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Hurricane Helene Relief mission trips

Hurricane Helene Relief (NC/TN)
Mission Trips

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AGE GROUP:
Age 14 & Up
TRIP SEASON:
Spring & Summer
COST:
$495/person (6-Day Trip)

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Disaster has struck communities in the path of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. While immediate relief efforts are still taking place, we're coordinating details for volunteer groups from across the country to help with the massive rebuilding and recovery effort.

Will you join us in loving your neighbors through active service, cleanup, and rebuilding? Teams who register now are guaranteed a spot to serve in highly-impacted rural communities in either western North Carolina or East Tennessee, to be determined in early 2025. Thank you for your flexibility in committing to serve wherever you're needed most!

To get started on your hurricane relief mission trip, submit an interest form today! Connect directly with EM Support Staff and get all of your important questions answered, so you can start planning your Spring or Summer 2025 trip.

Our staff was on the ground late October—view our video update or read our written reflection!

Want to help financially? DONATE NOW to EM's Hurricane Relief Fund, and help provide much needed additional resources for EM to take on large, impactful projects next year!

Donate Now

Details & Logistics

Typical Schedule

Each morning, there is time set aside for devotions and quiet time. This is a valuable time and we strongly encourage all team members to spend it with God, journaling their thoughts and experiences as the days unfold. EM will provide a physical or printable devotional journal.

Our staff will lead a time of debriefing and a short devotional in the evening (what we call "Evening Gathering") and it is always a great addition to have musical worship. Our programming does not include musical worship as we can't guarantee that our staff will have this ability. Please let us know if you have anyone who sings or plays guitar on your trip so that we can help to coordinate the musical aspect of worship when able. If teams aren't able to help in the area of music, it may not be a part of the trip.

AVERAGE DAILY SCHEDULE

Day 1
3-6pm Groups Arrive
5pm - Leader's Meeting
6pm - Dinner
7pm - Orientation Meeting
8:30pm - Team Time (a time for your group alone)
11:30pm - Lights Out

Day 2-5
7:15am - Breakfast
7:45am - Devotions and Quiet Time
8:15am - Group Prayer
8:30am - Teams leave for Sites
12pm - Lunch
3:30pm - Finish work for the day
4pm - Break and Clean-up
5pm - Leaders meeting
6pm - Dinner
7pm - Evening Gathering (as a whole group)
8:30pm - Team time

Day 6
7am - Breakfast
7:30am - Cleanup/ Packing
9am - Pictures and Good-Byes

Health & Safety

EM's Health & Safety Plan:

Staff Certification
All Summer Staff are certified in First Aid and CPR.

Medical Kits
Medical kits that include first-aid supplies for general accidents and ailments are provided for each site. In domestic locations like West Virginia, we ask that teams supply their own medications like Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Benadryl, and Imodium as they deem necessary.

Emergency Response Plan
Based on the severity of each emergency, EM has a plan for appropriate response.

If a team member becomes seriously ill, they will be taken to a local doctor to receive appropriate medical attention and medications. If they are a minor, their Team Leader along with our staff will accompany them to the clinic. If needed, their parents will be contacted. Their recovery will be carefully monitored by our staff.

If there is an accident that requires a doctor, but is not life-threatening and does not have the potential to cause permanent damage, Experience Mission staff will locate the Team Leader, contact parents or guardians (providing the injured is a minor), and provide safe but quick transportation to a local clinic.

In the event that an accident occurs which is life-threatening or has the potential for permanent damage, and local 911 services will be contacted immediately. The family will be contacted to assist in guidance for an appropriate response.

All medical care is the sole responsibility of the team member. Experience Mission requires every team member to be covered by domestic medical insurance and recommends that team members traveling abroad carry additional international travel insurance to cover any medical needs their domestic medical insurance may not cover.

Registration & Payment

Experience Mission has specific policies regarding team registration and withdrawal. Please refer to the document below for specifics.

View EM's Mission Trip Registration Policy

INDIVIDUALS

All volunteers on a week-long EM mission trip must be part of a team of at least six (6) people, with at least one team member age 21 or older to serve as the Team Leader. Not part of a group? All young adults ages 18-30 are eligible to apply for EM's IMMERSION program.

Upcoming Trip Dates: Hurricane Helene Relief (NC/TN)

We’d love to connect with you!

Dont hit a snag in your mission trip planning! Fill out an interest form or call (888) 475-6414 (Mon-Thu, 9am-5pm ET) to ask questions and learn more about upcoming EM mission trips.

Fill Out An Interest Form Call (888) 475-6414

Recent Blogs & Stories

Searching for Jesus After a Mountain Hurricane
EM's Missions Program Director Autumn Zimmerman spent the last week in the mountains of Western North Carolina, seeing firsthand the destruction brought about by Hurricane Helene in September. The following is her honest reflection on what she's seen and heard from partners and families.
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Best Mission Trips: 18 Short Term Mission Opportunities
Join Experience Mission in 2025 on a faith-based serve and learning trip for youth and adult groups! Serve and grow together on one of these 18 short-term mission opportunities.
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Hear from recent EM mission
trip team leaders!

Hear from recent EM mission trip team leaders!

Summer College Internship
“It was a great experience, especially for the youth. For all of them it was their first time going on a mission trip. The team enjoyed connecting with the community at large through the outreach portion of the program. It was a wonderful experience for all of them.”

Carline D. served in Savannah, Georgia
Summer Ministry Internship
“It was GREAT! It was a truly remarkable experience. We had the opportunity to connect very well with the community.”

Nikki K. served in Pikeville, Kentucky
Paid Missions Internship
I couldn't have asked for a better trip for my students. The pre-trip training guides were great. It helped change the group's dynamic from okay to amazing.”

Christopher G. served in Rincon, Puerto Rico
Christian Missions Internship
“It was a positive experience that stretched our kids out of their more comfortable places and exposed them to a new culture, a new area of the world, and a wider expression of the Church.”

Jeremy M. served among the Navajo Nation in Arizona
Paid Ministry Internship
“We had an outstanding week! We were able to connect with the community at every opportunity we had. It was amazing how much interaction we were able to experience. The work projects were just right for our team. Since we aren't very familiar with construction work, our "people over projects" work was fantastic!”

Jennifer S. served in Rincon, Puerto Rico
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