Wisconsin Conference UMC
VIM NATIONAL TRIPS 2024
March 3-8, 2024
Midwest Mission Distribution Center (Midwest Mission),
1001 Mission Drive, Pawnee, IL (Just south of Springfield, Illinois)
Participants on this trip will have the opportunity to pack the various kits that Midwest Mission sends around the world—for example the Personal Dignity Kits and the Cleaning Buckets. Other tasks include repairing bicycles and sewing machines, helping with mailings, building school desks, loading, and unloading supplies and various other tasks as needed. Midwest Mission strives to accommodate a wide variety of ability levels, from sit down work to manual labor. You may also have the opportunity to participate in the blessing of items before they are sent to one of the many locations Midwest Mission serves.
Those joining the trip are asked to provide their own transportation and arrive in the late afternoon of Sunday, March 3. We will be staying in the dorm at Midwest Mission; it includes beds for 18 people – not including bunk beds! For more information go to https://www.midwestmission.org/mission-journey/dorm-facilities-tour We will have our own kitchen; Sherry Schreiner has agreed to prepare our meals.
Cost is $250 per person. Please send your registration and fee, with the check made out to WAC/VIM, to Gail Burgess, 6510-203rd Avenue, Bristol, WI 53104. Phone: 262-945-8578 E-mail: hb53104@aol.com by January 15, 2024. Registration is still open for this trip.
March 17-22, 2024
Midwest Mission Distribution Center
1001 Mission Drive, Pawnee, ILL. 62558
March 17-22, 2024 — Midwest Mission VIM Trip REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THIS WEEK
Each year Wisconsin’s Methodist church’s support the Midwest Missions Distribution Center (MWDC) by collecting supplies, that become personal hygiene kits for men women and children around the world. This is just one of the many projects that happen at the Midwest Mission Distribution center. See Midwest Mission’s web site to find additional ongoing projects. www.midwestmission.org.
For the trip to the MWDC we will be traveling to the campus on Sunday March 17. We will be staying at their facility, in 6 dorm rooms that will accommodate 2 adults in lower bunk beds and 2 dorm rooms with 3 twin beds, that can accommodate 3 adults. Accommodations for 8 additional VIM travelers are available for those who are willing sleep in an upper bunk. Please indicate your willingness to sleep in an upper bunk on your registration form. MWDC has an on-site campground (no running water in March). Campground costs an additional $20/night. Staying at a local motel, (at your own expense) is also an option. Several are listed on the MWDC website.
On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday we will be working the morning and afternoon shifts of 3 ½ hours each. On Wednesday we will work the morning shift and for those who are interested visit the home of former president Abraham Lincoln, a National Park Historic site in Springfield. Friday we will also work the morning shift and depart for home after lunch. Sherry Schreiner has agreed to be our lead cook.
Cost: $225 per person. Please submit your VIM registration form and a deposit of $50 no later than January 8, 2024. Make your checks payable to WAC/VIM. Trip maximum is 26 volunteers per MWDC requirements.
Travel to the site will be by individual car but car-pooling is always an option
Registrar/coleader: Mike Couillard – 5220 Wildheather Dr, Fitchburg, WI. 53711
Cell Phone Number: 608-215-6630; Email: couillardm@sbcglobal.net
April 7-13, 2024
Mayfield Kentucky Tornado Recovery
In December 2021 a tornado touched down and ripped through western Tennessee and Kentucky. Downtown Mayfield was destroyed and surrounding areas were severely affected. Many homes were either destroyed or damaged. Many organizations and volunteers rushed to these areas to provide relief from this disaster. Survivors experienced the heroism of the combined efforts of organizations and volunteers in helping those affected by the tornadoes to survive the initial shock.
Fast forward to today. Many of those organizations have left and volunteers have gone back to their homes or moved to the next disaster area. There is a large gap in the recovery of survivors from the 2021 tornadoes.
We will be partnering with the Tennessee Western Kentucky United Methodist Conference Disaster Response (TWK). Work will include construction, rebuilding, and repair of homes. TWK Disaster Response provides housing for us at a church that has cots, a kitchen, and showers. TWK supplies all building materials.
This will be a drive to work camp. Mayfield is a day’s drive, approximately an 8 hour drive. Carpooling will be up to individuals.
Registrar/Co-leaders – Terri & Mike DeMaster, W5194 Garton Road, Plymouth, WI 53073; cell 920-946-3866 (M), 920-946-5001 (T); email mtdemaster4@gmail.com
Co-leader – Bob Clingan, 2706 Homestead Road, Madison, WI 53711; phone 608-284-9328; email rcclingan@gmail.com
Cost – $300 which includes lodging and meals. Checks should be made payable to St. Luke UMC/VIM.
The registration deadline is March 15, 2024.
May 12–18, 2024
Pine Lake UMC Camp, Westfield, WI
Come and join our annual pilgrimage to Pine Lake as we get the camp cleaned up and open for the busy summer season. We will be staying in the Rader Retreat Center where each room has a double and a single bed with private bathroom. Bedding and towels will be provided.
Projects will include installing docks and piers, cleaning cabins and washing windows. There will probably be wood cutting, splitting, stacking, chipping and general grounds clean-up. Remember, always be flexible about whatever projects the staff has on the priority list.
This is a drive to camp with a cost of $200.00 per person for the week or $40.00 per day. You are encouraged to come for a day or two even if you can’t stay the whole week.
Registration deadline is April 30, 2024, with a deposit of $40. Checks should be made payable to WAC/VIM Camp.
Registrar: Wes Hurlburt, 430 Third Ave. N., Onalaska, WI 54650
Phone 608-783-2652 email; weshurlburt@gmail.com
Co-Leader: Don Mevis, Westfield, WI 608-296-2827
June 16 – 22, 2024
Red Cliff Reservation,
Bayfield, WI
This will be a repeat trip to that site to continue to serve the residents of the reservation and deepen the relationship with the Native American community there.
There is something for everyone to do as the needs vary from repair to ramp construction to helping with daily tasks when needed. There is always an abundance of cultural exchange on this trip.
This will be an adult/youth trip.
Cost is $150.00 for the week. (Deposit of $100 with registration form. Check made out to WAC/VIM Camp.) Final payments due by June 1, 2024.
This is a drive to camp.
The work camp will be limited to 15 people.
Co – Leaders are Joan Harvey and Bruce Koch
Registrar is Joan Harvey, 502 N. 12th St., Wausau, WI 54403; 715-845-1544;
Email – jharveyall4him@gmail.com
September 26 – October 4, 2024
Lake Lucerne UMC Camp, Neshkoro, WI
Join us for a week of fellowship, fun and hard work! Plan to arrive and settle into your room in one of the cabins, then join us for dessert and our first evening together in Ridgewood, where we will share morning and evening devotions each day. Meals will be eaten in the Lodge starting with Monday breakfast and concluding with breakfast on Friday. Tasks may range from cleaning out cabins (washing windows, sweeping floors) to bringing in work at the waterfront to cutting down trees and brush to roof repairs and laying new sidewalk! We will do what the staff asks us to do — and more! Fall or spring, Lucerne is a place to appreciate God’s creation. This is a drive to camp.
Note – it is now necessary to bring your own sleeping gear and towels.
Cost: $200.00 – includes lodging, meals, work supplies and donation to camp.
Registration deadline is September 1, 2024 to insure adequate planning.
(Deposit is $40. with the registration form. Check made out to WAC/VIM Camp.)
Registrar/Coleader: Gail Burgess – 6510 203rd Avenue, Bristol, WI 53104; Phone – 262-945-8578 Email – hb53104@aol.com
Co-Leader: Donna Kiefer – momkiefer@juno.com 608-655-3097 (H); 608- 575-9529