Group Workcamps
Note: HSDC does not currently have any upcoming camps. Please follow us for any updates. Important info about these camps!
HSDC host these workcamps once every two years (biennial) by partnering with GMT. Group Mission Trips is based out of Loveland, Colorado. They gather up-to 500 youth volunteers from all over the world and bring them to Davidson County in order to have a week long blitz of home repairs or accessibility modifications. The Group Workcamp Foundation secures lodging, food and transportation for all of these volunteers. It is HSDC's job to gather a list of 50-100 clients that need the types of home repairs young adults and their adult supervisors can handle in a week. We must then look at these jobs, create detail job descriptions for each project and estimate the costs of all materials. We are also responsible for the material portion of the camps. So as you can see, there is a ton of work that goes into each camp which is why we can only host one every two years. Please Note: Signing up does not guarantee you will be selected. HSDC does not decide who gets chosen, we just provided the list of clients who need assistance to Group Mission Trips (GMT). They decide on who gets picked by the type of work needed, the costs associated with the work and the costs of transportation to and from the jobsites. The types of work that can be performed by our youth volunteers include interior & exterior painting, mobile home skirting, steps, porches/decks, accessibility ramps, hand washing siding, minor drywall repairs, some yard work, grab-bars, handrails and other types of repairs or modifications upon approval. Just keep in mind that these volunteers are usually between the ages of 14-20 and they are not allowed to do anything that requires a licensed contractor. HSDC's primary funding source for our Group Workcamps is our amazing partner the United Way of Davidson County.
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History of HSDC's Group Workcamps
Before we changed our name to Home Solutions of Davidson County, we hosted 10 camps throughout 20 years under Lexington Housing CDC.
With that being said, the community impact from these camps has provided us with these astonishing numbers.
Group Workcamps hosted = 10
Total Workcamp Volunteers Used= 3423
Actual Workcamp material/repair costs = $236,648
Actual Workcamp Community Impact = $1.8 million dollars
- For this program, you will be introduced to HSDC's Director of Construction & Repair Programs...