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Home Cook Heroes Program
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Description
Gift of Life Howie's House serves as a "home away from home" for transplant patients and their families by providing temporary, affordable lodging and support services to those who travel to Philadelphia for transplant-related care. Through our Home Cook Heroes Program, we are able to guarantee our families a home-cooked meal each night of their stay, thanks to volunteers like you.
Home Cook Heroes can provide a meal in three possible ways.
- On-Site Meal Preparation
- Drop-Off
- Catering
On-Site Meal Preparation: Our on-site meal preparation is limited to ten participants. Participants will prepare the meal in our kitchen which is equipped with four stoves, four ovens, and four microwaves. Kitchen tools are also provided for meal preparation.
Drop-Off: Groups of any size have the opportunity to prepare a meal at home and drop it off at the House on their scheduled date.
Catering: Participants place an order at a restaurant of their choice to be delivered at the House for our families.
Please note that your group is responsible for purchasing any ingredients that will be used for your meal. For each of these meal opportunities, staff will contact the group's leader with additional information and guidelines.
Location
Gift of Life Howie's House
How to Volunteer for This Opportunity
Sign up in 3 simple steps.
- Read over the Meal Program Guidelines for information about the Home Cook Heroes Program.
- Recruit Your Team and Select a Date (Calendar can be seen in the middle of the main program page or here)
- The calendar shows which dates and opportunities are already filled/taken. So you want to choose a date that doesn’t list the opportunity you’re interested in. For example, if you’d like to provide dinner, look for a date that doesn’t already have “DINNER” listed.
- Sign-Up Your Group Here Once your group’s date and meal is approved, you will receive confirmation from Howie’s House either by email.
- If you have not heard from us within a week, please first check your spam folder to be sure that our email didn’t get stuck and then contact the Front Desk at (267) 546-9800 between the hours of 7am-10pm with any questions.
