Monday Night Dinner
Every Monday Night at 5:00pm
at Old West Church
About
We serve between 50-100 dinners every Monday night 52 weeks a year regardless of weather or holiday. We are always open. We have a very close knit community of unhoused, elderly, working poor, students etc. who we welcome to have a home cooked family style meal.
We serve in the sanctuary at Old West Church (131 Cambridge St). The church is able to validate parking at the Cambridge St. garage that is a very short walk from the church. We are fully volunteer and everyone chips in anywhere they can!
This is a program of The Oasis Coalition of Boston, in partnership with Old West Church at Union Combined Parish.
Every Monday night we try our best to serve snacks, sandwiches to take out, before dinner. In the summer, we serve ice pops. In the cold months, we open with hot soup. We serve coffee/tea etc before dinner. Then we open the room for anyone to share anything they'd like with the group. When everyone is seated with silverware we serve the guests. We try every week to have a toiletry table, a non-perishable food table (when we can) and hand out emergency clothing/supplies.
On the 4th Monday of the month we have a volunteer group from a Sober house who bring in birthday cake to celebrate the month's birthdays!
Volunteer
If you are interested in volunteering, email office@unionboston.org to get connected with Jen, the Director of Monday Night Dinner.
We need volunteers to help prepare, serve, and clean. We also welcome volunteers who want to play music or lead a book group.
Donations Welcome
Always in need of (every week!) clothing ( 80+% Mens) (-20% womens):
No dress clothes. Just anything that can keep someone safe, warm and dry.
Sneakers, hiking shoes
Rolling bags luggage
packable blankets
All Toiletries
Pants, pants, pants
Belts
Sweatshirts
Jackets
New boxer shorts
Socks
umbrellas
Yoga mats
For the Dinner itself we have a constant need of supplies:
Styrofoam plates
Napkins
Paper towels
Cleaners
silverware
sugar, coffee, creamer
salt, pepper, hot sauce
Staples- pasta, canned vegetables, tomatoes, bread, peanut butter etc.. ( if ppl are cleaning out pantries etc..)
Cookies, treats, snacks- granola bars, fresh fruit, crackers etc..