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CENTRAL SERVICES 3627A West Waters Ave. Tampa, FL 33614 800.651.1853 or 813.875.1408 Fax 813.875.1302
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e-Newsletter
March 2009
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Village on the Isle Donates Office Equipment Village on the Isle, a Lutheran retirement center in Venice, Florida, has donated two desks and chairs and a new copier with scan capabilities to the Guardianship program operated by Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) in Venice. The two Lutheran agencies are also developing an agreement for emergency assistance of LSF's residents at Village on the Isle in the event of a hurricane or other disaster. Click here to read the story.
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Approximately 28 people attended an open house sponsored by LSF Integration Assistance Services (IAS) in Pasco County on Thu., Feb. 26 from 5-7 p.m. Attendees included current and former clients, other service providers, community supporters, program volunteers and interns and staff. Click here to read the article.
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 LSF
Gets Highest Score from State for
S. Florida Child Welfare BidLutheran Services Florida (LSF) has received the highest score from the Florida Department of Children and Families of two proposals submitted to become the Community-Based Care (CBC) Lead Agency for child welfare services in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. Click here to read the story.
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Featured in Tampa Bay Newspaper Lutheran Services Florida is featured in a story on refugee doctors being helped to regain professional status in the Feb. 16 issue of the St. Petersburg Times. Click here to read the article. See also the LSF Career Laddering page to read more about how LSF assists professionals who come to this country.
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The Annual Report for 2008 for Lutheran Services Florida was published in February. Under the title, "A Rock Called Ebenezer," the report details the programs and people served, which include some 33,304 individuals who have found LSF to be their Ebenzer - rock of faithfulness. Click here to read the Annual Report.
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Khadiga Ibrahim, the 36-year-old wife of
former Sudanese refugee Ibrahim Yagoub,
passed away unexpectedly on Fri., Feb. 6 at Community Hospital in New Port
Richey after a lengthy and undiagnosed illness. She was buried in Hillsborough County. The plight of the Yagoub family
was featured on the website of LSF and in
the St. Petersburg Times describing Yagoub's job loss, foreclosure of their home and
the hospitalization of Khadiga at Tampa General just before Christmas with
an unknown disease that caused severe swelling in her face and limbs, pain
and inability to eat.
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