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Cooperative Ministries
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
2485 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
1.800.582.5260, ext 282
FAX: 651/969-2360
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Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
serves all people, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability or age.
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Bethany Crisis Nursery in Duluth provides services for families experiencing a crisis by offering emergency care for children from infancy through 12 years of age. We offer a 24-hour Crisis Line, emergency care and transportation for residents of Southern St. Louis County. For volunteer opportunities below, email
lperrett@lssmn.org
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Foster Care:
Seeking foster parents for short and longer-term care situations
for children. Complete training, support, and reimbursement provided.
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Daycare Providers: Seeking to partner with licensed daycare providers to care for children for short term care situations. Complete training, support, and reimbursement provided.
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On-Call Advocate: Crisis line seeks volunteer advocates to answer the crisis line during non-office hours for families in stress. Volunteers carry cell phones. Complete and ongoing training and support provided.
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Emergency Clothing Room Volunteer: Seeking volunteers for intake and organization of incoming donations, assisting families in clothing room and working with staff on occasional special projects.
Bethany Crisis Shelter in Duluth provides for the physical and emotional needs of children
from infancy through age 17 and is seeking foster parents for short and longer-term care situations for children. Complete training, support, and reimbursement provided. Call LeAnna Hudson at 218/626-2726.
Foster Grandparents offer special attention and care to disadvantaged children to youth in neighborhood centers, shelters, schools, and residential
programs statewide. Call 1-888-205-3770.
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As an on-call advocate for the LSS Crisis Nursery in Duluth,
Andrea Simonette is a strong support to families in distress. While some parents need immediate daycare, others just need a listening ear to
sort through problems.
"After my first child was born, I learned the importance of having friends and family available for help, and wanted to offer my help to families who didn't have that kind of
support," she said.
Most evenings, Andrea will be on call from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. the next morning with an occasional pick up of a child during that time. Personal rewards are immediate. "When a call starts with an upset parent and ends with a parent who is calm and has hope for tomorrow, you have succeeded…and that's a great feeling!"
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