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Volunteers
Without volunteers, Dorothy Day
House could not exist. Here
are some ways to help out:
Kitchen volunteers:
Kitchen volunteers are organized
into crews . There are
approximately 20 crews, with most crews
preparing and serving the afternoon meal one day a
month (ex. 4th Thursday) from 1pm to 5pm. Our crews are fully staffed
right now but we can also use people on a
backup basis. If you are interested,
please contact Joe Simons (joesimons@yahoo.com)
and indicate which days of the week you are available.
Making sandwiches:
We are looking for people to make sandwiches at home
and bring them down to Dorothy Day House for
distribution in the afternoons.
If you want to donate sandwiches, follow these steps:
1) Click on the button below to go to our Sign Up page
2) Review the options and choose the spot(s) you like
3) Sign Up. It's easy and you won't have to
join or create a password.
Please do not bring in sandwiches unless you have
arranged with someone at Dorothy Day to accept and store
your donation.
Clothing Donation Sorter:
We're looking for someone who can devote 10-12 hours a
week sorting and displaying clothing
donations. If you are interested, please
email Mary Korin.
Santa's Workshop:
On a Saturday during the month of December, toys are
distributed to children in the Spring Street
neighborhood. For many children, this is the
highlight of their Christmas season.
Donations of new unwrapped toys, new or gently used
children's books and children's winter coats are needed
for this event. For more
information contact Mary Korin at 203-297-1974 or marykorin@comcast.net
Other donations:
We need donations of fresh fruit (preferably bananas),
snacks, cookies and bottled water for grab and go bags.
We are also accepting donations of non perishable food,
toiletries and other items. For more details, see
our wish list..
Shelter
showers and clothing distribution:
We open up the shelter showers
twice a week to give homeless people not staying at
the Dorothy Day House shelter the opportunity to get a
shower and clothing. We currently need
volunteers on Wednesdays and Sundays from 3:00 to
4:30. If interested contact Lynn Taborsak
at ddhhsandwiches@gmail.com
Cleaning
Lori-Ann Morrissey organizes a
group to give the kitchen a deep cleaning once a month
on a Saturday morning. If cleaning is your
passion and you would like to help, contact Lori-Ann
at loriannmorrissey@gmail.com
Daily Bread Food Pantry
If you don't see anything on our
volunteer list that is a good match for you, check out
Daily Bread Food Pantry. Daily Bread is the
largest food pantry in the Danbury area, serving 600
families each week. Like Dorothy Day
House, they rely exclusively on volunteers. If
you would like to help out, see their website at s
your passion and you would like to help, see their
website at https://www.dailybreadfoodpantry.com/
Baked good donations pickups:
A number of local supermarkets have
graciously made their expired baked goods available to
us, but we use volunteers to pick up donations and
deliver them to Spring Street.
We have enough baked goods pickup volunteers at the
present time.
Shelter
volunteers:
Our shelter is currently closed so
we have no need for volunteers at present.
10 Ways Young People Can Support Dorothy Day
1) Organize a non-perishable food donation drive at
your school, church or neighborhood. See
the "wishlist" on our for ideas
2) Donate fruit or bottled water for us to hand out
with our sandwich bags
3) Sign up to make sandwiches
4) Start a collection of men's and women's socks to
keep everyone's feet warm and dry this winter
5) Bake 2 dozen cookies or 30 brownies
6) Set up a donation drive for gently used winter
jackets for adults
7) Collect warm gloves for the winter
8) Organize a toiletry drive for travel-sized soap,
razors, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, combs and
toothbrushes
9) Hold a donation drive for candy canes in December
10) Make fanciful Easter eggs
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