In the evening, the WCIHN transports guest families to a Host Congregation for dinner, overnight accommodations, and breakfast; guests arrive about 5:30 PM and leave the next morning for the Family Center by 7:00 AM. Congregations host only 14 family members, about 3 to 5 guest families, for one week of evenings anywhere from 4 to 5 times a year. Hosting begins on Sunday evening and ends the following Sunday morning. Support Congregations and volunteers assist Host Congregations in preparing meals, hosting evenings, providing family activities, helping with homework, telling bed-time stories, feeding infants, and so forth. There are more than 50 volunteer opportunities available each week, such as assisting with setting up and taking down IHN furniture and beds at host congregation facilities or providing other services needed. The WCIHN coordinates these daily and weekly activities among its participating congregations and volunteers.
65A Washington Avenue PO Box 267 Oxford, NJ 07863-0267 Phone: 908.453.2194 Fax: 908.453.2378