At the January 14 FED discussion, the Prince of Peace homelessness task force introduced two new initiatives to address the homelessness crisis in Santa Clara County.  One of the initiatives is to provide meal services to Trinity Shelter, a newly opened winter shelter in Mountain View, the other is to explore the possibility of establishing a monthly rotating evening safepark program at Prince of Peace in collaboration with other local faith-based organizations. 
 
The purpose of this email is to invite and encourage those who signed up as interested in the safepark initiative to attend the January 28 safepark FED discussion at 9:45,as well as the first safepark volunteer meeting on February 4th at 9:00am. This latter meeting is before the 9:45am service (one service for new member Sunday.) 
 
In establishing our collaboration with other local faith-based groups, we need to know what the volunteer base will be here at Prince of Peace. There is no commitment to participate in these meetings.  Come explore this opportunity to serve these homeless who are one step from sleeping on the streets. 
 
Thanks for your interest,
Karen Hauschildt
Homeless Task Force Team
 
A few interesting links for you:
http://homelessinthesiliconvalley.org/about/              
https://www.homefirstscc.org/blog/
http://www.storiedstreets.com/stories.htm

Please indicate your interest and availability. A committee member will follow-up with more information. This sign-up sheet will continue to remain open. Don't hesitate to sign-up, even when it is not the most current post.

Our Social Ministry team has some proposals on how we can better support the rising number of homeless in our community. Please join us January 14th and 28th between services at 9:45 for these important discussions.