Community Kitchen Lunch Volunteer

Our Community Kitchen offers hot lunch 11:30-1:00 pm, Monday through Friday. 

Cristo Rey’s Community Kitchen does more than serve food. It also serves as a warming center during harsh winters and a cooling center during sweltering summers. This is a crucial service; there are hundreds of individuals who identify as homeless in the Lansing area.

Volunteer Duties Include: food prep, serving breakfast and lunch, clean up, as well as minimal stocking and organization. 

Essential skills include; interpersonal skills, attention to detail, time management, cleanliness, teamwork, food safety, and food preparation.

                         ***Closed toe shoes are essential for this role. No tank tops or sleeveless shirts.***

Documentation/Tracking of Hours

It is the responsibility of the volunteer to sign in and sign out on CRCC tracking sheets as instructed by CRCC staff. In addition, we request that volunteers keep track of their own hours and notify us at least 24 hours in advance of needing a letter confirming service. (Preferably on your 2nd to last volunteer shift) All service hours totals are generated from the tracking sheets. You must sign in and out for accurate counting of service. 

Policy for volunteers’ no shows.

Volunteers have a responsibility to show to the shifts they are assigned to. If Volunteers do not show for their shifts, we have a three-strike policy.

First no show: They will be contacted via email/Phone Call

Second now show: it will be a verbal warning, stating/explaining they have two strikes and they have one last chance.

Third no Show: they will be immediately removed from any future shifts and disqualified for participating in any future volunteering program.

**We encourage volunteers to give at least 24 Hours notice before Unregistering, failing to do so will be consider a no show.**