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Typical Trip Week

Your Thrivent Builds Worldwide Gulf Coast Community Volunteer Trip Week

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Monday

  • Arrive at the Gulfport/Biloxi International Airport. You're greeted by your Thrivent Builds Worldwide host who will drive you to Habitat MS Gulf Coast’s office for an Orientation session. 
  • Following the orientation, you and your team will travel in vans provided for your use to the volunteer housing site to get settled in. 
  • The volunteer housing staff will meet with you and your teammates for a housing orientation meeting that evening.
  • Learn the logistics of your week, including meal times and making your sack lunch for the job site.
  • Enjoy your first group dinner at your volunteer accommodations.

Tuesday

  • The team will drive in the vans provided to your assigned job site.
  • Meet your construction leader and get trained on your task for the day.
  • Return to the volunteer housing camp to enjoy dinner and some relaxation with your teammates after a successful day of work. 

Wednesday

  • A full day of building. As for each day, meals, transportation, job site materials, tools and training are all provided.
  • This evening you will have the option of several local activities including a Katrina Bus tour of East Biloxi or a Pascagoula River Boat Eco Tour or a local museum tour or a interactive shrimp tour on the Gulf of Mexico followed by a taste of the South at a local BBQ or catfish restaurant. Boating tours are subject to weather conditions. 

Thursday

  • A full day of building.
  • Enjoy dinner and camaraderie back at the volunteer camp with your teammates. 

Friday

  • Your last day on the jobsite will end with a closing ceremony including photos and remarks by the Construction Supervisor. 

Saturday

  • Check out of volunteer housing by 10:00 a.m.
  • The team will drive themselves back to the airport for flights back home. Vans will be picked up later by HFHMGC staff.

We know you are eager to work as long and as much as possible during your trip to help families in the Mississippi Gulf Coast achieve the dream of affordable housing. The Gulf Coast Community trips incorporate a total of four full build days. While many members would like to spend more days on the build site during the trip, weekend days on the build site are reserved for full-time working partner families to work toward their sweat equity requirements. This also allows time for the local community to be involved in rebuilding efforts.