Support  and Host Congregations
IHN support congregations are paired with host congregations and may volunteer their services for guest families in the following ways:

 Serve as support congregation coordinator
 Prepare dishes for evening meals or breakfast at host congregation
 Help with after-meal clean up
 Provide food for guests meals
 Eat meals with guests in order to enhance host congregation hospitality
 As an active listener, join after-dinner conversation with guests
 Stay overnight with guests at the host congregation
 Tutor children with homework and read bedtime stories
 Drive IHN van to-and-from host congregation to the Day Center (two trips daily)
 Provide van maintenance
 Help with weekly laundering of bed linens
 Interact informally with guests at the Day Center or Host Congregation
 From one's personal and professional expertise, respond resourcefully to guests needs
 Provide respite childcare at the Day Center
 Assist in weekend social activities or outings arranged for guests
 Assist with specifically delegated social work tasks (networking with area agencies)
 Provide clerical support (filing, phoning, copying) for office staff
 After sustained training, provide coverage for executive director
 Offer assistance to board for structural tasks (fundraising, accounting, public relations)
 Help procure equipment and supplies' donations (computer, beds, paper, phones, etc)
 Help procure professional services for guests' housing, employment, counseling needs

To find out how to become a host congregation in the network,
click here to find out how to contact us.