LifeHaven Volunteer Opportunities ![[IMAGE]](images/426_lifehaven_house.png) LifeHaven, a program of Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, provides short term transitional housing to homeless mothers ages 16 and 17 and their children. The program can provide services to 6 moms and their children. LifeHaven provides a friendly, safe place where young moms can move out of survival mode and begin to work on a plan that will lead them toward stability for themselves and their children. Volunteers are an important part of that process. Ongoing Individual Direct Service Positions These positions require volunteer training and screening. Contact Mary Schlichting through the Incarnation Office for details. Child Care Individual Indirect Service PositionsProvide child care while youth and moms are in group meetings, independent living skills groups, parenting skills groups and Girls Night In/Out. Volunteers can be scheduled weekly, monthly or on a fill-in basis. Child care is needed every Sunday 6 - 8 p.m. and every Saturday 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Child care is also needed twice per month for Girls Night In/Out which usually happens on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month from 6 -9 p.m. Girls Night Out Driver Provide transportation for the moms to get out and have some fun! Girls Night Out is a time when the moms go out with staff and volunteers for some fun (dinner, movie, etc) without their children. When: Girls Night Out happens once per month, usually on 3rd Tuesday of every month from 6 - 9 p.m. Make a Meal Provide a Sunday evening meal for the moms at LifeHaven. Sign up for a Sunday date on the Information Desk in the Atrium at Incarnation. Prepare enough food for 6 to 8 adults and deliver the meal to LifeHaven by 5 p.m. on your scheduled Sunday. Don't have time to make a meal? You can still provide LifeHaven with a cash donation or a $30 gift card to the following locations: Great Dragon, Domino's, Subway, McDonald's, KFC, Taco Bell, Little Caesar's, Burger King, Wendy's, Red's Savoy, Carbone's, Cub and Rainbow, Davanni's, Chipotle, LeeAnn Chin, and Culver's. Please drop off any gift cards or cash donations in the Incarnation Office. Donation Drive Coordinator Coordinate a donation drive within your community (work, school, small group at church, etc.) collecting much needed items for the moms and children at LifeHaven. Donation lists are available. Sponsor a Youth Help brighten the holidays for homeless youth by sponsoring them for the holidays. Sponsors shop for and donate gifts based on youth's holiday wish lists. You can also sponsor a youth by pick up gift tags off the LifeHaven Holiday Giving House at Incarnation or by contacting Anna Meyer to sponsor youth as an individual or group. Small Group Projects Occasionally we have a need for a small group to complete a project at or for LifeHaven. Most projects involve cleaning, painting, and building/grounds maintenance. On-Call Individual Direct Service Positions These positions require volunteer training and screening. Contact Mary Schlichting through the Incarnation Office for details. On-Call Independent Living Skills Guest Presenter Come in and share your skills and expertise with our youth! Do you know about financial management, employment skills/services, health/nutrition, education/college admission, voting/civic engagement, tenant rights and responsibilities, chemical health/substance abuse, domestic violence or STD/HIV prevention, etc.? Be on-call to come in and present during one of our independent living skills groups. On-Call Maintenance Crew Help us keep LifeHaven Maintained. Be on-call to come in and do repairs as needed. Must have an email address. On-Call Babysitting Every so often we are in need of childcare help when special activities and appointments come up for our moms and they are unable to bring their kids with. Babysitting opportunities would be sent out a few weeks in advance and would be for one or two children at a time. On-Call Driving Crew In many cases our programs deal with large donations and moving youth into apartments. Our programs do not own any vehicles to aid us in this. We are looking for a pool of individuals who would be willing to help move donations and youth's belonging and to assist with other occasional transportation needs of out youth. On-Call Job Shadowing Are you willing to talk with one of our moms about your job or even let them shadow you on the job? We welcome volunteers with all types of jobs in the legal and health (nursing and vet techs) fields. To further explore what opportunities might be right for you and to discuss additional skills and gifts that you have to share with the moms and children living at LifeHaven, contact: Annie Harm Volunteer Coordinator for LSS Homeless Youth Programs 651.470.8801 or annie.harm@lssmn.org Mary Schlichting LifeHaven Coordinator for Incarnation Lutheran Church 651.484.7213 return to LifeHaven main page |
Incarnation Lutheran Church * 4880 Hodgson Road, Shoreview, MN 55126 * Office Phone: 651-484-7213
