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Workcamps

Jubilee Project's Workcamps are a part of our Housing Development Program.  Our Workcamps program provides volunteer labor for our housing projects, and helps cover costs of materials, through group and church donations.  In 2007, Jubilee Project again received the Tennessee Housing Development Agency's Home Program Grant.  This grant will enable us to construct two more handicapped accessible homes for needy members of our community.

                    
Randy Hildebrant, Jubilee Project's Church and Community Worker and Workcamp Coordinator is spending a busy summer with workcamps, building a new, handicapped accessible home for a member of our community!  Jubilee Project was lucky enough to host nine workgroups in the past year.  As always, the impact these groups made on our community is amazing.  Their willingness to cheerfully serve the people of Hancock County made our workcamp summer a great success.
Special thanks are owed to Stephanie Kellner, our new mission intern.  Stephanie's hard work and dedication helped make the summer of 2007 a great workcamp season.

Work Needs:

We've had workcamps for the last 14 years, to rebuild an abandoned grocery store into our community center and to perform home repairs around our area.  There is a little work left to do at Jubilee Center, as well as ongoing repairs and upkeep.  We have also expanded our community home ministry through a housing grant -- we are working on finishing the third of three handicapped accessible homes!  There will also be opportunities for your group to share activities with our youth.  If your group would like to share a swim party, a square-dance or a cookout with our youth or community, please let us know.

Groups:

Adult groups, or senior high groups along with adults, are welcome for overnight stays.  Junior High students may stay overnight, if they are part of a group that also contains Senior High youth and adults.  For every five young people, there must be at least one adult.

Groups will receive direction on jobs from our staff, but also need to bring their own work supervisors.  These should be people familiar with members of the group and have had some construction experience (home repair counts!).  Groups of any size are welcome, and your length of stay can be variable.

Fees are dependent upon several factors, including the size of your group and your lodging requirements.   If you are interested in reserving a camp for 2008, please call us in November of 2007.  Workcamp dates fill up very quickly.  The sooner you call, the more likely you are to get the dates your group wants.  For more information on Jubilee's Workcamp Ministry, please contact Randy Hildebrant at 423-733-4195, or email jubileecenter@hotmail.com and request a workcamp information packet.








This page last updated February 6, 2008