FAQ’s

Teams are divided between rising 9th-12th grades. There are no exceptions to the grade formation of teams. During registration you will be asked if there are friend requests. We do our very best to accommodate everyone but there are several reasons we can’t including parents indicating the wrong grade during registration, overwhelming same group requests (we limit group sizes for effectiveness to 12-15), parents may request another camper but the other camper may request not to be in same group, campers might be a part of different programs during the week. Rest assured most often things work out perfectly. We encourage parents to verify directly with other parents if requests are okay and what secondary plans can be made when there’s an overwhelming number of campers requesting the same team.

• Serve: Loudoun is our traditional High School experience providing meaningful love projects and opportunities to serve right here in our community. Campers will be exposed to a variety of love projects throughout the DMV Monday-Thursday. Friday they will celebrate their hard work at Busch Gardens. 
• Serve: Williamsburg is a hybrid, immersive experience empowering young people to make life happen beyond their community. Campers will start the week (Monday–Tuesday) serving in the DMV before relocating to Williamsburg to engage with the unique needs of that community. On Friday, they will reunite with the Loudoun campers for a full day at Busch Gardens. Please note that the Serve: Williamsburg experience carries a higher cost due to its extended programming, travel, and accommodations.

After a hard week of service the teens will enjoy an all day celebration on Friday. This is our way of thanking them & also an opportunity for the teens to simply enjoy hanging with their friends. Our High School campers will spend the day at Busch Gardens, which is already included in the cost of your camp fee. We will need them to arrive by 7am on Friday morning to get an early start for our trip to Busch Gardens. They will arrive back to Loudoun by midnight on Friday night.

What a great question! Each camp counselor goes through an internal training process before they are allowed to become a Serve Camp counselor. Along with our internal training process, each counselor is required to be certified (and active) in CPR, First Aid, and AED.

Camp begins and ends at our camp headquarters, however, campers go offsite for many love projects in Loudoun and the DMV area. Project locations are based on the needs of the individual, families, community or non-profits we are serving. Schedules will be available to view on the first day of camp.

We hired trained professional and licensed drivers to transport our campers. At times we will recruit licensed and insured volunteers who have passed a background check to transport campers as needed.

Serve Camp is a camp based on the life and message of Jesus. Jesus teaches us that love leads to life. Each day campers are introduced to a truth Jesus gave us regarding how we can make life happen (i.e. love, putting others first, servant leadership, sacrifice). Campers are challenged daily to join Jesus in making life happen by embodying his life and message. During small groups counselors debrief the truth of the day with campers in an age-appropriate way, talk about the reality of living out that truth (how we can live it out and how difficult it can be), and challenge them to be life makers now and as a dream for their life.

Serve Camp is a 501(C)3 non-profit corporation in the state of Virginia and is an integrated auxiliary of Common Ground Church.