TAMPA – Christmas is a time of hope, especially for those in need. That’s why Lutheran Services Florida created our Red Ribbon Campaign to help accomplish our ongoing mission to bring God’s healing, hope and help to people in need in the name of Jesus Christ, not just during Christmas, but throughout the year.

With your support, we will deliver assistance to thousands of children, youth, families and senior citizens year-round. From providing protection for children and guardianship for the elderly, to offering youth shelters and assistance to those affected by natural disasters, LSF has more than 60 programs dedicated to helping people in need regardless of religious affiliation, age or national origin.

Since our founding in 1982, LSF has helped more than 850,000 children and families in Florida. In these difficult times, that number is growing larger every day.

Lutheran Services Florida is a human care ministry. God provides for us, and we provide for others – but we cannot meet those needs without your help.

This Christmas, we’re wrapping hope in a Red Ribbon, and we need your help. Please find it in your heart to give what you can for those in need.

As you support LSF, you help children in foster care whose greatest wish is to be adopted. You help people whose lives have been uprooted by disaster. You help teens who need shelter, refugee families adjusting to a new country, elderly people no longer able to take care of themselves, and homeless families with nowhere else to turn.

As a supporter of LSF, it is important to us that you understand how wisely and efficiently we make use of your generous donations. Of every dollar you give to LSF, an amazing 91 cents goes directly toward assisting those in need.

Your generous gift can help bestow the hope and joy of Christmas every day of the year.

The greatest gift you can give this Christmas is hope.

Funding for nonprofit agencies like ours is decreasing at the same time that demand for our programs is increasing. We depend on your donations to help us provide the full measure of care so many children and families need. That’s why we are again asking you to support our Red Ribbon Campaign. Help us wrap hope in a red ribbon for those who need it most.

Please prayerfully consider your gift. A gift of $50, $100 or even $500 can touch the lives of those who have nowhere else to turn. Thank you in advance for your generous contribution to our Red Ribbon Campaign as we continue to help the most vulnerable of God’s children.

Click here to donate online, or send your gift to: Lutheran Services Florida Red Ribbon Campaign, 3627A West Waters Avenue, Tampa, FL 33614.