Frequently Asked Questions

Go to our "Summer 2022" page (serve-home.org/summer2022) and fill in the required fields for registration! A $50 deposit per person is due at the time of registration.

There are 2 registration packages for Serve Home 2022: Individual/Family Participant & Student Group Participant.

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INDIVIDUAL/FAMILY - one week of participation in Serve Home service projects, nightly dinner, and evening programming, beginning with the Serve Home Kickoff on the evening of Sunday August 7th and ending with the Serve Home Celebration on the evening of Friday August 12th.
 

$150/pp*

*children below 6th grade are free

Details:

- all children (under 18) MUST be officially registered to participate alongside a participating parent or legal guardian

- responsible for your own transportation to and from work sites, dinner, and evening programming each day

- shower access not provided

- lunch not provided - everyone must bring their own lunch to the work site each day

- as a Day registrant, you are invited to join us for dinner and evening programming all 5 evenings (M-F), regardless of the number of days you are available to serve on work sites

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STUDENT GROUP - one week of participation in Serve Home service projects, nightly dinner, and evening programming, beginning with the Serve Home Kickoff on the evening of Sunday August 7th and ending with the Serve Home Celebration on the evening of Friday August 12th. With this type of participation, teens get to participate together as a group alongside adult chaperones (rather than signing up with their parents).

$150/pp

Details:
- for teens (students entering 6th grade through students entering college/workforce in Fall 2022) and accompanying adult chaperones (1 adult 25+ required for every 6 students)

- one youth leader (adult chaperone) must register the ENTIRE GROUP - once the leader begins their student group registration, they will get an email with instructions regarding how to register the remaining students and/or chaperones in the group

- adult chaperones are responsible for the transportation of their group for the whole week (to work sites, dinner, and home each day/evening)

To register a student/youth group for Serve Home 2022, one adult chaperone (25+) who will serve as the point of contact for the group must begin the registration by visiting our "Summer 2022" page, filling out the required fields, and choosing the Student Group option, when prompted. After filling in your contact information, you will be prompted to register volunteers in your group - you must add yourself as a New Volunteer to be registered as an adult chaperone with the group (at this time, you will get an email with instructions for collecting all necessary registration information from each person in your group, to help streamline your group's registration. please check all of your inbox folders, including Spam, for our instructional emails.)

Then, you will be asked if you would like to add volunteers to your group - this is when you will add any students or additional adult chaperones from your group. You will manually register each volunteer from your group on their behalf (you can log back into your account and add more volunteers to your group at any time).

Yes! To register your family for Serve Home 2022 as Day Participants, one adult who will serve as the point of contact for your family must begin the registration by visiting our "Summer 2022" page, filling out the required fields, and choosing the option to Register As A Family, when prompted. After filling in your contact information, you will be prompted to register volunteers in your group (aka family) - you must add yourself as a New Volunteer to be registered as part of your family. Then, you will be asked if you would like to add volunteers to your group - this is when you will add any additional adults or children from your family.

NOTE: the only exception is if your family is registering and you also have teens registering as part of a student group - teens registering as part of a student group must be registered by their group leader, separate from the rest of your family.

Unfortunately, we had to remove the overnight option for this summer. That said, student groups are still invited and encouraged to participate together this August! The registration cost for student groups has been reduced to $150/pp and chaperones are responsible for coordinating transportation for their student group for the week - just like all other Serve Home participants. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we assure you that the student groups who have participated in past summers without staying overnight have had an amazing experience, and we hope you will join us for a full week of serving, sharing meals, and exploring God together! If you have any questions, please contact us at hello@serve-home.org.

Yes! Go to our "Summer 2022" page (serve-home.org/summer2022) and click the blue "Login" button towards the top right of the screen. Login using the email and password you used to register for your Serve Home account. Here you will be able to view your dashboard, see your registration progress, submit required forms, submit payments, and more. Contact us at hello@serve-home.org with any questions regarding accessing your account.

While there is technically no specific limit of how many people from one church can participate, registration for Serve Home operates on a first come, first served basis. We do have a maximum capacity and expect spots to fill up quickly, so the sooner you can register, the better!

The cost of registration supports the mission and operation of our nonprofit organization, and it covers the cost of necessary items for our summer mission such as meals, supplies, equipment, permits, materials, and more. That said, we work hard to keep the cost of participation as low as possible, with discounts for children below 6th grade and for adults serving in various leadership roles. We especially do not want money to hold anyone back from serving. If you are interested in learning more about our discounts or our scholarship funds, please contact us at hello@serve-home.org.

There are several ways to offset the cost of registration, including individual fundraising, group or church fundraising, and scholarships.

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Individual Fundraising

Because Serve Home is a week of local mission, it is a perfect opportunity to invite friends and family members to partner with you and support you in this mission of loving your neighbors, whether by praying for you, encouraging you, or giving financial support. At the time of registration, you can choose to submit only the $50 initial deposit, rather than paying in full. This gives you time to reach out and invite friends and family to partner with you leading up to the deadline when registration is due in full (June 15th). After registering, we have several fundraising templates to provide you with that you can immediately start using to do your personal fundraising. Feel free to get creative - some of our past students have even sold candy bars to fundraise for Serve Home!

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Group Fundraising

As mentioned above, Serve Home is a great opportunity to invite people around you to partner with you in this mission. If you and your friends or family are all participating in Serve Home, you could even think about hosting a group fundraiser together to help cover the cost of your registrations! In the past, we have seen several car wash fundraisers in an effort to raise money for an entire group of folks participating in Serve Home. Perhaps your church or your group of friends would like to host something together! We will provide fundraising ideas and templates after you register, ready for your using.

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Scholarships

Limited scholarship funds are available. Contact us at hello@serve-home.org for more information.

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Discounts

All children below 6th grade (fall 2022) are free! (child discount automatically applied at checkout)

Adults who serve on one of our leadership teams (Site Leaders, Skilled Laborers, Meal Crew, Music Team) also register for free. Contact us for more information about serving as a leader this summer, or for more information about activating your discount if you are a current leader.

Praise God! As a nonprofit organization (and a new, tiny one, at that!), Serve Home relies on fundraising and donations well beyond summer registration fees to operate and grow our local impact. We appreciate any and all donations from friends, family, & neighbors, and we are grateful for these partnerships in the community that allow us to continue living and serving on mission together!

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Donations can be made online here by visiting Ways To Give (serve-home.org/ways-to-give) or by mailing a check (written to "Serve Home Inc.") to Serve Home, 6 Meadowhill Ct, S Easton, MA 02375.