Group Mission Trips 2025 Catalog

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What’s Inside: • 2025 Locations & Pricing • NEW Program Theme • Home Repair & Community Service Mission Trips

Table of Contents 1

Letter

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Workcamps • Home Repair

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Our Values

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Week of Hope • Community Service

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Your Partner in Ministry

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International Mission Trips

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New! 2025 Program Theme

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Join Our Team

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Choose Your Best Mission Experience

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Payment Policy

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Locations Map

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Still not convinced?

Letter from Group Mission Trips Why take your teens on a short-term mission trip?

The memories created during these trips become lifelong treasures, serving as reminders of growth

Short-term mission trips offer teenagers transformative

and impact. Beyond personal development, the

experiences that shape their worldview, deepen their faith,

service rendered leaves a lasting legacy of love and

and foster personal growth. By immersing themselves in

compassion in the communities served. Short-term

different cultures, teens develop empathy and understanding

mission trips empower teens to make a positive

toward diverse communities. Through acts of service, such as

difference while equipping them with the tools they

volunteering in after-school programs, building a wheelchair

need to thrive in an unpredictable world.

ramp, or weatherproofing a senior citizen’s trailer, they learn the value of selflessness and the joy of giving back.

These trips also cultivate strong bonds and friendships among participants, providing a supportive community

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rooted in shared faith. Teens engage in worship, prayer, and

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reflective discussions, deepening their spiritual connection and shaping their beliefs. Moreover, mission trips offer opportunities for teens to develop essential life skills such as teamwork, communication, and leadership.

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OUR VALUES SPIRITUAL GROWTH

AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIPS

We are passionate about creating an environment for youth

As Christians, we are strengthened through unified

to connect their faith with service. We want teenagers to

relationships. One of the greatest opportunities of a

return home with a profound love for Jesus and new eyes

mission trip is the chance to meet new people while

to see how God is at work in their every day. We provide

serving together. Participants build authentic relationships

intentional times to connect through Scripture, worship,

with the people they serve and those they serve with.

and devotions to promote spiritual growth. Our mission trip

Strangers become family. Crew members become best

experiences are also designed to encourage the organic

friends. Differences begin to disappear as individuals come

moments that happen outside of programmed times:

together to serve with a shared purpose. It’s amazing to

the conversations that occur around the dinner table,

see the depth of relationships that form when participants

the relationships formed at project sites, the stories that

are united in a common mission and share in the

connect participants and encourage them in their faith.

celebration of transformed lives and communities.

INVESTING IN THE NEXT GENERATION

SUSTAINABILITY & LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS

We believe the next generation is made up of

We partner with local organizations and ministries

influencers, difference-makers, and powerful leaders,

to provide meaningful support for their year-round

and there’s no better time than NOW to invest in our

sustainable programs, ensuring our efforts have lasting

youth. Our mission trip experiences are intentionally

impact in the communities we serve. We believe the best

designed to develop teenagers into young leaders by

way to serve is through the partnerships we establish in

teaching leadership skills, positive character traits,

each community. We have a local mission to address the

compassion for others, and practical life skills that will

specific needs in each community. We believe sustainable

help our participants grow into the leaders of tomorrow.

change is possible when we come alongside the good work

Through Scripture, service projects, and an opportunity

of those already embedded in each community and offer

to step outside their own worlds, we believe youth will be

resources, help, and teams where they’re needed most.

inspired and encouraged to follow Jesus in their school, community, church, and world.

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ORGANIZATION Our team organizes your service projects and the details of your experience so you don’t have to. Stress-free and hassle-free is the way it should be.

SAFETY

Your Partner in Ministry At Group Mission Trips, our team consists of experienced mission trip and program developers who have worked closely with communities to develop high-quality, well-organized service project experiences since 1990. We’ve built partnerships in each mission trip location to provide meaningful service opportunities that have sustainable,

Safety is our number-one priority, as we’re sure it is yours. Every staff member, volunteer, and adult participant is background-checked before attending our mission trips. We require crews to stay together and check in at the lodging facility at the end of each day. No one is ever left alone.

SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS We partner with seasoned local ministries, missionaries, and organizations in each location. We come alongside their ministries and provide support for their sustainable year-round programs.

STAFF When you serve with Group Mission Trips, you have staff on-site to coordinate projects and logistics while you’re serving. You’re not alone!

PERSONALIZED SUPPORT You’re not alone in the planning process either. In fact, our allstar mission trip advisors will help you the entire way, providing personalized communication and details specific to your mission trip.

long-term impact in the communities we serve.

Our ultimate goal is to partner with you and equip you with the resources and support necessary to reach your ministry goals.

YEAR-ROUND RESOURCES Whether you’re a parent, youth leader, teenager, or college student, you are influencers invested in others’ lives. Here at Group Mission Trips, we are all about mission and ministry year-round. We are committed to come alongside you and equip you with resources and encouragement during seasons of change, growth, and all the in-betweens.

Sculpting the future of tomorrow

S C U L

Spiritual Growth

Confidence

Understanding

Leadership

The leaders of tomorrow are in your youth group today. Great leaders are not born; they are sculpted by their parents, youth leaders, teachers, coaches, and life experiences. The foundation of our mission trips is built on teaching and training your teens the most important skills they will need as they continue toward adulthood. These principles are practiced during each mission trip experience and will help S.C.U.L.P.T. your teens into people who can face the challenges they encounter each day with confidence and peace.

Your teens will attend morning and evening interactive programs that will strengthen their faith in Jesus and demonstrate that he is always present and more powerful than whatever challenges they are facing. There will also be lunch devotions and opportunities each evening for your youth group to process and bond over all that happens each day.

By design, our mission trips teach teenagers to work with many different people to serve and accomplish huge tasks on their own. They learn to lean on their faith, team members, and leaders. They grow in confidence and self-esteem as they tackle new challenges and realize they can positively influence and change the lives of the people around them.

Your teens will learn and practice valuable skills in communication, empathy, delegation, and responsibility as they work together with many different people in an unfamiliar environment.

These skills will serve them well and prepare them for the rest of their lives as they move into college, careers, and their life ahead.

Your teen will serve in one of six different roles on a crew, typically made up of five teenagers and one adult. The adult will intentionally not assume the role of the crew leader. In each role, they will learn how to listen and understand the rest of the team’s needs, delegate to share the responsibilities among team members, and appreciate how each role plays an essential part in

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Problem-Solving

Teamwork

achieving the desired outcome.

During a mission trip, participants face many challenges. Your teens are taught to become resourceful and creatively rise to work as a team to solve the problem. We’ve seen it hundreds of times! The first reaction is “We can’t,” but by the end of camp, they leave with a big smile knowing they met the challenges, solved the problems, and grew up just a little more.

Teenagers will engage with their youth group, residents, adult volunteers, and other youth groups.

As they embrace a mission trip’s challenges, they will learn the value of being part of a team serving someone in need. Learning to focus on others is a life lesson that will help your young people know they are part of a team, a family, a youth group, and a society made up of others who are not exactly like them.

Mission trips are about more than the projects.

They create an environment that encourages people to go beyond their comfort zones and grow in their faith. Every year, the Group Mission Trips team dedicates extensive time to creating a new experience through morning and evening programs and crew and youth group devotions.

2025 PROGRAM THEME

In a world where many teens grapple with anxiety, worry, and stress, this year’s theme, Equipped, highlights how God provides us with the tools for a fulfilling Christian life. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 9:8, the focus is on embracing how God enables us to approach fully living out our faith with confidence. From spiritual readiness to engaging in God’s mission, it’s about more than going through the motions; it’s living out faith in practical ways through love, kindness, and action. And when you do that, you’ll discover that being a Christian isn’t just something you do—it’s who you are. Our goal is to ensure you leave feeling equipped and confident in facing life’s challenges with God by your side. Join us next summer to grow spiritually, have fun, and become more like Jesus while making the world a better place.

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Choose your best mission experience

Overview

Home-repair projects for disabled, veteran, low-income, and elderly residents

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Trip Length

A combination of community service projects and cultural exploration alongside our ministry partners

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7+

days

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Up to

Up to

days

400

100

Varies

Camp Size

Entering 6th grade & up

All ages

Ages

Entering 6th grade & up Separate Sr High camps (14+)

Home repairs, wheelchair ramp construction, porch and deck repairs, painting

Volunteer at food kitchen, assisted living, children’s programs, nonprofits, and community centers

Minor home repairs, teach English, volunteer at orphanage, homeless outreach, and more

How You’ll Serve

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Meaningful community service projects alongside strong local ministries and nonprofits

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2025 2025 DATES DATES & & LOCATIONS LOCATIONS $348 Per Person JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH CAMPS

$548 Per Person

Austin, TX

SENIOR HIGH CAMPS Ashby, MN

June 22 - 28

Bloomington, IL East Bank, WV

July 13 - 19 Appalachian

July 6 - 12

Elizabeth City, NC

July 6 - 12

Hagerstown, MD

June 29 - July 5

Mission, SD

Native American

Pewaukee, WI Red Lake, MN

June 15 - 21

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Charleston, SC

1-6

Cincinnati, OH

1-7

Kenosha, WI

1-6

Nashville, TN

1-7

Newark, NY

1-7

Northern Colorado

1-7

Pittsburgh, PA

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June 15 - 20

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June 22 - 27

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June 29 - July 4

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July 6 - 11

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July 13 - 18

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July 20 - 25

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July 27 - August 1

July 20 - 26 Native American

July 13 - 19

Westfield, IN

June 15 - 21

Winchester, KY

July 6 - 12

Wrightsville, PA

June 22 - 28

Starting at $849 Per Person AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND

ALL AGES

JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH CAMPS June 15 - 21

Imperial, PA Mescalero, NM

Native American

June 29 - July 5

Middletown, OH

June 22 - 28

Scranton, PA

July 20 - 26

Woonsocket, RI

July 13 - 19

Cusco, Peru

$1399

Dublin, Ireland

$1799

Ensenada, Mexico

$899

Leogane, Haiti

$899

Montego Bay, Jamaica

$949

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

$899

Puerto Rico, Multiple Cities

$849

San Jose, Costa Rica

$999

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MISSION, SD

NORTHERN COLORADO

MESCALERO, NM

WORKCAMPS WEEK OF HOPE

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Location Map

RED LAKE, MN

NEWARK, NY WOONSOCKET, RI

ASHBY, MN PEWAUKEE, WI

SCRANTON, PA

IMPERIAL, PA

KENOSHA, WI

IN, TX

WRIGHTSVILLE, PA

MIDDLETOWN, OH

BLOOMINGTON, IL

PITTSBURGH, PA

WESTFIELD, IN CINCINNATI, OH

HAGERSTOWN, MD EAST BANK, WV

WINCHESTER, KY ELIZABETH CITY, NC NASHVILLE, TN

CHARLESTON, SC

Group Workcamps are summer camps with up to 400 teenage participants that focus specifically on residential home repair for elderly, disabled, low-income families, and veteran residents. You and your group will step into a resident’s story and transform their home while deepening your faith and building new relationships. Home-repair projects range from painting to constructing porches, steps, and wheelchair ramps, and other general home repairs.

When you arrive at each resident’s home, you bring far more than loaded tool belts and construction materials.

Beyond the physical transformation that happens in

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communities, you’ll bring the hope and light of Jesus to the residents you serve.

You will stay at a local school in the community you’re serving.

The lodging facility is filled with fun and energy throughout

6:45 AM

Rise and shine

7:00 AM

Hot breakfast

8:00 AM

Morning Program

8:30 AM

Depart for projects

12:00 PM

On-site lunch & devotions

3:30 PM

Return to lodging

5:00 PM

Dinner

7:30 PM

Evening Program

8:30 PM

Youth group devotions

9:30 PM

Free time

11:00 PM

Lights out

the week as you engage in indoor and outdoor games, share meals together, and participate in worship and Scripture-based teaching in morning and evening programs led by our staff.

You’ll be amazed at how quickly strangers become family and differences begin to disappear as you come together to serve with a shared purpose.

“I took my youth on our first Group Mission Trip in 1997 and have been coming back ever since. Group is a top-notch organization that truly has the heart and desire to create the best mission week possible for all the student and adult campers. The staff are very easy to work with, and the camps run as smoothly as possible. They take all the logistical concerns away so you can focus more time and energy on your youth.”

- Mike G.

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How You’ll Serve Porch construction / repair Wheelchair ramp construction Indoor and outdoor painting General home repairs

What’s Included Lodging and all meals, except dinner on your free night

Professional work site advisors + project site coordination

All project materials for each work site Morning & evening programs with Scripture-based teaching & youth group devotions

Unlimited customer support from your personal Mission Trip Advisor

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Lunchtime devotions with crews

Community Service certificate

Participant T-shirt Participant devotional for the week at camp

On-site staff + comprehensive safety training

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At Week of Hope, you and your group will come alongside seasoned local ministries and nonprofits to make a lasting difference through meaningful community service projects. Teenagers will learn Christlike empathy and compassion for others as you meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of disadvantaged children, youth, and adults.

Each service project is the result of a partnership we build with organizations, ministries, and individuals who live, work, and serve in each community. Projects might include providing meals to the homeless, tutoring

Typical Day

struggling children from low-income families, helping to lead a day camp for kids, working with disabled children, or sharing stories with a lonely elderly person in an assisted-living facility. Our hope is that you walk away knowing more about what our partners do year-round, and

6:45 AM

Rise and shine

7:00 AM

Hot breakfast

8:00 AM

Morning Program

8:30 AM

Depart for projects

12:00 PM

On-site lunch & devotions

3:30 PM

Return to lodging

5:30 PM

Dinner

8:00 PM

Evening Program

9:00 PM

Youth group devotions

9:30 PM

Free time

11:00 PM

Lights out

your role in the big picture.

Our community service mission trips are smaller-sized gatherings (less than 100 participants). Whether you’re out serving, enjoying a family-style meal, or wrapping up the day at evening program, the intimate environment at each Week of Hope location allows you to build strong relationships that last beyond your week at camp.

During a community service mission trip, participants generally stay at a local church that is full of fun and energy throughout the week as they engage in indoor and outdoor games, share meals together, and participate in worship and teaching in morning and evening programs.

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How You’ll Serve Assist in a local food kitchen Help residents in assisted living General yard work and light home repairs Volunteer with local nonprofits Tutor children in after-school programs

What’s Included Lodging and all meals, except dinner on your free night

Project site coordination

Unlimited customer support from your personal Mission Trip Advisor

Community Service certificate

Participant T-shirt

On-site staff + comprehensive safety training

Morning & evening programs with Scripture-based teaching & youth group devotions SEE NEW PROGRAM THEME ON PAGE 5

Lunchtime devotions with crews

Participant devotional for the week at camp

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An international mission trip is an incredible faith-building adventure where your youth can discover the value of service, leadership, teamwork, and personal and spiritual growth.

What’s Included Lodging Most meals

International trips are available year-round through our

On-site staff

trusted partner organizations* that we’ve worked closely with

Organized service projects

over the years. We partner with long-term ministries rooted in the countries we serve. Our partners are hard at work meeting spiritual and physical needs year-round. When you arrive,

*Group Mission Trips does not operate international

you’ll come alongside their ongoing efforts and provide

mission trips. We refer those who would like to serve

support and encouragement through meaningful service.

internationally to trusted partner organizations that can safely and effectively run those trips.

As you disconnect from everyday pressures, you’ll establish a familial community as you encounter new experiences together with your group. You’ll find a willingness to be present and engaged as you work hard and develop relationships with residents, community partners, and teammates.

As God’s children, he invites us to partner with what he is already doing. There is so much life to experience, joy to be found, and life-changing transformation when you travel beyond your borders. Are you ready?

Customize your trip No matter the age or size of your group, individuals, families, school groups, sports teams, dance teams, companies, youth groups, and more, our trusted partners can help you customize an international mission trip.

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Join our team

Your best summer ever.

Travel to new places, and help those in need.

Each year, we hire the greatest collegeage young adults and students from

All lodging is paid for. Most meals are

across the country to facilitate the

paid (except for travel and off-duty

details of our mission trips. You and 2-3

times, depending on the camp format).

other summer staff travel from training in Colorado to mission trip locations across the USA in a company vehicle.

The impact we have in communities is life-changing, and the friendships developed last forever. We offer competitive pay and resume-building

Use your passions to launch you into further leadership, career, service, or ministry opportunities.

Learn more and apply at groupmissiontrips.com/join-our-team.

leadership experience.

When and where We serve in Austin, Nashville, and Pittsburgh, to name a few.

Whichever program you choose to serve with will allow you to experience some of the coolest cities across the country. Week of Hope locations serve mostly in large cities, while Workcamp crews travel the country to multiple locations during the summer.

Begins Memorial Day and ends early- to mid-August. Your summer starts by flying to beautiful Colorado, where you’ll train for two immersive weeks with other college-aged students from all over the country. Following pre-season training, you and your crew will travel the country to your designated locations, serving there until around August, based on your placements.

What’s a Red Shirt?

Our staff are the backbone of our ministry.

They come from around the country to organize the details and logistics of our mission trips. Summer staff travel across the USA, helping create a mission trip experience for up to 400 participants who come to serve a community in need at each location. And the best part is they do it all while wearing smiles and iconic Red Shirt staff T-shirts.. You’ll meet lifelong friends, gain hands-on work experience, and, most importantly, show the love and light of Jesus!

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Payment Policy Workcamps & Week of Hope Register at any time. No payment due until October 31, 2024.

REGISTER JUNE 2024 - OCTOBER 2024 Pay the $100 deposit per person by October 31, 2024.

REGISTER NOVEMBER 2024 - MARCH 14, 2025 Pay the $100 deposit per person upon registration.

REGISTER MARCH 15, 2025 - MAY 14, 2025 Pay the $100 deposit per person plus 50% of your group’s balance upon registration.

REGISTER AFTER MAY 15, 2025 Your full final balance is due. *Deposits are non-refundable. All payments are due and become non-refundable on May 15, 2025. Registration fees are in U.S. dollars and can be paid by check, money order, or credit card. Payments can be made online, by phone, or by mail. Please call us or chat with us online if

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you have any questions about the payment schedule.

Group Mission Trips does not operate international mission trips.

We refer those who would like to serve internationally to trusted partner organizations that can safely and effectively run those trips. Please refer to the specific partner organization for specific payment policy for dues and fees.

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Stay Connected

International

STILL NOT CONVINCED?

Here are some of the top reasons youth workers tell us they keep bringing their teens back on a Group Mission Trip.

Teens begin to understand their value.

Teens learn compassion for others.

Many teenagers are glued to their phones, craving attention

One of the best parts of these trips is seeing young

or admiration through likes and views. They have created

people grow in compassion and understanding for

online personas that might not reflect who they are in real

others from the beginning to the end of the week.

life. Their real version might be depressed, broken, or have a

These days, the world is full of different opinions, and

complicated family life. They may be bullied or be the bully.

needs more understanding of each other. Through

They may be masking struggles behind the scenes. We

their service, teens see the compassion Christ taught

allow them to know they are loved for the real person they

and demonstrated in the Bible—not just for those he

are. We give them face-to-face, meaningful opportunities

was serving but also for his friends, family, and those

to engage with others through service and see their true

around him. One of Jesus’ most significant acts of

worth and value beyond likes and views on a screen.

compassion was at the cross, when he asked for the crowd to be forgiven. We want participants to grow

Teens find a place to belong.

Young people these days have a deep need to belong and know their place in the world. They want a community that loves and accepts them. Our mission trips give them a place

spiritually and experience Jesus in ways they haven’t before through our mission trips. Opening their eyes to others’ struggles or learning to forgive themselves for things they didn’t want to let go of is part of growing in their faith in Christ.

to share an experience with others, grow together, and bond with their group and people from across the country.

The relationships that form during a mission trip aren’t something teens experience elsewhere. Not just with people but their relationship with Christ. Our trips allow them to search their hearts, find their worth, and know they are loved beyond measure.

Teens learn that they can make a difference.

Many people give up because they don’t think one person can make a difference. It’s the “Why bother, it won’t matter” mentality. Our mission trips show kids that they can make a difference. Each person is a vital part of a team that comes together to do huge things in Jesus’ name. When we think about all the people in this world who need help or don’t know Christ’s love, it seems daunting. How could we reach them all? If we can

“I have grown in my faith this week by feeling more connected with God and his presence in my life. I have been inspired to continue to serve others, spread faith,

change one life, it matters. If it is a teenager, a resident, a senior citizen, or a leader, each person is impacted somehow.

and make a positive impact in the world.”

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Donate to your favorite ministry GROUP CARES is the 501(c)(3) parent non-profit organization of Group Mission Trips. Through donations of money, time, and effort, Group Cares has been able to help thousands worldwide since 1990.

We rely on the support and contributions of people like you, who help continue the legacy of transformation through service projects across the world.

Visit www.groupcares.org to learn more about the specific efforts you can give to. 100% of your donations go directly to Group Mission Trips to support projects like building wheelchair ramps for disabled residents, supporting nonprofits through feeding programs, leading sports camps for kids, home repairs, international projects, and much more!

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