Lenten Appeal

70 per cent of Emergency Relief clients are struggling to feed their families.

Lutheran Care

Lenten Appeal

For our Lenten Appeal this year, we are encouraging people to consider how they can show love for their neighbours, spread a ripple of kindness and create a stronger community.

The Holy Season of Lent runs for 40 days in the leadup to Easter, beginning this year on Wednesday, 14 February, also known as Ash Wednesday. Of course this day is also known by many as Valentine’s Day – a day to celebrate love.

One way to show love for your neighbours this Lent is by making a donation to Lutheran Care. As one of very few homegrown South Australian charities, supporting Lutheran Care means you are supporting people facing crisis and disadvantage in your local neighbourhoods. People like Abbie*, who, six months pregnant, came to us for help earlier this year when she had nowhere else to turn. As a survivor of abuse and struggling with addiction, she realised she needed assistance to help her give her unborn child the best start she could – a better start than she had when she herself came into the world. Abbie walked an hour in stifling heat to meet with our team. Find out more about Abbie’s story, below.

On behalf of the people we support, we appreciate your support, which helps us continue to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable in our community. Please, give what you can.

How You Can Help

Did you know, if you give up two large take away coffees a week, at the end of 40 days you will have saved around $60?

$60 can feed a family of 5 for a week through our Emergency Relief pantry.

Or, it can pay for a client’s one-hour appointment with a Counsellor to pass on important, life changing skills and confidence.

All donations $2 and above are tax deductible.

Thank you for your support.

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Lenten Appeal

40 Days: Love Thy Neighbour

If making a financial donation to Lutheran Care’s Lenten Appeal is just not possible right now, there is still much within your power to show love for your neighbour with an act of kindness. Hover your cursor over each image tile (or tap on phones and tablets) for some ideas and inspiration!

Donate good-quality items you no longer need, such as clothing or furniture, to Lutheran Care’s Op Shops.

Buy a friend or co-worker a cup of coffee.

Spend some quality time with a friend or family member. Why not have breakfast or lunch together?

Take responsibility for an undone chore at work/church etc, such as packing the dishes away or taking the bin outside

Strike up a friendship with an older person by volunteering with our Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme.

Compliment a stranger.

Offer to babysit a friend or family member’s child/children for a day or night.

Pick up some rubbish that you see in public.

Donate some canned goods or hygiene items to Lutheran Care’s Emergency Relief pantry.

Donate flowers to an aged care home.

Take the time to play a game with a child in your life.

Give up your seat on public transport for someone who looks like they need it more than you.

Start a conversation with a neighbour you don’t know that well.

Tell a joke to make someone laugh.

Cook someone a meal and have them over for dinner or drop it off at their home.

Consider donating blood and give life to others.

Send a care package to someone.

Has someone new moved into your local community? Consider getting to know them to make them feel welcome.

Let someone merge in front of you in traffic.

Leave a note saying something nice for a friend, family member or colleague.

Have you ever thought our fostering through Lutheran Care? While it can be challenging, it is also one of the most rewarding and kind things you can do for a child/children in care.

Want to be kind to the environment and help our beautiful planet? Plant a tree, stop using plastic where possible or go meat-free for a day.

Don’t forget to be kind to yourself! Take a walk outside and reconnect with nature, schedule a massage or spend a few hours doing an activity that you love.

Run a fundraising event in aid of Lutheran Care.

Be an active listener in the company of others.

Let someone cut in front of a line before you. Maybe the mum with two toddlers or the older person with a walking stick.

Say something kind to a parent who has their hands full at the shops.

Give someone you know a book you think they would like or recommend a good TV show.

Shop at our Op Shops, which in turn supports Lutheran Care’s work in the community.

Make a family member breakfast in bed

Check in on someone who had a difficult experience some time ago. Often people forget to check in on those not long after the death of loved one or traumatic experience.

Turn a negative conversation into a positive one.

Offer to clean the house of someone who could use some extra free time.

Do something that costs you nothing, but brings someone else joy.

Volunteer with Lutheran Care in one of our Op Shops.

Treat someone to an experience they would not normally be able to attend like a concert or a sporting event.

Make someone a playlist of songs you think they will like.

Offer to take someone’s dog for a walk.

Make a monetary donation to Lutheran Care’s Lent Appeal, which will support people experiencing or at risk of homelessness and provide those in need with emergency relief and financial counselling.

Call or message someone you haven’t spoken to in a while and check in to see how life is going for them.

Crisis Relief and Early Intervention Programs

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"In the past year Emergency Relief has provided support at 2755 crisis relief appointments across South Australia and the Northern Territory"

Your donation will help us support vulnerable families and individuals in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

$25 - will help stock up Lutheran Care’s Emergency Relief pantry.
$60 - funds a vulnerable person’s one-hour appointment with a Counsellor.
$75 - can provide groceries to feed a family in crisis for a week.
$150 - can support the playgroups and crèche services at our Family Zone hub, so children can be engaged and supervised whilst their parents change their lives by accessing programs that can help prevent homelessness such as financial counselling, mental health support or a parenting education program.
$300 - can help us provide additional support to people experiencing complex issues such as homelessness, domestic or family violence, mental health concerns and more.