What is SLCM?
South Lake Community Ministries seeks to connect a neighbor in need with a neighbor who has something to give. We currently run three community programs including Buses N’ Backpacks, Brown Bags and Disaster Relief.
Buses n’ Backpacks was started in 2005 as a ministry of The Church at South Lake. The vision for the program started with a simple question: What would it look like for our church to take Jesus at his word and really love our neighbor as ourselves? Since then, the organization has grown from serving 15 children with a weekend backpack of food, to a partnership with 17 local schools, to serving seniors by delivering food, to mentoring at-risk teens. South Lake Community Ministries is a 501c3 organization with an independent Board of Directors.
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SLCM currently offers two different programs in our local community.
We work in partnership with local schools to provide food for kids in crisis, who would otherwise have little or nothing to eat on weekends.
We provide food and companionship for senior adults.
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Program Sponsors:
Chick-fil-A Clermont
Publix Super Market Charities
The Church at South Lake
Hancock Real Estate
Senninger Irrigation
Grassy Lake Elementary
Montverde Academy
Pine Ridge Elementary
Henderson Bagel Company
Event Sponsors:
Chick-fil-A Clermont
The South Lake Sports Foundation
Gear for MultiSport
Brinker International
Cradle to College
Clemons Produce
Lake Catherine Blueberries LLC
Threadbird
Grants Awarded:
United Way of Lake & Sumter County
Community Foundation of South Lake
Wells Fargo Foundation