As for an update on how things are going at The Open Door, it has been
an exciting season of change!
The Open Door recently hired a new Assistant Director, who I have been
training on the operations of the center in order to help with the workflow.
His name is David Chapman and he is an ordained Anglican Priest who has
experience with the First Nations people. It is a great blessing and an answer
to prayer that he is now working with us and we are already working well
together as a team! The addition of David to the team will allow Caleb to focus
on spending more one-on-one time with clients, networking with other
organizations and fundraising.
We also hope to soon hire a Program Coordinator to help with
coordinating projects for our clients to work on, and therefore remain busy,
during the hours we are open.
We have recruited new volunteers, including a gardener, a music
therapist, and a cook. Three summer intern students will also be working at The
Open Door for July and August to help with activity coordination and social
services.
As a result of this increase in staff and volunteers, we have, as of
two weeks ago, increased our hours of operation by 2.5 hours per day. We will
now be opening an hour earlier, at 7:30 am, and closing an hour and a half
later, at 3:30 pm, each day of the week in order to meet the needs of our
homeless friends.
On a more personal note, check out this video I posted the other day on
my YouTube channel…
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