Live 2 Serve is a Christian organization run by members of Louisiana Christian churches. Volunteers go into poverty-filled areas of Baton Rouge and minster to families by providing different programs. Main does work in "The Bottoms" area of South Baton Rouge. Our First Summer, Summer of 2011
In Summer of 2011 we started to go out on Saturdays to play with children through our Live 2 Play program
. The group grew to 40 children each Saturday and made a huge impact on the south Baton Rouge community. Growing though God, Fall 2011
In the Fall of 2011, we started two new programs: Live 2 Build and Live 2 Build Homeless Ministry. These programs were meant to rebuild broken communities of Baton Rouge, both physically and spiritually. Also in Fall of 2011, Live 2 Play moved to Wednesday nights, where the group grew up to 50 children. Santa Heads to South Baton Rouge, Christmas 2011
For Christmas 2011, Live 2 Serve, the LSU BCM and the Louisiana House of Representatives partnered together to provide Christmas gifts to over 600 children living in poverty in Baton Rouge. The Christmas party - held at the Blanco Clark Building - was packed and children enjoyed arts and crafts, cookies, and a visit from Santa himself. It was quite the good time and we are looking forward to doing this again in future years. Growing Live 2 Play, Spring 2012
In the Spring of 2012, we did only Live 2 Play on Wednesday nights, but Live 2 Play Wednesday night grew to 60 children per night, which is great! We made great impact on the community and showed many kids that someone cares about them. Sadly, the leader of Live 2 Serve, Jacob Allen Nichols, was involved in a bike accident and had to drop out of the many religious programs due to health concerns. A Summer of Rest, Summer 2012
This Summer, due to the health problems of Jacob Allen Nichols, we decided that it would be best for his health and for the good of the organization that we did not have any Live 2 Serve programs. This choice was made by Jacob Allen and other religious leaders in Baton Rouge. Coming Back Stronger Than Ever, Coming Back to Fighting Poverty, School year 2012 and future
Jacob Allen Nichols still has health issues in his life, so we ask you keep him in your prayers. However, Jacob Allen has decided to treat every day like it is a blessing and use each day to bless others. Starting in the 2012 school year, Live 2 Serve will back with full force, working with children and adults in poverty and the homeless of Baton Rouge. Spring 2013
Jacob continued to serve, even though he had health issues. All the way through spring of 2013. In spring of 2013 however Jacobs had to take a break from Live 2 Serve in order to rest and get healthy. Live 2 Serve had very few programs during the summer of 2013. Fall of 2013
But in Fall of 2013 Nichols was healthy and put Live 2 Serve back in full swing. Building Live 2 Play to over 100 children a night, and creating a separate bible study for teenage boys. Nichols also increased the number of college students that came and served. Live 2 Serve then grew as an opportunity for LSU students and student athletes to serve. Christmas Giveaway of 2013
By Christmas 2013 Live 2 Serve had 2,600 people providing toy and clothes to children of the Baton Rouge Area. Spring of 2014
In 2014 Live 2 Serve continued to reach out to children and teenagers in Baton Rouge area, but also in 2014 Live 2 Serve put a lot of focus on reach LSU students. LSU students wanted to do something great and Live 2 Serve began providing that opportunity for them. Keeping all Live 2 Serve Programs going strong but also give and the opportunity and teaching students how to serve. Summer of 2014
Live 2 Serve expanded again, offering sport camps, expanding teenage boy Bible study, causing crime in the area to drop with teenage boys. We also did our second back to school giveaway at the end of summer. The Fall of 2014
We saw a large expansion in the number of college students. Aiming more toward the Greek and Athletic students. The student network of Live 2 Serve grew to 200 students. Christmas Giveaway of 2014
Christmas of 2014 saw the biggest jump in number of LSU students reaching out to through Live 2 Serve. LSU administrators asked Live 2 Serve to get more students involved in Christmas Giveaway. Live 2 Serve did so by challenging every LSU student to bring in one toy to give to a child in need. Christmas 2014 we collected over 23,000 toys that were given out across the South from Live 2 Serve. The boost from LSU allowed Live 2 Serve hit the ground with our feet running in 2015. We hope to have an even bigger Christmas Giveaway and this year we will call it Christmas in the Coliseum. Here's to an awesome year! If you are interested in volunteering, call Jacob Allen Nichols at 225-588-0560, or email: [email protected]. Our programs
Live 2 Play
Live 2 Play is the first program started by Live 2 Serve. It is a program for children in poverty to play in parks and gyms in the poverty filled areas of Baton Rouge and just get to be a kid. This also gives our volunteers a chance to share Christ and minister to the children that come. Our current Live 2 Play program is on Wednesday nights at the Baranco-Clark YMCA (1735 Thomas Delpit Drive) from 6:30 till 8:00 p.m. We hope you can join us there. For more information contact Jacob Allen Nichols at 225-588-0560. Live 2 Build
Many houses in South Baton Rouge are need repairs, so Live 2 Build is a program design to help those in poverty that can work on their own house, mainly requiring volunteers for working on yards and cleaning streets. This program has no set schedule, and teams can go on days that work best for them. To put a Live 2 Build team together or if you are looking to join a team, please contact Jacob Allen Nichols at 225-588-0560 or email [email protected]. Live 2 Pray
Live to Pray is a program design to pray for “The Bottoms” community. Volunteers will participate in prayer walks, going in the homes of people to pray over the families, and possibly leading bible studies in the community. If you are interested in forming a Live 2 Pray team or to join one, please contact Jacob Allen Nichols at 225-588-0560 or email him at [email protected]. Homeless ministries
We have very recently joined with current homeless ministries in the Baton Rouge area. Soon we will be working in the downtown area to help the homeless in the Greater Baton Rouge Area. This will include doing odd jobs to just helping the homeless. To join a homeless ministry, or to form one on your own, please contact Jacob Allen Nichols at 225-588-0560 or email him at [email protected]. How to donate
We need balls and sports equitment for Live 2 Play, also with our basketball league we will need we will need fund donation, and to donate those contract Jacob Allen Nichols 225-588-0560
We hope to grow into something amazing that the community can be proud of. Using LSU students as volunteers we can Live 2 Serve into very good for the community.It will take time, but we can do it.
