Nature and Purpose
For the past twenty-eight years, Rosie’s Place has provided emergency resources and long-term assistance to poor women who do not have the financial resources to meet the everyday expenses of city life.  We create an atmosphere of respect in which women can pursue self-identified goals and in which staff and volunteers can work effectively to help them access needed services.  Rosie’s Place has the distinction of being the first drop-in emergency sanctuary for women in the United States.  We have progressed from simply providing shelter, to offering solutions - from the immediate needs of food, clothing and shelter - to the long-term needs of education, advocacy and permanent housing.  More recently, Rosie’s Place added housing for an increasing population of poor and homeless women suffering from the effects of HIV.
While Rosie’s Place continually works to provide expanded services to meet the changing needs of the community, its mission remains clear:  To provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity, and find security in their lives.
PULSE students work in three programs: the dining room, which serves approximately 200 meals each day to women and children; the overnight program, which provides emergency or short-term housing to twenty; or Rosie’s Place Groceries, a food pantry program which distributes 400 bags of groceries each month.

Tasks
PULSE students who wish to join the Rosie's Place team are required to attend a special volunteer orientation. Traditionally, PULSE students have helped to serve meals in our dining room or helped by assisting the women in our overnight residential program.

Time Requirement
Students can work two four hour shifts or one overnight shift each week   to meet PULSE time requirements.  Available shifts are as follows:
Lunch: 10AM to 2PM, 7 days/week
Rosie’s Place Groceries: 12 noon to 4 PM., weekdays
Dinner: 4 to 8 PM, 7 days/week
Overnight Shift: 8 PM. to 6:30 AM, 7 days/week
           Lunch/Rosie's Place Groceries: 10 AM. to 5 PM.
           Rosie's Grocieries/Dinner: 1 PM. to 8 PM.

Supervision
  All shifts are supervised by Rosie’s Place staff as well as veteran volunteers who provide regular guidance and support.  In addition, the Volunteer Services Director meets with each student individually to discuss the Learning- Work Agreement and evaluations, holds two group meetings for all Rosie's Place PULSE volunteers each semester, and is available on an “as-needed” basis throughout the year.

Supervisor:
Marty Wengert, Volunteer Services Director
Kara Rendzia, Volunteer Services Assistant

Address
Rosie's Place
889 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
442-9322
www.rosies.org

Council Member
John Huh

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