Volunteer at Atonement

Too many families experience homelessness.  We have a great resource in Berks County called Family Promise of Berks County which helps families experiencing homelessness for the first time with a place to stay, vocational and interview skills training, job hunting, and much more. 

Family Promise partnered with congregations to serve as host sites (Atonement shared its space 2008-2020) but due to Covid, they have changed to an Apartment Model in which families stay up to 90 days in houses that Family Promise rents. 

Family Promise is using three rental properties that shelter 3-6 families (up to 20 people). The families move on to permanent housing as quickly as possible.  Staying in one place during their time with Family Promise allows families to have bedtime routines for the children and more flexible work schedules.  Since the families are in houses, they have access to a kitchen.  Atonement provides groceries at the beginning of our host weeks, provide prepared meals on Mondays, and donate grocery gift cards to cover what we forget!  Providing gift cards and groceries for the families instills self-sufficiency and empowers the client to oversee something when much of their current situation leads them to feel powerless, while cooked meals once a week provides a welcome break during this stressful time.

Atonement plans to provide groceries at the beginning of our host time, provide prepared meals on Mondays, and donate grocery gift cards to cover what we forget! Please help serve our Family Promise guests with delicious food, groceries and hope!

Click here for a sign-up genius to assist the weeks of July 8 and July 15:   Atonement Lutheran & Trinity Lutheran, Reading: Family Promise Host TWO Weeks July 8-21, 2024 (signupgenius.com)