The Table at Central UMC will partner with Sacramento Steps Forward to provide winter sanctuary on December 28. Up to 100 guests who are currently unhoused will find respite from the cold in our Social Hall. Guests will begin arrive around 4:00 pm. We’ll be organizing teams in the coming weeks to prepare and serve a hot meal. We’ll also develop a team to help with clean up after the meal. Guests will stay overnight and be bused downtown around 6:00 am.
Sacramento Steps Forward describes Winter Sanctuary in this way:
Winter Sanctuary is a rotating, nightly, interfaith shelter that operates during Sacramento’s winter months…Each winter in Sacramento, cold and wet weather conditions threaten the lives of the approximately 1,200 homeless men, women and children sleeping outside. County budget cuts have significantly decreased Winter Shelter funding, creating a crisis. While limited public funding was allocated to serve homeless families, homeless single adults were left with very few options. Without a warm, dry, safe place to sleep in the winter, people who are homeless are at an even greater risk of illness, injuries and death.
If you would like to help provide hospitality, please sign-up on our website by clicking here.
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