Thank you for offering your time and talents to our guest families. It is important that all volunteers for Family Promise have either been through a formal training session and/or viewed all of the training videos. Click each section title below to see the corresponding video. We want to be sure to indicate in our records that you have received this training so please fill out the information in the indicated spaces and answer the three short questions at the end of each video. The video will be displayed below and it may take a moment to load, so please be patient. When the video loads if it does not start automatically click the small play button (looks like an arrow pointing the right) below the video to start it.
Volunteer Training Video Table of Contents
I. Kokie Dinnan, Network Director Video Series Introduction (5 min) <-- Click here to begin
Homeless children is a national epidemic
Palm Beach County statistics
II. Introduction to Family Promise (14min) <-- Click here to begin
Introduction to Family Promise
Structure of the Family Promise network
The Day Center and its facilities
The Host Congregations
Family Promise Promo
III. Volunteer Opportunities (19 min) <-- Click here to begin
The role of volunteers
Dinner Hosts
Evening Hosts and evening activities
Overnight Hosts
Breakfast providers
Meal preparation
Lunch providers
Review
IV. Hospitality Code (28 minutes) <-- Click here to begin
Talking to children about homelessness
"How Can I Help?" video
Review �
V. The Daily Schedule (18 min) <-- Click here to begin
Dinner Preparation
Social time
Bedtime
The hosting logbook
Morning schedule
Review
VI. Policy & Procedure (16 min) <-- Click here to begin
Consistency across host sites
Safety issues
Gifts
Medications and first aid
Money
Behavior around children
Parenting
Handling meltdowns
Giving advice
Proselytizing
Dos and Don'ts for volunteers (Review)
VII Video Summary (8 Min) <-- Click here to begin
A composite summary of all the key learnings from the entire series of training video's.
