Author: Lisa Quinn

“Let me just run to the store…”
Shopping for Family Promise
When families visit Holy Trinity, we provide staples, beverages and supplies for breakfasts and lunches. This includes things like milk, bread, cheese, yogurt, cereal and fruit, as well as disposable plates and cutlery.
If you’re one of the week’s shoppers, the coordinator will call you in advance with a list. You can deliver the supplies on Sunday morning (or before), and be reimbursed by the church.
To get involved as a Family Promise
shopper, contact Gregg Loesch at gloesch@cityofakron.gov.
Don’t Forget the Milk!

Sleepover!
Family Promise Hosts
When Family Promise visits Holy Trinity, Trinity volunteers stay with them at the church, making our guests comfortable and secure by helping them use the building and monitoring the entrances.
Dinner Hosts
GREGG, THERE WASN’T A SHEET FOR THIS. WHERE CAN I GET THIS INFO? ADDING IT WILL MEAN NEW LAYOUT FOR THIS SHEET AND POSSIBLY SPLITTING IT INTO TWO, SO I HAVEN’T BEEN TOO PERSNICKETY ABOUT THIS DRAFT.
Evening Hosts
7-9 p.m.
The family is responsible for themselves, but you may offer ideas or plan optional activities, like homework help for kids, telling stories, making ice cream or cookies in Room 202, or watching child-appropriate movies or videogames.
Overnight Hosts
8:45 p.m. until 7:30 a.m.
Overnight hosts spend the late evening, night, and morning with the family, sleeping at the church in their own bedroom. They take care of building security and handle any overnight emergencies that might come up. In the morning, they help the family get ready for school and their day at the Family Center.
Laundry
At end of a Family Promise week, our guests and hosts may have used as many as 28 sets of sheets and towels! There might also be pillowcases or blankets that need to be washed. The laundry volunteer picks up the laundry at the church on Friday, washes it, and returns it to the church folded and ready for the next group of guests and hosts. You can be reimbursed for detergent and/or softener.
Van Driver
Holy Trinity uses the Family Promise van to provide transportation to and from the church to school and the Family Center in the morning and at dinnertime. Typically, the van driver picks the family up at the church at 7:30 and returns to the Family Center at 4:45. Occasionally, he or she also takes the van to the next host congregation.

Bringing the Muscle:
Family Promise Setup and Takedown
On Sunday of Holy Trinity’s hosting week, Family Promise delivers 16 rollaway beds to our parking lot! We need strong volunteers to carry them up the stairs to the guest rooms and fit them with sheets, then put out towels and washcloths. The next Sunday, we take down the beds and load them into the Family Promise truck to be taken to the next host church.

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