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- Mission Statement
- Vision Statement
- Services
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- Community Acts
It is the mission of Luster All to encourage and motivate individuals to become self-sufficient, productive and responsible citizens in our diverse society through a holistic approach.
"Unlocking Doors To Success"
We are achieving our mission through the Center's five divisions: Pastoral Care & Counseling; Community Health; Vocational Training; Cultural Enrichment; and Community Development & Redevelopment. The tabs at the top show several of our programs and services. As a nonprofit, community-based organization, we see our community's needs clearly and spearhead the solutions and resolutions required to meet those growing and evolving needs.
Please join us in helping others to realize their dreams. By helping use in one of the following ways:
1) Refer people to our programs and services;
2) Volunteer your time, skills and / or knowlrdge;
3) Donate financially.
Your contribution of referrals, personal commitment, or funds will help enable us to continue providing award-winning, quality programs and services
Luster All’s vision is for the full development and functioning of individuals and families within our communities encompassing economic self-sufficient, as well as physical, mental and emotional health through access to counseling, vocational training and other opportunities.
"Unlocking Doors To Success"
At Luster All Pastoral Care & Cultural Center, Inc. we believe it is an honor to serve and have an opportunity to be a part of an organization whose mission is to encourage and motivate individuals to become self-sufficient, productive and responsible citizens in our diverse society.
We witness daily the decay effect of lethargy and hopelessness that drug abuse and other social and economic ills have on our neighborhoods. We recognize that without proper direction, leadership, encouragement, education and training this trend of decay will only grow worse.
To have a dream but never the opportunity to achieve it is a tragedy. But it is much worse to never realize that you have the capacity to dream and aquire the skills and knowledge to make dreams become reality. Please join us in helping others to realize their dreams. Your gift of referrals, personal commitment, or funds will help enable us to continue providing award-winning, quality programs and services.
Services have been created to address each of the major areas identified by our needs analysis as critical to the full development of individuals and Families within our communities. Our holistic response to each of our clients recognizes that we cannot achieve long-term success unless we deal with all of the issues or problems forming an obstacle to attainment of his or her goals. If the cycles of poverty, disease and violence are to be broken then causative factors must be addressed along with immediate needs.
Services available through Luster All include:Community Contribution Tax Credit SponsorPastoral Care and Counseling Services | Pre-marital Counseling | Affordable HousingDomestic Violence & Anger Management Counseling | Youth mentoring | Alumni ServicesCommunity Leadership Development | Entrepreneurial Development | Job DevelopmentCareer Enhancement | Job Placement Services | Drug Prevention and Substance Abuse CounselingJuvenile delinquency prevention, intervention and confinement after-care
HIV Prevention Services
Liaison for Area 14 of the Florida HIV/AIDS Minority Network Since 1999; Membership in Florida HIV/ AIDS Community Planning Partnership for Areas 5, 6 since 1999 Contributed expertise and resources towards the publishing of the Florida HIV/ AIDS Minority Network & Community Planning resource manual.
Counseling Services
Provides individual counseling and group counseling for over 300 individuals; Contracted with Lockheed Martin to provide employability and life skills for welfare-to-work clients (6 month program).
Job Development & Placement Services
Maintain an online job Search Center for public use; Job development and placement services for individuals from Polk County's "at-risk." communities; Job training seminars for Head Start and other program participants in collaboration with Polk County Opportunity Council; Participation in job fairs sponsored by the One Stop Career Centers and other agencies.
Programs have been created to address each of the major areas identified by our needs analysis as critical to the full development of individuals and Families within our communities. Our holistic response to each of our clients recognizes that we cannot achieve long-term success unless we deal with all of the issues or problems forming an obstacle to attainment of his or her goals. It the cycles of poverty, disease and violence are to be broken then causative factors must be addressed along with immediate needs. Programs available include:
Training Center of Hope
At the Training Center of Hope, we strongly believe in community partnerships. We are proud to support and work with many social service providers in the tri-county area.
It is through relationship building and team efforts that we will succeed in our efforts to eradicate poverty, hunger, homelessness and other socio-economic problems in our community.
Youth Programs
Established a partnership for the Training Center of Hope's Youth Choices program to provide job training and placement for youth ages 14 and up in Winter Haven; 3-Ds Cultural Charm Program & Drill Team for "at risk." youth providing tobacco, alcohol, HIV and STD prevention education, mentoring, tutoring, training in public speaking and modeling as well as educational tours and participation in parades, pageants and fashion shows. Such as the Luster All presents Divas on Deck's program Children to Children Fashion Show held earlier this year.
Luster All provides supervision for individuals performing community service hours and has hosted it's annual Leadership Pathway Golf Classic since June of 2000.
Staff members participate in a variety of community activities, including, but not limited to:
The Union Academy Magnet School SAC committee | Friends of the Quilt
Florida HIV/ AIDS Community Planning Partnership | Coalition for the Elderly
Hope VI committee, Lakeland Housing Authority | Minority Contractors of Central Florida
Community Relationship Advisory Council | Homeless Coalition of Polk County
Cultural Education Activities
Maintain an African-American Heritage Museum and minority military history room for the public since 1998; Provided cultural enrichment programs including museum tours for youths from North Recreational Center, Gibbons Elementary School, Jewett Middle School and Union Academy Magnet School; Provided a cultural enrichment program related to the military and Vietnam veterans for approximately grade students at Union Academy Magnet School in Bartow; Participate in annual African-American Heritage Festival in Bartow; Participate in annual Martin Luther King, Jr. parades throughout Polk County.
Luster All Cultural Center Presents the
Divas on Deck
Established a partnership for the Cultural Center's Youth Outreach program to provide training, mentoring, tutoring, training in public speaking and modeling for "at risk" youth. Pplacement into the program is for young girls ages 8 - 14. Also providing tobacco, alcohol, HIV and STD prevention education for the older group of girls with parental consent. As well as, participation in educational tours, parades, pageants and fashion shows. Most recent event was the Luster All presents Divas on Deck's program Children to Children Fashion Show held earlier this year.
