need someone to pick up the dirty linens sometime after 6 am on Monday mornings.  The Inn Keepers will make sure all the bed linens get bagged in trash bags and sat outside the downstairs back entrance where they can be picked up any time after 6 am Monday.  Linens should be laundered and returned to the Room in the Inn closet* by Thursday.  *The Room in the Inn closet is located inside the Fr. Bevington Hall (small hall) and to the left of the hall’s entrance (the door is labeled).  Just sit the bags inside the closet.