Applications will be considered under Care in Regions:

o To benefit non-profit organizations,
o To assist a family or individual with significant needs,
o To respond to disasters,
o To support fund-raisers selected by chapters that attain milestones in the Chapters of Excellence program,
o To enable Thrivent Financial for Lutherans financial representatives to lead a community service team to benefit a non-profit organization or family/individual,
o To support a fund-raising effort for Habitat for Humanity (by invitation only),
o To support additional activities planned by the Manager of Lutheran Community Services.

For additional information contact Jan Elsasser (jan.elsasser@thrivent.com), Manager of Lutheran Community Services.

1. Form a community service team with at least 6 Thrivent Financial members. This will be the planning committee and the nucleus of the volunteers for the activity.

Care in Regions Application

4. Wait to receive a message or letter of approval or denial. This should take less than 2 weeks.

5. If your request is approved, start planning the implementation of the activity with the community service team.

6. If the recipient is an individual or a family, the community service team must send a copy of a signed release form to Jan Elsasser before the fund-raising activity is started. See the Frequently Used Forms page on this Web site for the form.

7. Each time the activity is publicized (church bulletins, newsletters, local newspapers, TV, posters, etc.), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans should be mentioned. Use the company name in full the first time it appears in an article. It may be shortened to Thrivent Financial in subsequent uses in the same article. Refer to the Visibility Toolkit (on the Thrivent Financial Web site) for additional information regarding publicity for events supported by Thrivent Financial.

8. Ask donors to make checks payable to the recipient. Community service team leaders will be responsible for acquiring a letter to verify the receipt of funds from the recipient before the activity can be completed (see also step 13 below).

9. As the activity is conducted, keep accurate records of the following:

a. number of Thrivent Financial members who volunteer time to support the activity

b. the number of hours of volunteer time each person who works on the activity serves (You may count service by those who are not Thrivent Financial members here. You may include the time they spend travelling to meetings, working at the event, shopping for supplies, etc.)

c. the number of households from which Thrivent Financial members provide volunteer service for the activity

d. the dollars raised

Care in Regions Post Event Report

Receipts, Funds Raised, and Expenses Report Form

Letter of Verification of Receipt of Funds Template