In partnership with St. Matthews House and The City of Hamilton, the Cathedral Café offers a daily drop-in program, Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 4 pm.
The Cathedral Café expanded its operations from a totally volunteer run ministry to one with paid social work staff and coordinator, augmented by a team of volunteers.
We require more volunteers for the Cathedral Café under the new model as the continuity of this ministry is critical. Volunteers are needed to fill 3 shifts per day Monday to Saturday:
- 8:30 am to 11:30 am
- 11:30 am to 2:00 pm
- 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
High-level expectations of volunteers are to:
- Greet and welcome guests
- Organize food, drinks, and other supplies and present guests with refreshments
- Prepare refreshments, as required
- Wash dishes, as required
- Verbally interact with guests in safe, respectful and caring manner
- Refer guests to on-site social worker, as needed
- Distributes naloxone kits to guests upon request
- Sanitize/disinfect table used by each guest
- Disinfect refreshment table/kitchen frequently
- Monitor washroom
- Monitor and report to Centre Coordinator adequacy of supplies and/or additional support for guests.
For full details, please refer to the full Cathedral Café Volunteer Position Description.
If you or someone you know are at all inclined to help as an on-site volunteer, please complete the Volunteer Declaration form and/or connect with Kerry Lubrick at kerryllubrick@gmail.com or call 905-679-2818.