About Youth Community Explosion Homelessness Simulation

Youth Community Explosion (YCE) & First United Methodist Church (FUMC) Middle School youth will participate in a two-day simulation to learn about homelessness and poverty through interactive activities and sleeping in cardboard homes outdoors.

Volunteers will serve in a variety of capacities:
-Help setup the parking lot for Cardboard City
-Register youth by checking them in and assigning identities
-Serve as an usher for dinner (Hunger Meal Awareness)
-Partner with one youth to build a house
-Assist with craft activity
-Assist with Team building activities
-Help pack up parking lot and move to Christian World Missions
-Prepare breakfast to go in the trash
-Assist with making hygiene kits for homeless youth
-Help clean up space at Christian World Missions

The event will take place in two locations: 200 W Lampkin St and 1437 Fire Station Road. There are multiple two hour shifts running from 1 pm on November 20 to noon on November 21.

Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, and there's an application process.

To volunteer, click Sign Up or contact Brittany Radford at brittany@globalcl.org or 662-648-9575.