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Summer Team Missions Timeline

October: Summer Teams information night—check out the trips that will be taking place the following summer and pick up an application; Applications and recommendations due at Agapé Center two weeks after info night
November: Interviews and team selection; Acceptance letters sent out; Support-raising information night for all Spring Break and summer teams; Initial individual team meeting; Begin compiling and a list of 75 names and addresses for support letters; Solicit support from friends and relatives over Thanksgiving Break
December: $100 deposit due to the Business Office; Submit your list of names and addresses to your team leader; Send out support-raising initial appeal letters; Individual team meeting; Apply for passport; Continued weekly team meetings; Solicit support from friends and relatives over Christmas Break; Merry Christmas! Enjoy your break!
January: Individual team meeting (optional)
February: Weekly team meetings begin; Plan team fundraisers; Send out thank-you notes to those who have supported your team; Schedule a time to get immunizations
March: Continued weekly team meetings; Team fundraisers; Send out thank-you notes to those who have supported your team; Solicit support from friends and relatives over Spring Break; Phone-a-thon for teams still needing to reach their goal
April: Summer Team Orientation Retreat (off-campus); Continued weekly team meetings; Team fundraisers; Send out thank-you notes to those who have supported your team; Final support raising goals met
May: Summer Teams commissioning service in chapel; Last team meeting before departure; Send out thank-you notes to those who have supported your team; Final exams and move-out; Commencement
June to August: Teams go out and come back!
September: Summer Teams debriefing and re-entry retreat at Messiah College