Come Smile With Us!
Volunteer With LSS
Just Imagine!
Possibilities for volunteering with us are as big as your imagination! While
our volunteers currently serve in a myriad of ways, your choices are not limited
to existing options. If you have an interest, a strength or a talent you would
like to share, please let us know. We’ll find a volunteer opportunity that fits
you. There’s a place for you with LSS!
What Do Volunteers Do?
In our Community Outreach Services:
Touch-a-Life volunteers transport people for medical appointments or groceries; visit or
telephone shut-ins; provide short-term assistance with light household chores
or yard work; help with minor repairs.
Stephen Ministers provide weekly in-home visits to people in crisis or who are having difficulty
with major life transitions, to offer Christian-based encouragement and support.
Senior Companion volunteers provide in-home companionship and support to lonely or isolated individuals
on a weekly basis.
Congregational Health/Parish Nurse volunteers help members of their congregation live informed and healthy lifestyles.
Our community outreach services have offices and volunteer opportunities throughout
our service area in south central Pennsylvania. We will endeavor to accommodate
your preferences for location and schedule.
In our Continuing Care Retirement Communities, Volunteers:
• play the organ for church services
• visit lonely people to listen and read
• design or work on a volunteer newsletter
• teach a craft or organize a game
• escort people to restaurants or on shopping trips
• escort residents to on-site activities
• provide pet therapy
• entertain – sing, dance, put on a show, etc.
 Our six continuing care retirement communities are located in south central Pennsylvania.
There may be one near you, where you can volunteer a few hours and still get home
in time to walk the dog, make dinner, or take the kids to soccer practice!
CHAMBERSBURG
Luther Ridge Retirement Community
GETTYSBURG
Gettysburg Lutheran Retirement Village
HANOVER
Lutheran Retirement Village at Utz Terrace
SHREWSBURY
Shrewsbury Lutheran Retirement Village
YORK
The Village at Kelly Drive
The Village at Sprenkle Drive
What’s in It for Me?
• You’ll meet people you’ll never forget
• You’ll make new friends
• You’ll feel good about yourself
• You’ll live longer and be healthier
Did you know that recent research studies show that volunteering results in significant
health benefits, including lower rates of depression and less incidence of heart
disease?
• It’ll make you smile!
During 2007, 2,648 volunteers with Lutheran Social Services and Lutheran Home
Care Services Inc. donated 106,201 hours of service valued at $2.1million!
Volunteers of all ages are needed to help with various projects at LSS. High
school students, wishing to fulfill community service requirements, will find
meaningful volunteer opportunities at LSS.
For more information on becoming a volunteer, please complete and submit our
Volunteer Form or contact us by email Volunteer or telephone at 717-854-3971.
Click here for Volunteer Brochure
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