Hello,
I just wanted to share this story... I have volunteered at this shelter for years and have taken tours and led many on tours and been the group leader so I thought I knew the center inside and out...However this time it was different!
I thought about all that is happening with us in America and how so many have touched my life by going to the center to cook and serve food as well as other things such as donations and helping with kids day and collections of all the many toiletries, towels and bed linens I have taken to the center over the years. Somehow it became clear when a women asked who are you and please tell the person who prepared the meal that it was the best one I have ever had here at the center and the look in her eye somehow I knew she meant it... Who am I well I just smiled and said just a person trying to help and make a difference and I am like you on the large planet we care about... and I smiled again and said thank you to her (she made a difference in my life as I laided in bed that night thinking of the center and all that had happened and for a second I knew I could have been here (meaning at the center) at any given time - That was my lesson learned it could be me and I would want the help that volunteers give. I am so thankful for the many blessings and I truly beleive I do make a difference if only for a short time however what is most important here is she truly made a difference to me with her kind words and passion and love in her heart! She was just like me trying to make a difference in someone elses life and trying to make a place on this large planet we call home!
About the Center and some photos from last night- Enjoy
Sulzbacher Center is unique
We are Northeast Florida’s only provider of comprehensive services for homeless men, women and children.We are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.We serve nutritious meals and offer safe shelter. But that is just the beginning. We provide outstanding health care and high-quality children’s programs. Our job placement assistance and life skills programs equip men and women for employment and for success. We offer something simple, but important—hope.
Transforming Lives
Three thousand of our neighbors—men, women and children—are homeless every night in Jacksonville. Each one has an immediate need for food and shelter. But just as important, each one deserves the opportunity to achieve a better life with a home of their own, an income to live on and access to health care. Sulzbacher Center provides programs that transform lives. In the process, we create a better city for all of us. And we need your help.
Our Mission
To empower homeless and at-risk men, women and children to achieve a better life through a full range of services, both direct and in collaboration with community partners, thus renewing hope and restoring lives back into the fabric of the community.
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