Category Archives: Testimony

LSF collects enough shoes for foster children for the next 15 months

As seen on Tampa Bay Newspapers. Read full article here. LARGO – During the month of May, Lutheran Services Florida partnered with 25 community organizations to host Step for Success, a shoe drive. The shoes were donated to Eckerd Connects Raising Hope, a store-front like room filled with necessities for foster kids. The goal was to

A Safe Place

By Janie Rodriques Janie Rodriques, 16, sought shelter at Oasis twice. I lived at Lutheran Services Florida’s Oasis Youth Shelter on and off the past two years. I wasn’t sure at first how this safe place would help me, but it did. I am sharing my story during National Safe Place Week (March 19-24) to