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As part of #WorldKindnessDay 2021, Access Church designated Saturday as #ServeDay and members spent time volunteering in the community. At Parker Street Ministries, a team participated in organization projects for our after-school program, landscaped, and helped set...
PSM loves its volunteers! This summer brought in many volunteers, including from organizations and churches such as The Rock Community Church, Heritage Baptist Church, All Saints' Episcopal Church, and Camp Fire Sunshine Central Florida. Sad you weren't able to...
A group of young adults from His House Church in Michigan has been travelling to Lakeland for many years to volunteer. They are affectionately known to staff as “Michigan!” In May as they were going through orientation in the Community Center, staff was in the office...
“My second week at PSM, I was working with a six-year-old. He told me that I was pretty and asked if I was married. I told him that I was. He then asked me if I baked cookies and I told him that I love to bake cookies. He then asked me to marry him. I tried to explain...
When seeking to love our Parker Street neighbors, it is helpful that even the words used, with the popular descriptive labels, do not become mindsets. Labels like behind, learning gaps, under-resourced, achievement gaps, and COVID Slide communicate REAL needs. As...
Ladies yoga night was a success! It was a great way to reconnect with neighbors and enjoy in a healthy activity. Many fun memories were had and lots of laughter exchanged. Thank you instructors from Satya Life for setting your intention on the Parker Street...
Thank you to all that came together last Thursday with an eggstravagant outpouring of time, energy, and love to make possible the Neighborhood Easter Celebration with kid-friendly, walk-through stations-of-the-cross. Good News: 100 kiddos enjoyed it, with most...
Learning can be fun! Kids engaged with learning and they do it every day here in the Academic Enrichment Program.
Did you know that 90% who tour the after-school program return to volunteer? Contact Hannah Scruggs at volunteer@psmlakeland.org or call 863.682.4544. You can also fill out our volunteer interest form!
Thank you to Grace City Church who sent a crew of volunteers to clean up a site that has been routinely and illegally dumped on, while others stayed to help reorganize and refresh the gym. They helped sift through everything from school supplies to curriculum for the...