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Events
Interfaith Community Shelter
Interfaith Community Shelter provides overnight shelter & meals for anyone in need during the winter months and for women and children during the summer. Year round, nearly twenty different types of services are provided on site by ICS and collaborators including: Veterans Administration, Healthcare for the Homeless, Life Link, Santa Fe Community Services, St. Elizabeth Shelter and Supportive Housing Programs. Also the Food Depot, Goodwill Industries, Southwest CARE Center, Youth Shelters, Street Homeless Animal Project, and Feed the Hungry.
Volunteers Making a Difference
The goal of the Volunteer Program is to support the mission of the Interfaith Community Shelter and to offer opportunities for volunteers to have meaningful and purposeful experiences with ICS and its guests. A volunteer’s presence brings fresh energy and enthusiasm to the guests. In addition to supporting services at ICS, volunteers act as liaisons between the Interfaith Community Shelter and the public.
If you like to help make a difference please volunteer or donate and help their mission.
ICS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Located at 2801 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM
OMSDT Members Arrive to Volunteer
On Friday Nov 15, 2024, members of OMSDT Knights Templar arrived at Interfaith Community Shelter to help by volunteering at the shelter. We arranged a day and time with Angie Silva, who is an administrative assistant at the shelter.
Administrative Assistant Angie Silva
We were given a tour of the shelter and talked about some of the things they ask us to do while volunteering. We met several staff members that work different areas of the shelter, some being there as long as 15 years serving the homeless. One female staff member that worked in the kitchen shared her personal story overcoming homelessness, addiction and how she turned things around due to the shelter. She started to work there and due to her commitment became part of the staff.
There were many people there at shelter in great need of help and to see it with our own eyes was moving. We helped with several things they asked us to help with, such as
cleaning up trash in parking lot to the street curbs, breaking down a pile of boxes and stacking them and repairing and cleaning the kennels for animals. We also helped inside by organizing the storage area and working in the kitchen. We enjoyed serving many meals to the homeless that came in for lunch. During the time in the kitchen, we asked if they needed any food supplies. They responded yes and a list was put together of food supplies they needed. Our ladies from our organization then went shopping to bring back much needed food items.
Overall it was a great experience for all of us in making a difference and serving others in need. Interfaith staff was thankful for our help and we received many compliments. If you would like to help this shelter you can volunteer or send them a donation.
Part of OMSDT's mission is to serve others and make a difference, if you would like to be a part of OMSDT please go to our join tab and fill out a membership application.
To enjoy some photos of this event please check our photo gallery, Conclave 2024 Service Event
"Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon." -Isaiah 58:10