Building Expansion

At Lutheran Social Services (LSS), we began Phase I of our fundraising efforts for a 2024-25 building expansion project (7,240 additional square feet of space) for the Toledo office at Collingwood Boulevard and Bancroft Street.

These expansion plans are designed to meet sustainable program demands as LSS continues to fulfill its mission of providing human services that strengthen the mental, moral, physical, social, and spiritual well-being of its clients.

For more than a century, LSS staff and volunteers have worked to bring quality, compassionate programming to area residents, evolving services to meet both existing and emergent needs.

Today, these services include Behavioral Health Counseling, Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Abusive Partner Intervention Programs, Reentry Programs for those formerly incarcerated, Financial Stability Services and Housing Programs, Emergency Choice Food Pantries and the Feed Your Neighbor Network.

During the past three years, more than 70,000 people have benefited from the services offered by LSS throughout a 24-county region including Northwestern Ohio and Southeastern Michigan.

As programs expand at LSS we seek to find a balance between the past while emerging with a renewed sense of mission to carry us well into the future.

For that reason, we envision a space where thousands of clients are served in a more accessible and welcoming Emergency Choice Food Pantry, where the growing numbers of those attending vital educational programs have room for learning, and where mental health counselors have offices conducive to their client’s comfort and healing.

With the support of our community, local and state officials, corporate partners, and congregations, our clients, staff, and volunteers will benefit from this expansion as we proudly increase our capacity to better meet the needs of our neighbors.

Please contact our Director of Planned Giving Jeanette Hrovatich at 419-779-4193 for more information.