Thinking about volunteering? Being a volunteer at The Lighthouse is an experience like no other – and one you’ll treasure for a lifetime. Retreats are held along the Florida panhandle between Destin and Panama City Beach. Volunteers who serve as Family Partners can apply to attend one of our upcoming retreats, scheduled annually from April to October. Join a team of about 30 Family Partners and serve 12 families living through childhood cancer on a retreat you'll never forget! Local Florida volunteers can help out too with ice cream parties, hosting a retreat meal, etc. (see below for more details).
Retreat Volunteers (Family Partners)
Your role at The Lighthouse will be to serve as a Family Partner. Serving as a Family Partner, volunteers are paired with a retreat family and given duties to help care for that family’s needs. Family Partners anticipate the needs of their family and meet them before their own. Some of the Family Partner responsibilities include: greeting the family when they arrive, answering questions, carrying bags, cleaning , helping children through the meal lines and serving the family so that they are free to focus on each other and have fun. Our desire is for The Lighthouse to be a place where the families feel special and nurtured…a place where Christ’s love is demonstrated.
Volunteers on a retreat will also help out in the kitchen. Assigned to breakfast, lunch, or dinner – kitchen teams are responsible for helping prepare the meals and cleaning up afterwards. In addition, volunteers help with all the special events and activities like the Luau, Beach Olympics, and Talent Show.
While The Lighthouse is free for participating families, all volunteers are asked to raise a $750 / adult volunteer and $250 / children volunteer to cover retreat expenses.
Retreat Volunteers (Florida Locals)
Here are some ways that local volunteers can help, please call our office with the details of your donation at (678) 290-2955:
- Donate your home! If you own a vacation home or know someone that does along the beach communities of 30-A in Florida, The Lighthouse is seeking homeowners who are willing to donate or discount their home in the Florida communities of Seaside, Watercolor, Rosemary, Gulf Trace and Grayton Beach for our 2008 retreat season.
- Host a meal (est. 120 people)
- Host Parent's Night Out (dinner at local restaurant for 30 people)
- Host an ice cream party (est. 100 people)
- Help with retreat setup/cleanup (day before retreat starts and last day of retreat)
- Help with mom's spa/pampering
- Host special snack for mom's spa/pampering (12-14 adults)
- Host breakfast for parents (25 - 30 adults)
- Sponsor/support a retreat family ($2500)
- Sponsor/support a volunteer ($750)
- Donate retreat supplies (paper goods, cleaning products, etc.)
- Serve as a runner (to the Donut Hole, grocery store, airport, etc.)
- Serve as a retreat volunteer
- As a family partner (raise support/$750) apply on full volunteer application
- During beach Olympics
- During Flip Flop
Event Volunteers
The Lighthouse also has several volunteer opportunities away from the sand– at our Marietta, GA headquarters. From helping with a fundraising event to assisting with a project, we’ve got plenty of duties to delegate. If you live in the Atlanta area and would like to consider volunteering your time, please view our Upcoming Events page to see how you can help!
