Saved 2 Serve: North Florida's Street Friends

05/29/2026

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In Minneapolis, a program called Avivo Village uses a warehouse to provide shelter for people experiencing homelessness. Instead of large shared sleeping areas, the building is divided into about 100 individual rooms.

Each room has a locking door, giving residents a private place to sleep and keep their belongings. The shelter is especially important during colder months, when outdoor conditions can become dangerous.

Support services are also provided inside the same building. Residents can access mental health care, addiction treatment programs, and help finding long-term housing.

People stay in the rooms while taking part in programs meant to help them move into more permanent housing. The setup combines private sleeping spaces and support services within one location.

A warehouse once used as a large open space was turned into a shelter with individual rooms and on-site services for the people staying there.

05/28/2026

Looking at the month of June, we have an update. There will be no 2nd Saturday Outreach downtown on June 13th. The park location is booked for the entire month of June.

Instead, we want to take this opportunity to honor and serve our volunteers. We will be having a volunteer appreciation cookout on June 7th, 1pm-3pm.

We have plenty of serving opportunities available if you have openings in schedule and willingness to serve. Let us know availability and we can send some opportunities.

05/28/2026

Shopping Day!! This Saturday!

Message us if you’d like to join us Saturday.

05/28/2026

Sunday, June 7. We’d love the opportunity to honor and serve our volunteers! Please consider joining us for this time of fellowship! ❤️

All are welcome, if you have never served with us, come out and meet the crew!

05/27/2026

Love Moves shopping day this Saturday! Let us know if you’re able to join us and serve!

05/25/2026

Today, we pause with grateful hearts to remember and honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.

Memorial Day is more than a long weekend — it is a sacred reminder that freedom has never been free. It has been carried by sacrifice, courage, and love greater than self.

At Saved 2 Serve, we are deeply thankful for those who laid down their lives so others could live in freedom. May we honor their sacrifice not only with our words, but with the way we love, serve, and care for one another.

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
— John 15:13

Today, we remember.
Today, we honor.
Today, we give thanks. 🇺🇸

05/14/2026

05/10/2026

What an incredible 2nd Saturday for Saved 2 Serve this May! ❤️

Today was truly something special. We were blessed to see so many new faces out there loving, serving, and building relationships with our street friends. There’s something powerful that happens when people simply show up with compassion, kindness, and a willing heart.

You can genuinely see the impact it makes — the smiles, the conversations, the gratitude, the hope. It doesn’t just touch the hearts of those we serve… it changes ours too.

And of course, by the time we finally stopped long enough to grab a group photo, about 30 team members had already headed out 😂 — because that’s just how we roll. Less posing, more serving. 🙌

At the end of the day, it’s never about recognition.
It’s about loving people well.
It’s about showing up.
It’s about being the hands and feet of Jesus.

And today was full of that. ❤️

Bonus: Mom, Dad and sister came in town from South Florida to serve the peeps with our grandkids! 🙌❤️🫶🏻

Vessel of Light
Love Cleans

05/06/2026

We are incredibly honored that Saved 2 Serve was nominated by 100+ Women Who Care: Southern Duval and invited to share last night at their quarterly meeting.

To be recognized by a group of women who are so passionate about making a difference in our community is truly humbling. Every outreach, every piece of furniture moved, every meal served, and every moment spent loving our neighbors is only possible because of the amazing volunteers, supporters, and community partners who stand beside us.

This nomination is not just a reflection of our organization — it’s a reflection of what happens when people come together to serve with compassion, generosity, and the love of Christ.

Thank you, 100+ women who care; southern Duval, for seeing the heart behind the mission and for supporting organizations that are working to bring hope in tangible ways throughout our community.

We are grateful, encouraged, and excited to continue serving together. 🙌🏼💜

Also wanted to take a moment and say that if you’re not familiar with Hatcher's Stocking, we’d highly encourage you to follow their page and give them some huge support. They have such a heartfelt mission to love on children who need it most. ❤️