GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – LAGRAVE SERVE

Dates: June 26 – July 3, 2010 (Saturday - Saturday)
Cost:
Early Bird Rate by April 1:          $310 USD  
Regular Rate on/after April 1:      $360 USD
This is a NON-SMOKING site.
Site Capacity: 100 (incl. leaders) 

General Description:  Come help us celebrate the 21st year of SERVE at LaGrave Christian Reformed Church.

Facilities:  LaGrave Christian Reformed Church will be the host. The church is air-conditioned.

Work Sites:  You will be working at a wide variety of sites. You will be at a different site each day giving you a great experience. Working with homeless, building houses, sorting food at a distribution center, helping at day care centers, painting and doing community car washes will all be part of your experience.

Day Away:  Beach at Grand Haven

Transportation:  Registration fees do NOT include transportation to and from the sites. Each group of five or more must provide vehicle(s) and adult driver(s) (typically small group leaders) to transport an equal number of participants during the duration of the mission experience regardless of whether you fly or drive to the site. The vehicles you bring will be used to transport small groups to the work site each day, so 12-passenger vans or mini-vans are preferred. Cars do not facilitate the transportation of an entire small group in one vehicle, so please do not bring them. If you wish to bring a bus, please check with the Host Team to see if this is acceptable before you make arrangements. If your group is unable to provide van transportation, please have a youth leader call Youth Unlimited to discuss options and additional charges.

For your decision making purposes, the closest airport is Grand Rapids, MI (GRR).
Please DO NOT book airfare until you have received written confirmation from Youth Unlimited that you have been placed at this site.

Speaker:  Jolene DeHeer
Music:  Adam Sterenberg
Web Site:  http://www.lagrave.org/grserve
Facebook Group:  Not available  

What are people saying about this site? 
"It was a week that I will never forget. The week went very well... LaGrave was a great place to go and if given the chance, I would go back there again. Jolene was the most awesome speaker. She connected with the kids so well. So, overall, it was a great experience. It was so great to see God at work!" -- Vickie Huber, Peace CRC, Menno, SD

"The SERVE experience this past year was wonderful...  I feel that it was as enriching to my students as it was to me.  I felt pretty prepared for this experience.  There was a good sense of communication between the host team and myself, and I feel that the material provided gave a good idea for the direction that the week would take.  I look forward to participating in the SERVE experience with my students again in the future."

Katherine Cruey
Kenosha CRC, Kenosha, WI

Check out what people are saying on last year’s Facebook group.

 If you have stories, comments or feedback you’d like us to share about this site, please contact missions@youthunlimited.org