Code Blue

Lower Merion has various Code Blue Shelters to care for our unhoused neighbors but cannot do this without on-call volunteers to staff the shelters when Code Blue declarations are called!

Let’s love and care for our unhoused neighbors by being ready and available. Call our church office at 610-649-4382 or email aumeth@verizon.net if you are able to help.

On-call volunteers can be anyone who is 18 and older. Individuals with clinical and/or social work experience (social workers, nurses, physicians, clinical counselors, EMT’s, etc.) are encouraged to volunteer. The evenings are split into two five-hour shifts: 8:30 PM to 1:30 AM and 1:30 AM to 6:30 AM, with two on-call volunteers needed for each shift. When Code Blue declarations are called, volunteers will welcome guests and provide monitoring and assistance as needed.   During shelter shifts, volunteers will have 24-hour access to support professionals that can assist by phone as well as respond on-site as needed.

All volunteers need to complete a current background check through Pennsylvania’s PATCH system. Your background check verification is produced as a pdf file that contains the Pennsylvania keystone symbol as a watermark. Please email the pdf file to codebluelm@gmail.com. 

For further information please email Volunteer Coordinator at codebluelm@gmail.com, or Pastor Tamie Scalise, Ardmore UMC Shelter Coordinator, at pastortamie@gmail.com.