Mission on the Mon

*** UPDATE FOR MISSION ON THE MON ***

This trip is now open for all high school youth to attend! Registration required by May 25th!

For those of you who might not have the opportunity to serve or attend the National Youth Gathering and are really hoping to partake in a mission trip this summer, there is an opportunity for high schoolers and young adults to serve for a week in June! LutheranHANDS will be traveling to McKeesport, Pennsylvania to help out with Mission on The Mon. This is the third opportunity for service offered by LutheranHANDS for the summer of 2012!

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We are going to NOLA!

On the way, we are stopping in Birmingham, Alabama!!

LutheranHANDS is once again going a few days early to the ELCA National Youth Gathering. Prior to the Gathering, we will be spending two full days working in Birmingham, Alabama with Hands On Nashville, Habitat for Humanity, and other local service organizations. If you are registered for the ELCA National Youth Gathering, you want to join us on this trip!

Introducing The LutheranHANDS Foundation!

LutheranHANDS has taken the next step in it's evolution from 11 college students responding to the damage from Hurricane Katrina to an organization which supports annual mission trips around the country!

Get Involved in LutheranHANDS!

We are looking for talented and dedicated people to join The LutheranHANDS Foundation Staff! We are looking for talented volunteers to help us grow and evolve The LutheranHANDS Foundation. Whether you are an experienced manager of fundraising, event planning, administration or just interested in helping out with video editing, picture management, or contributing to our website...we want you!

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Last Updated on 23 February 2012

Administrator

Introducing The LutheranHANDS Foundation!

December 18, 2011

I am pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2012, LutheranHANDS will be incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as The LutheranHANDS Foundation. This is an important milestone in our plans to grow the ministry, provide more opportunities for volunteers, and to support more communities in need.

As an entity seperated from the Lower Susquehanna Synod and ELCA, we will be able to offer annual mission trips and local service opportunities to youth and young adults with greater flexibility. The main difference is that we will be able to operate fiscally unconstrained as we seek out to raise funding, own property and assets, and have an independant tax liability to the federal government. Another difference is that we will be able to define our own corporate governance principles and policies, including - a Board of Directors which the management team will report to, an independent Advisory Council which will assess the alignment of the LutheranHANDS strategy and the needs of the Lutheran church, and a Board of Trustees to manage an Endowment Fund designed to provide financial stability and a source of growth capital to take our vision to all new heights.

We are not yet a 501(c)3 nonprofit organziation, however, we have begun the filing process with the IRS and expect to achieve this status by June 2012. This process is typically long and we were unable to begin prior to our incorporation. Acceptance of our filing and approval of The LutheranHANDS Foundation as a 501(c)3 nonprofit will be the next major milestone in the life of LutheranHANDS which started as 11 young adults on their way to the Gulf Coast to help rebuild from Hurricane Katrina.

The future is uncertain yet exciting as The LutheranHANDS Foundation continues to listen to God as it defines it's strategy and looks for more opportunities to help others in need. Please be patient with us in 2012 as it is our year "Under Construction" and prayerfully consider this invitation for you to get involved in The LutheranHANDS Foundation in whatever way God is calling you to serve.

Michael Brommer

Chief Executive Officer

The LutheranHANDS Foundation