[TCCM] Volunteering at Harvard's Student-Run Homeless Shelter

[Liliana Arias]

FYI

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From: MacGregor <macgregor-bounces at mit.edu> on behalf of Wendy Geng <wendyg at mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 8:00 AM
To: Wendy Geng <wendyg at mit.edu>
Subject: [Macgregor] Volunteer at a Student-run Shelter this Spring Break!

Hi!

We wanted to reach out to you about an exciting volunteer opportunity. Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (HSHS) and Y2Y Harvard Square, the nation’s very first student-run homeless shelters, are looking for support for the week of 3/14 to 3/23.

Over spring break, we lose the majority of our of student volunteers, but for as little as THREE HOURS, you can help us continue to provide housing and support over 40 people each night. Although our staff is student-led, everyone is welcome to volunteer with us. Please sign up to volunteer with HSHS<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBshCOvI4vv4z9JyuO08siHO7qEXVgYjMNNdm8VX6Ihn7qtg/viewform?usp=send_form> / <https://forms.gle/vXJRyetAaYP1mCsw5> Y2Y<https://forms.gle/vXJRyetAaYP1mCsw5> on the above links by Tuesday, March 4th if you want to be considered in our priority round.

SIGN UP HERE!!!!!!!: HSHS form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBshCOvI4vv4z9JyuO08siHO7qEXVgYjMNNdm8VX6Ihn7qtg/viewform> / Y2Y form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-TSMaqz3JRixCSxwmDx63XRylvBH6702MxnnJXv4uxUSNuQ/viewform>

Our volunteers are at the center of our mission, helping to staff shifts involving maintaining the space, interacting with guests, and conducting outreach. Our volunteering model emphasizes flexibility, enabling our volunteers to choose the preferred day and time of their shifts. The current shifts are as follows:

Shift
HSHS
Y2Y
Breakfast
6:15 AM - 9:00 AM
6:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Dinner
6:45 PM - 9:15 PM
6:45 PM - 9:15 PM
Evening
9:00 PM - 11:15 PM
8:45 PM - 11:15 PM
Overnight
11:00 PM - 9:00 AM
(11:00 PM-10:00 AM for Friday Overnight)
11:00 PM - 8:30 AM


See the HSHS<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yRBa5rjOqIdMRg6Frdj0O-gkep61jr-uBb85JAijXcs/edit?tab=t.0> and Y2Y<https://docs.google.com/document/d/12oGVzw56EgSUpIDIrZ0VveFJ4qRzh1GkBA1MqSUm39s/edit?tab=t.0> volunteer handbooks for information about what each shift entails. Please reach out to hshs.volunteer at gmail.com<mailto:hshs.volunteer at gmail.com> or volunteer at y2yharvardsquare.org<mailto:volunteer at y2yharvardsquare.org> with any questions!

We want to emphasize how important your contribution would be this break, and we sincerely hope that you'll be able to share some of your time and energy with us. Please pass this email along to any of your friends, family members, or co-workers that might be interested in volunteering at our shelters over the break -- we can really use all of the hands that we can get.

Please reach out to us at any time at either to hshs.volunteer at gmail.com or volunteer at 2yharvardsquare.org with any questions.

With much shelter love and gratitude,
Wendy, Tiffany, Aran, Jess, Santi, and HSHS and Y2Y Families


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