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  • Worship
    • What to Expect
    • Choirs
  • Connect
    • Children's Ministries
    • Youth Ministries
    • Confirmation
    • Concert Series
    • Friends of Music
    • Women/Non-Binary Retreat 2025
    • Men's Retreat 2025
    • Tuesday Fellowship
    • Pick-a-Party
  • About
    • Courtyard Project
    • FCCPA Features
    • Denomination
    • History & Governance
    • Our Newsletter
    • Calendar of Events
    • Staff
  • Serve
    • Outreach Ministries
    • Community Grants Committee
    • Hotel de Zink
    • ​Ecumenical & Interfaith Partners
    • Shop Fair Trade
    • Bay Area Native Allies Project (BANAP) >
      • The History of Thanksgiving
      • Land Acknowledgements
      • Education Resources
      • Activities & Events
      • History Resources
      • Current News & Events
      • Allies Taking Action
      • Environment
    • Mental Health Allies (MHA) >
      • Education
      • Local Resources
      • Books
      • National Observances
  • Watch/Listen
    • Worship Services
    • Messages
    • Past Events
  • Give
    • Stewardship >
      • A message from our Moderator
      • 2025-26 Asking Budget
      • Income and Expense Trends
      • Progress Toward our Goals
      • Estimated Giving Form
      • Carrying Through
      • Committee Members
      • Update Contact Information
    • Ways to Give
    • Legacy Giving
    • Members
  • Rentals
    • Weddings >
      • Tours & Booking
      • Facility Info & Rental Fees
      • Planning Your Wedding
      • Wedding Photo Gallery
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Hotel de Zink

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Each year during March, our church hosts    Hotel de Zink, an emergency shelter program that alternates locations through congregations in Palo Alto and surrounding neighborhoods. The shelter is hosted at a different church each month, where volunteers prepare and drop off home-cooked or takeout meals from a local eatery for homeless adults who would otherwise be forced to sleep in cars or on the streets. 
 
As in previous years, we are looking for volunteers to drop off evening dinners (warm and ready-to-serve, homemade or take-out) in the kitchen between 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. Meals should feed around 10 people. 

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Hotel de Zink is a unique and effective collaboration between LifeMoves, faith-based communities, and local volunteers. The shelter program was established in 1989 by Urban Ministries of Palo Alto, which merged with InnVision in 2002 and continued the agency’s legacy of serving homeless and low-income individuals in the Mid-Peninsula.

Clients may stay at Hotel de Zink for up to 90 days, which provides them with stability, safety, and a team of experienced staff working to help them become self-sufficient. Clients are expected to meet weekly with their case manager to work on individually-tailored goals, such as employment, housing, education, and mental health.


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