The Under One Roof program could soon be getting back to normal, depending on the success of the soft reopening of in-person services on Monday, October 5.
The program — run by Dauphin’s Crisis Prevention Task Force out of the Dauphin United Church — found success earlier this year offering participants a free meal, social time, and directing them towards useful services.
But back in March, the COVID situation put a stop to the program’s Monday night gatherings.
Organizer Randy Daley explains they felt they couldn’t just stop what they were doing, so they adapted the program and started delivering about 150-170 meals every Monday.
Daley says the program can offer community members a lot more than food, and is glad that Under One Roof can begin welcoming a limited number of community members back to the Dauphin United Church once a week.
“What we’re trying to get out the people is that there’s a lot of folks around here that are in need. Now, it’s no worse than any other community our size — it’s just simply there needs to be an awareness and we need to have a plan to deal with it.”
Starting on Monday, October 5th, the program will be serving up meals at the Dauphin United Church from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Daley says they’ll have space for about 30-35 visitors, along with 10 or 12 volunteers. Meals will still be delivered to folks that can't leave their home, and Daley explains meal pick-ups are also still available.
He says they’ll see how things go on the 5th, with the goal of getting back to running the program every Monday night.
