> The next Family Promise week at Warehouse is July 25-August 1.

> To sign-up to serve, e-mail room@warehouse242.org.

> To view the Breakfield’s story of serving with Family Promise, head to our Warehouse films page.

Warehouse is committed to serving our homeless neighbors. With more than 6,000 homeless in our city, including over 4,000 homeless children who attend public school, we are committed to using our resources to serve those who lack the most basic of necessities—a warm, safe place to sleep, and food to eat. Serving our city’s homeless neighbors is a practical and meaningful way for individuals and small groups to live out the value of Service. In short, Warehouse serves and shares out of the abundance of what we have been graciously given. Our two ongoing partnerships are with Family Promise and Room in the Inn.

Family Promise

The numbers are staggering: 0ver 4,000 homeless children are enrolled in public schools in Charlotte.

Warehouse’s commitment to combating childhood homelessness led us to partner with Family Promise —a collaboration of local churches and faith communities who provide weeklong housing for homeless families. Once a quarter, Warehouse welcomes four families to stay overnight at our building throughout the week. Each morning, Family Promise transports the children from Warehouse to their bus stop, while the parents head to the Family Promise center so that they can pursue debt reduction and job placement; and find stable and reliable housing.

Family Promise is not a winter shelter program. Instead, it is a dynamic opportunity for Warehouse to engage in the issue of homelessness year-round. Volunteer opportunities are plentiful: from helping families move in on Sunday afternoon, to serving dinner, hosting overnight, serving breakfast, planning events and games for a family on Saturday, moving families to the next host church, and best of all, helping a family move into their new home.

>To learn more about Family Promise, click here.

>To learn more about volunteering, email room@warehouse242.org.

Room in the Inn

During the coldest winter months (December thru March) Warehouse serves as a host site for Room in the Inn—an interfaith network of winter shelters for the homeless of Charlotte, organized by the Urban Ministry Center. The purpose of the program is to keep our city’s homeless neighbors from freezing on cold winter nights by providing a warm, safe place to sleep, two meals to eat (dinner and breakfast), and transportation to and from the host site.

Together with our friends from nearby Watershed Church, we serve as an area host in our building’s “center section”—the area in between the arena and the Kidz classrooms. Preparation begins during the late afternoon, and the program concludes early morning after breakfast. This is an ideal service event for small groups.

> To learn more about Room in the Inn, click here.

> To learn more about volunteering, email room@warehouse242.org.