There are plenty of people out there and it is our job to find them and offer an opportunity they’ll enjoy. We hope to see you at our next program.
LLF and its volunteers continue to create programs benefiting underserved children and their families across South Florida. The goal being the creation of an ideal assistance mechanism for the Good Samaritans of our community to find opportunities to give back. The Little Lighthouse Foundation provides a diverse list of volunteer opportunities, along with a friendly voice to help in the selection, and the all-important Chapter Leader to make the assimilation into volunteering as easy as possible.
Our Mission
The Little Lighthouse Foundation (“LLF”) is a registered 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that assists underserved children and their families. This support comes through the deployment of LLF’s volunteers. Volunteers work with children in an array of different facilities and environments ranging but not limited to, homeless shelters, hospitals, and youth centers.
This support is derived from recruiting and educating passionate, caring, socially conscious South Floridians, and then deploying them throughout Little Lighthouse Foundation programming and beneficiary charities. In addition, Little Lighthouse Foundation raises monies to provide direct support to children and their families within its mission. Through a new paradigm of fundraising and awareness, Little Lighthouse Foundation financially supports its own programming and numerous partner organizations throughout South Florida, along with dispatching hundreds of volunteers who donate their time and hearts.
Our Vision
We aim to become a model, inspiring disparate yet passionate groups of friends, young professionals and social leaders to design, formalize and therefore bypass traditional philanthropy and take action in their communities to benefit children.
Through powerful social networks, dynamic events and fostering professional aspirations, the Little Lighthouse is a charitable paradigm of the future, taking action first, asking questions later, and positively impacting the lives of terminally ill children and financially-struggling families sooner than later.
Our Goals
LLF exists to offer the following services to its community:
- Accessible and diverse volunteer opportunities for those actively looking to donate their time
- Bringing smiles to the underprivileged youth of South Florida
- Fulfilling our mission with proprietary programming and concepts, along with like-minded partners
Our dream paints the Little Lighthouse as the “top of mind” volunteer organization in South Florida; where those interested find few barriers when attempting to give back to their community.
Our History
The Little Lighthouse Foundation (“LLF”) and its volunteers continue to create programs benefiting underserved youth. With the deployment of its 3,000+ volunteers and its various programs, LLF is able to provide relief to the underserved children and families within the community.
In 2004, LLF Founder Robert Sena moved from New York City to Miami and operated the Miami chapter of his favorite New York City-based organization. In 2010, he decided it was in the best interest of the facilities and children he served in the Miami area to create an organization based and operated in South Florida. Recruiting the help of active LLF board members and co-founders Aaron Resnick and Charlie Venturi, LLF was born in January 2010. LLF then launched its first program, Adopt-a-Meal, at Ronald McDonald House Charities (“RMHC”) where volunteers serve meals to the families of children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals.
Since then, LLF has grown in strides. In 2019, LLF impacted the lives of 8600 children through 20 programs at 33 partner facilities with the help of 2763 volunteers over 7259 volunteer hours.
LLF aims to make volunteer opportunities accessible for those who are ready and willing to give their time. We encourage individuals who are looking for a way to invest in their community to volunteer at our programs. Any LLF volunteer will tell you there is no feeling comparable to positively impacting a child’s day, year or even their life. The feeling of gratification is inarguably two-fold, as volunteers leave our programs feeling just as fulfilled as the children do.
We hope you’ll come see LLF’s impact for yourself by signing up for one of our programs today.
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