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Care Abounds in Communities®: Support & Tools

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If you are interested in using the Care Abounds in Communities program for a volunteer activity, there are many resources and tools available to answer your questions and help you plan, promote, conduct and report your activity.

Your main resource – the Chapter Leadership Board

You definitely want to contact a member of your chapter leadership board to express an interest in using the Care Abounds in Communities program. If you do not know what chapter you are in or whom to contact, you can find the information online:

• Go to www.thrivent.com, click Members/Chapters, click Information About My Chapter, and click View Leadership/Activities/Chapter Web Site. Because this will match you to your assigned chapter and congregation, you need to log in (if it’s your first time logging in, you’ll need to complete a quick and easy one-time registration). You then will be able to see who your chapter leaders and congregational coordinators are, and their contact information.
  

• Go to www.thrivent.com, and in the left column under Chapter Locator, type in your ZIP Code.  This will provide the name of the chapter(s) in your ZIP Code with a link to the chapter Web site.
  

The Fraternal Service Center at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans can help get you to the right person or answer other chapter-related questions you may have. You can contact a fraternal customer service advocate at 800-236-3736 or at fraternal@thrivent.com.

Your regional Lutheran Community Services Team also can help you get to the right person or answer your questions. This team is available locally to support our chapter leaders. To find the Manager of Lutheran Community Services in your region, go to www.thrivent.com, click Fraternal Programs, and click MLCS Locator.

Tools, forms, promotional materials and more are available

• Forms page (www.thrivent.com > Members/Chapters > Volunteer Resources > Forms)
  This page has forms volunteers need to use before, during and after activities. In addition, promotional items such as bulletin inserts and news releases are available to promote their activities.

• Ask your chapter leadership board about various tools and resources they can print and/or order for use at your activity, including a poster, table tents, banner and more.

• To help ensure a successful activity, you need to effectively promote it. The Visibility Toolkit provides “how-to” guidelines and tools to help service teams generate awareness of their activities.