How You Can Make A Difference Today
​No Background Screening Required
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Food Distribution Assistance: Help the LSS Food Pantry during operating hours to help pack bags of food and pantry staples to be distributed, ensuring nutritious food reaches individuals and families in need.
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Workshops: Do you have an area of expertise, skill, or hobby you want to share? We are looking for individuals/groups to offer free workshops for our Youth Mentoring Program and Refugee clients. Staff Supervised. This can be a one-time volunteer opportunity.​
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Front Desk: You will be answering the phone, accepting in-kind donations, and welcoming clients as they enter the building. Staff supervised. ​
Level 2 Background Screening Required
​LSS will pay for your background screening!​
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Youth Mentoring: Get matched to a mentee (youth between the ages of 15-24). Our Youth Mentors meet with mentees to work toward reaching personal, vocational, or academic goal(s). Share your life experience and insight. This opportunity asks for a 1-hour weekly or 2-hour bimonthly commitment over 6 months. We pay for a background check!
Be a Volunteer Driver: We need friendly faces to help newcomers to Jacksonville get to appointments around town. You need a current driver’s license, reliable vehicle, up-to-date car insurance. We pay for a background check!
Women's Empowerment Group Volunteer: The SHE (Support, Heal, Empower) Women’s Empowerment Group provides tools, resources, and a safe space for women to achieve independence and confidence. Through mentoring, workshops, and support networks, we help participants set and achieve goals, build self-esteem, and create brighter futures. Volunteers are needed for a variety of roles, including: hosting life skills workshops providing one-on-one mentoring or coaching, supporting event planning and group activities, and more! We pay for a background check!
For more information or to sign up, click below to email: volunteers@lssjax.org
​Any volunteer positions at LSS with direct client interaction is subject to the screening requirements of Florida Statute 435. As such, state regulations require those volunteers to undergo a Level II Fingerprint Background check. Our HR staff will work with to collect the appropriate paperwork and help you obtain the background check at no cost to you.
A Note on Volunteering
Volunteer To Help Feed Your Neighbors
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Our food pantry distributes food five days per week, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. We need help during these hours to help clients sign in and to assist them to their cars with food.
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Pantry volunteers must be at least 15 years old.
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Currently, the Food Pantry does not have a program in place for volunteers wishing to satisfy court-mandated community service hours for the Department of Corrections.
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For more information or to sign up, click below to email ayleen.supernault@lssjax.org
Lutheran Social Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.