St. Vincent de Paul Day Shelter Manna Giver

The Day Shelter of St. Vincent de Paul located at 1623 Convention Street in Baton Rouge is where the women, men and children that sleep in the Sweet Dreams and Sweet Dreams Expansion Shelters of St. Vincent de Paul at night go during the daytime hours. 

Participants learn life skills like money management, how to prepare for a job interview, computer skills to seek employment online, healthy living tips, etc. They break for lunch; and, most often a hot meal is delivered form the Dining Room to the guests in the Day Shelter. Sometimes we are blessed to have a Manna Giver prepare a meal at home (or purchase a meal) and bring it to the participants in the Day Shelter. This is such a blessing to St. Vincent de Paul because the money saved by a Manna Giver providing a meal can be used for other important things.

We ask that the meal include a meat or protein, vegetable and a starch. Desserts and beverages are optional and we provide the paper goods. We encourage you to stay and serve the meal to the participants and have fellowship with them. If you choose to do this, please bring enough food for your volunteers to enjoy as well.

We would like to limit the number of volunteers to ten. Minors MUST be accompanied by an adult to volunteer.  A group of six minors may be accompanied by an adult that is certified to work around vulnerable populations. If you would like to learn more about this, you may call Connie Planche at 225-383-7837, ext. 302.

With your safety, the safety of staff and our participants paramount in all of the decisions we make, volunteers are required to wear long pants (or capris for ladies), a shirt with a sleeve and close toed shoes.

We ask that the Manna Giver arrive at the Day Shelter of St. Vincent de Paul with the meal at 10:45 AM. If you plan to drop off your meal, the drop off location is located at 1623 Convention Street. Pull up on the concrete slab in front of the black wrought iron gate, enter the gate and knock on the single glass door. The Day Manager will come with a cart to retrieve the meal. If you are staying to serve the meal, you should park behind the pharmacy on the circular drive close to the black wrought iron gate. Whether dropping off the meal or staying to serve the meal, Day Shelter Manna Givers coming on Saturdays and Sundays should phone the Day Shelter Manager to tell them you are on the premises so that they can come with a cart and assist you with the meal. You can call the Volunteer Coordinator at 225-383-7837, ext. 201 to get the telephone number of the weekend Day Shelter Manager.

 Please do not enter the shelter if you are not feeling well. The safety of our volunteers, our staff and participants is paramount.

We are so grateful any time we have Manna Givers come to St. Vincent de Paul to provide a nutritious and delicious meal to our participants. If you have questions about this opportunity, please phone our Volunteer Coordinator at 225-383-7837, ext. 201.