Kali Fabal, Southeast Clinical Director for Lutheran Services Florida, was telling her team member to stop spending so much of their personal money on groceries for their immigrant clients. While Kali admired counselor Diana Davila’s commitment, Diana was using so much of her personal time, money and other resources to make sure families in the area had enough to eat.
The past 18 months have been trying for people across the world, yet in the midst of great loss and confusion, there is still so much to be grateful for. If you have been struggling to step into gratitude lately (especially as we enter into a season of Thanksgiving), here are three tips to help you alter your perspective.
Erica Schlissel– an HR manager at Lutheran Services Florida– lost her sister-in-law to COVID. And the story of how it happened still haunts her.
Maria McNair, a local Head Start director, celebrates the program resilience during COVID and plans for its future.
She came through the door with the support of her walker, and it was clear she was distraught, frustrated.
Simeon—an Early Childhood Service Coordinator at a Children’s Board Family Resource Center, managed by LSF– knew there was something wrong, and prepared himself to offer support.
Erick Scott never forgets a face, especially if it belongs to one of the young people he’s worked with at the Oasis Youth Shelter.
(October 19, 2021 Tampa, FL) — While the pandemic has had an incredible impact on non-profit organizations across the country, one group hit especially hard has been local churches. To show community congregations support during this time, Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) has begun a “Good Samaritan Initiative.”
She was thrilled but exhausting after delivering her new baby girl, but after a few moments, she noticed something was… off.
It was getting a little out of control, but he didn’t trust that anyone could help.
Dalton, a teen at the Oasis Youth Shelter in Fort Myers, needed a haircut, but there were obstacles.
“My hair had grown out bad but I didn’t have no money to get [a haircut].”
As Afghan and Haitian refugees are forced to leave the volatile and unsafe conditions of their home countries and make their way to the United States, LSF is working hard to arrange housing assistance, provide food, secure medical support, offer translation services, and equip them with pathways to employment and self-sufficiency.
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