Life Skills

Grow your capacity to thrive financially, relationally, and spiritually.

Right now, 94,000+ households in Ottawa and Kent counties are stuck in survival mode—earning just enough to get by, but not enough to truly thrive.

Life Skills changes the story.

This long-term program helps you break free from survival and build a life that works—financially, relationally, and spiritually.

Join a Life Skills Program

Our Holland Expansion

Our new Life Skills Program is in need a dedicated team of 30+ volunteers to walk alongside 15 Spanish-speaking families who are working hard to build brighter futures.

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Volunteer Support

Whether you love caring for kids, cooking meals, facilitating classes, or offering encouragement as a one-on-one peer support, there’s a place for you here.

This is more than volunteering, it’s about building real relationships, growing hope, and seeing transformation up close. Join us and make a lasting impact, one family at a time.

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“The Life Skills Program was a huge blessing to our family. Having 4 very young kids and struggling with living paycheck to paycheck we were unsure what to do… The entire team at Love was so caring and supportive.”

What are the criteria for the Life Skills Program?
  • Anyone who lives, works, worships, or has a child attending school in Hudsonville, Jenison, or Grandville for English speaking Life Skills Program. For Spanish, it adds in Holland and Zeeland.
  • Anyone struggling to make ends meet.
  • Anyone with a source of income.
  • Anyone who has a desire to improve their circumstances.

The program is once a week for two hours. You can choose from our 5 programs held:

  • Tuesday Nights
    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM in Grandville

  • Tuesday Nights
    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM in Holland (Spanish)

  • Wednesday Mornings
    9:00 AM – 11:00 AM in Hudsonville

  • Wednesday Nights
    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM in Hudsonville

  • Wednesday Evenings
    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM in Hudsonville (Spanish)

  • Thursday Nights
    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM in Jenison

LEARN: You will learn about money management, capacity building, and healthy relationships.

EARN: You can earn groceries, gas, car repairs, haircuts, oil changes, household items, clothing, winter wear, school supplies, low-interest loans, and housing subsidies.

CONNECT: You will connect with a community of caring people (others participating in the program, volunteers leading the classes, and Love Your Neighbor staff called Life Skills Leaders who will walk alongside you).

What about my kids?

Safe and free childcare is provided, and a free meal is available before classes begin.

Paying off debt, building emergency savings, repairing relationships, finding a community, and purchasing a car are some of the most common goals that families achieve.

The average participant is in the program for 12-18 months. As you work to achieve your goals, you determine when you exit the program with your Life Skills Leader.

To learn more or sign up:

Call or text us: 


(616) 662-3300

Stop in our main office during open hours.

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