Make a plan you can take with you.
These tools create a draft on this page. Download or print it before leaving. Coordinators can save reusable plans in the ministry desk.
Service-day planner
Choose the kind of service and get a useful preparation checklist.
A partnership conversation
Prepare a short message about what your group can offer. Review it, then contact Patrick directly.
A simple first 90 days
Start with what is real.
- Confirm the ministry's current contact details, schedules, active programs, and giving arrangements.
- Invite the ministry lead to review this site. Authorize coordinators before collecting requests.
- Count supplies, create the first service plan, and agree who checks the ministry desk each day.
Make one service day work well.
- Publish a confirmed need or gathering with an end date.
- Match volunteers to roles and confirm assignments directly.
- Contact every open request. Save follow-up notes and count what was actually provided.
Build a rhythm people can trust.
- Review what worked with Patrick, volunteers, and partners.
- Repeat the service plan, update stock counts, and retire outdated notices.
- Thank supporters with accurate totals. Ask permission before sharing a person's story or photograph.
Care is part of the plan.
- Confirm resources before promising help.
- Keep children's information and family circumstances private.
- Confirm appropriate supervision, guardian consent, transport, and food handling with the ministry lead.
- Have a weather plan and emergency contact procedure.