Menlo Park, Glenwood Building

Serve our homeless guests while they are with us at MPPC during the month of November. This is a wonderful serving opportunity for individuals, families, and small groups.

Hotel de Zink is a homeless shelter program run by InnVision. Named after a Palo Alto police officer who opened up the police station on cold, rainy nights during the Great Depression to let people come in and sleep, it rotates between 12 area churches, each housing 12-17 people for one month.



Sign ups begin October 1 for one of these four different ways to serve:

• EARLY MORNING SERVER  - distribute breakfast and lunches from 6-7 a.m.
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• PROVIDE BREAKFAST - drop off on your assigned day between 7:30-9:30 p.m. (to be served the next morning).
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• PROVIDE BAGGED LUNCHES - drop off on your assigned day between 7:30-9:30 p.m. (to be served the next morning).
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• PREPARE DINNER and bring it to Glenwood; then serve and hang out with our guests from 7:30-9:30 p.m.
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Map and directions
Please park on the street when you arrive and enter the building from the parking garage, which faces on San Antonio Ave. (The parking garage is for upstairs apartment residents only, so please do not park there.)

In addition to the sign-up options above, we accept donations for our homeless guests. Drop off these items any evening in November at the Glenwood building between 7:30-9:30 p.m. (no sign-up necessary):

• New or lightly used: Sleeping bags, duffle bags, pillow cases, and bicyling accessories (helmets, locks, and lights)
• New: Pillows, socks, underwear and travel-size toiletries

MPPC's participation in Hotel de Zink is managed by our Hearts for Homeless ministry team. If you would like to help our team coordinate on-site logistics and oversee volunteers for Hotel de Zink, please contact Diana Anderson, 773.633.9114.

More Information About Hotel de Zink

Clients enter Hotel de Zink through InnVision's Drop-In Center where they are screened prior to being admitted for a maximum of 90 days. Clients participating in Hotel de Zink are assigned a case manager with whom they are required to meet every week to develop and work on some short and long term goals. These goals vary from person to person, but usually revolve around finding housing, work and addressing health needs. People come to Hotel de Zink from all walks of life and all have different stories as to how they found themselves in their current situation.

Clients arrive each evening between 7:30-9 p.m. to have dinner and sleep at the church. They are expected to participate in chores prior to leaving the church grounds at 7 a.m. each morning. Dinner is provided each night by members of the host church. Supplies for a cold breakfast and lunch are also provided by church members.

Contact: Diana Anderson, 773.633.9114

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