Service Project: Simpson Homeless Shelter
Service Project: Simpson House Homeless Shelter
Saturday, November 14th, 1:00-2:30
Scouts — What can you do to help people in our own city that don’t have homes? Our pack service project is Saturday, November 14 from 1:00-2:30. We’ll be visiting Simpson House Homeless Shelter in Minneapolis. We will be making sandwiches for their dinner, touring the facility, and participating in an activity that will help us understand what it is like to be homeless in America. Learn more about Simpson House at http://www.simpsonhousing.org/ . (Parents, note that the men will not be present while we are at the shelter; we will only interact with staff members at the facility.)
Please Bring: There is no cost to attend for this service project, so please consider bringing in some needed items for donation: men’s underwear, travel sized toothpaste, men’s long john’s sized M, L, and men’s T-shirts sized M, L, used pillows and blankets. Currently they have no long john’s in stock and are very low on underwear. The pack will provide all the supplies for sandwich making.
RSVP and Questions: If possible, please let Jennifer Nichols know by Wednesday, November 11 if you’ll attend. Yes, siblings and entire families are invited and welcomed. (If you don’t RSVP you can still come, but having a count is important so we buy the right amount of sandwich supplies.) Jennifer is also the contact person for questions: nichols.jenni {at} gmail(.)com
Directions
Here are directions to our Men’s Shelter from 35 W:
35W northbound
Lake Street/31st Street Exit
Left on Lake Street
Right on 1st Avenue South
Left on Cecil Neuman – there is no stop sign, look for this after the K-mart parking lot
Right on Nicollet Ave South
Right on 28th Street West
Turn left into the Alley between Frenz Brake Service and Simpson United Methodist Church and park in the gravel parking lot
The Men’s Shelter is located in the basement of Simpson United Methodist Church – 2740 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408.