OUR MISSION
Lifeline Community Services’ mission is to build self-reliance among youth, adults, and families through high-quality, community-based services.
Learn More“ My biggest fear was getting older because of what the Crown Heights streets would do. Club Crown Heights made me the man I am today. Now I can say I am the first in my family to graduate and attended a 4-year college at Cal State San Marcos, setting my sights on graduating with a degree in Psychology. ”
- Jose, Youth Program Alumni
We Are Lifeline
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Lifeline Community Services continues to go the extra mile to build
the communities we serve from the ground up.
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4,304
People Served Every Year
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109
Volunteers
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16,977
Volunteer Hours
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49
Years in North County
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165
Dedicated Employees
GET INVOLVED
To us, VOLUNTEERS are mentors, role models, problem solvers, tutors, arts and crafters, dodgeball players, office assistants extraordinaire, counselors and therapists, fundraisers, organizers, translators, mediators, attorneys, board members, ideas people, techies, handy men and women, and anyone interested in helping.
PRESS & MEDIA
- Sep
- 20
- 2023
CEO Don Stump Featured on Velocity Podcast - Vista Chamber
Episode 2 - Don Stump, Lifeline Community Services CEO Don Stump is a lifelong helper. After growing up in Texas and attending school in Boston, an internship with a juvenile court diversion program changed the course of his life, leading him to a career in non-profit leadership. After 30 years a...
- Sep
- 14
- 2023
NCPC Lifeline Feature
Incorporated in 1973, Lifeline was founded by community volunteers passionate about making a difference in the lives of local youth. Fifty years later, this remains our focus as we continue to provide cutting-edge, trauma-informed, community-based programming. After 16 dedicated years o...
- Jul
- 23
- 2023
Foster, homeless youths have a safe place in Vista
VISTA — Everyone needs a place to just chill sometimes, watch TV with friends, play games and surf the internet. Having a nice shaded backyard patio with a couch wouldn’t be bad, either. With help from two county supervisors and a local church, homeless youths and young adult...