Lutheran Care
For Churches
Lutheran Care
How You Can Help
Your congregation or parish can partner with us and make a difference to local families and individuals doing it tough.
Support our clients by:
getting involved in fun campaigns like Wear Your Winter Woollies or the 12 Days of Giving, or come up with your own creative fundraising project or donation drive!
Send congregation members to volunteer with us to provide practical help whilst giving back to the community and families and individuals experiencing disadvantage.
Host a guest speaker from Lutheran Care to find out about our work and the challenges facing vulnerable people in our communities right now.
Donate a weekly offering to Lutheran Care, which could be put towards our Lent, Winter or Christmas Appeals.
We enjoy working with churches of all sizes and love to hear about your mission work in your community too!
12 Days of Giving
The 12 Days of Giving encourages those involved to celebrate the joy of giving and helping others at Christmas time. The 12-day challenge is rather like a ‘reverse’ Advent calendar, with all gifts benefiting clients. Sign up your church today!
Winter Woollies
Wear Your Winter Woollies encourages congregations to wear their favourite winter clothing items and donate a gold coin, long-life pantry or hygiene item, or some clean, warm clothing, for someone in need.
Fill Our Pantry
Encourage people in your church community to donate long-life food items or hygiene items to share with families or individuals in crisis through our Emergency Relief (ER) program.
Through ER, we support a steadily increasing number of people who need immediate assistance through food relief, clothing, bedding, vouchers, and referrals to financial counselling, personal counselling, homelessness programs, support groups and other services. Food insecurity is a growing concern among our ER clients. With the current cost of living and housing crises, we are finding many more people are coming to us for ER, not able to afford to feed themselves and their families.
Our ER program does not receive government funding and relies on monetary and material donations. Donations of foodstuffs and other items are greatly appreciated. We gratefully accept items such as:
- Tinned food
- Two-minute noodles (‘pot noodles’ preferred)
- Long-life milk
- Hygiene items (eg. soap, shampoo/conditioner, sanitary items).
Volunteering / Work Experience
Lutheran Care welcomes volunteers from local churches who would like to find out more about our work, gain skills and give back to their community.
We welcome enquiries from churches who would like to send a small group of people to volunteer for our Op Shops or Emergency Relief program for a day or up to a week. Duties may include assisting behind the scenes at our Blair Athol Op Shop Donation Distribution Centre, restocking the food relief pantry or packing emergency food hampers.
Individuals interested in gaining valuable retail and customer service skills and experience are welcome to get in touch regarding volunteering at our Op Shops.
Find out more about volunteering here, or contact our Volunteer Coordinator via volunteer@lutherancare.org.au or 0437 836 134.
Guest Speaking
Invite one of our Lutheran Care team members to come to your church as a guest speaker.
We can share with your congregation about the work we do in the community, or information about a specific program that aligns with your learning programs.
Our team includes experts in homelessness, counselling and mental health, food security, parenting and families, careers and volunteering, philanthropy and fundraising, and more. To get in touch to explore options, please email communications@lutherancare.org.au
Charity of Choice
If your church is seeking a charity to work with, consider Lutheran Care.
We are South Australian born and bred and all donations – be they monetary, in the form of long-life pantry goods or hygiene items or good-quality clothing or blankets – support South Australians in need.
Get behind our Lent, Winter or Christmas Appeals, or organise a fundraiser or donation drive at a time that suits your church best. We can support and promote your great work. Contact us at communications@lutherancare.org.au
