Rural America Ministries

Recruiting, Fundraising, and Training Schedule

Recruiting:

• Time Frame.
  • Recruiting for Summer Missions takes place between September 15^th and March 31^st
  • We will contact you as soon as your application is approved.
• Online Application.
  • Please fill out the application as soon as possible, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.
  • Application Fee.
    • In order to submit the application, you must pay a small fee.
      • Early Enrollment: Begins September 15^th and costs $30.
      • Normal Enrollment: Begins January 1^stand costs $50.
      • Late Enrollment: Begins March 1^stand costs the $50 + a $10 fee to make = $60

Fundraising

• Fund Raising Total
  • Total cost of a 6 week mission is approximately $950.00. This covers living expenses, including food and transportation. It also includes cost of t-shirts, RAM Camp, book(s), and other training and onsite expenses.
  • Please begin fundraising as soon as you hear your application has been approved, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.
• Fund Raising goal Tracks
  • When it comes to fund raising, many students struggle with setting their own goals in a realistic way. So here is R.A.M.’s fundraising goals. We ask that you stick to this schedule.
    • 25% by January 30^th
    • 50% by February 28^th
    • 75% by March 30^th
    • 100% by April 30^th

Training:

• Training Camps.
  • A.M. is now expanding its training schedule. We now have two mandatory weekend training meetings.
    • RAM (Intensive Training) I.T. Weekend (March 9th-11th, 2018).
    • Ram Camp – Thursday-Saturday before the mission. (May 24^th-26^th, 2018)
  • Web Meetings
    • Zoom Web meetings are crucial in follow up and communication.
      • There will be 5 mandatory meetings that will take 1-2 hours each.
        • We will work out what the best schedule for everyone will be.
      • They will be done every other week between the two training weekends.