NOTE: VOLUNTEERS MUST WEAR CLOSED TOE SHOES OR YOU WILL BE TURNED AWAY
We know it’s been a hot summer, but health regulations require that kitchen staff wear closed toe shoes. Please remember!
All volunteers, regardless of age and prior affiliation or experience with our organization, must complete and sign the waiver, to be submitted immediately upon arrival at the DESK program, facility, operation, or event. Thank you.
DESK has opportunities for volunteers in food preparation and serving, fundraising, advertising, deliveries, administration, and more. For information, please email our Director of Operations, Linda Carbone at LindaCarboneDESK@gmail.com or call at (203)-809-8770.

Southern Connecticut State University’s Muslim Student Association, helping to paint DESK’s dining hall for their service event. The event was a community service event at SCSU called, “The Big Event”.
Community Service
DESK provides a variety of community service and volunteer opportunities on a daily basis.
- Community service for educational requirements.
- Public, individual, and group volunteering.
- Court appointed/alternative incarceration community service.
For more information. Contact LindaCarboneDESK@gmail.com or call at (203)-809-8770
Weekly Schedule
| Day | Service | Location | Time |
| Monday-Thursday | Meal | DESK Facilities 311 Temple St (behind Public Library) |
5:45 p.m. |
| Wednesday | Pantry | DESK Facilities 311 Temple St (behind Public Library) |
2:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Friday1 | Meal | DESK Satellite Kitchen 323 Temple St |
6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday1 | Meal | DESK Satellite Kitchen 323 Temple St |
5:00 p.m. |
| Sunday2 | Meal | DESK Facilities 311 Temple St (behind Public Library) |
5:00 p.m. |
| Lunes-Jueves | La Casa Parroquial de Center Church 311 Calle Temple (detrás de la Biblioteca Pública) |
5:45 p.m. | |
| Miércoles | Despensa | La Casa Parroquial de Center Church 311 Calle Temple (detrás de la Biblioteca Pública) |
2:00-3:00 p.m. |
| Viernes1 | La Casa Parroquial de United Church 323 Calle Temple |
6:00 p.m. | |
| Saturday1 | La Casa Parroquial de United Church 323 Calle Temple |
5:00 p.m. | |
| Domingo2 | La Casa Parroquial de Center Church 311 Calle Temple (detrás de la Biblioteca Pública) |
5:00 p.m. |
1Suspended during summer and Yale academic holidays (Suspendido durante el verano y los días feriados académicos de Yale)
DESK’s efforts are focused on securing the resources necessary to continue its services. Obtaining financial assistance through donations, fund raisers, and grants provides DESK with a stable financial base. Volunteer participation and community service efforts supplement DESK’s human resources and facilitate operations. Specific contributions that enable DESK to continue with its normal operations and services include shopping for, preparing, storing, stocking, and serving food and venue maintenance.
DESK depends on the following organizations as venue sites: the Joseph Silifka Center for Jewish Life, Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green, First & Summerfield United Methodist Church, and the parish houses of United Church and Center Church.
DESK secures community service resources from Project Apoyo, Aspirations, the New Haven County Bar Association, the Foote School, Jr. Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, New Haven’ court-appointed programs, and various education institutions. Volunteers and community service individuals from these groups complete the tasks that enable DESK to fulfill its mission. In addition, the Yale School of Nursing provides daily medical screening at all of DESK’s evening meals.


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