SUNDAY 4/23 | ​SERVING OPTIONS

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
​Since there are close to 50 total serving options available for the week, we invite you to take time to review all pages and available options prior to signups opening on March 5. Because options are offered on multiple days, we are encouraging every person who calls Hope home to sign up for at least one opportunity, and if you choose, more than one!
Signups for in-person serving options will be open from March 5 to March 19
  • All opportunities are first-come, first-serve.
  • Most options have limited participants based on what the organization and serving option can handle.
  • If your initial choice is full, please choose another serving option. There are many great options we want to complete!
  • Serving options are available each day of the week (Sun. afternoon, weekdays as noted, and Sat. morning and afternoon).
  • Family-friendly choices are marked. 
  • ​After March 19, people can continue to sign up for From Home Serving Options until April 29. ​
​​Check out the FAQ page for more Love Mason Plus information.
Worship at a Local Retirement Facility
​Organization: Hope Worship Ministry
Date: Sunday 4/23 | Time: 1:00PM–4:00PM | Location: TBD 
​Min. Age: Any | Max. Participants: 25
Join a group to go lead worship at a local retirement facility for the residents. May include some rehearsals for a few weeks beforehand to become familiar with each of the song selections.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? Enjoy worshipping! | Complete from Home? No
Int'l Friendships Inc. Landscape and Cleanup
Organization: International Friendships Inc.                                             
Date: Sun. 4/23 | Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM | Location: Cincinnati (near UC)
Min. Age: Old enough to collect trash | Max. Participants: 25
International Friendships Inc. (IFI) partners with local churches, universities, and volunteers to provide hospitality and friendship to international students attending the University of Cincinnati. This serving option involves cleaning up an area across the street from a home where Bible Studies for international students are held. Let's make the area more appealing and inviting for all! Requires the removal of large debris so one or more trucks would be beneficial.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? No | Complete from Home? No
Int'l Friendships Inc. Home Repair
​Organization: International Friendships Inc.
Date: Sun. 4/23 Time: 1PM-4PM | Location: Cincinnati 
Min. Age: Adult | Max. Participants: 5
International Friendships Inc. (IFI) seeks to build meaningful friendships with a small group of international students and US American volunteers to learn more about life, an interest, or the Bible. Repair front steps and paint small porch at a home that has Bible Studies for international students. Support a Christian Family that is bringing the Word to international students.
Special Skills Needed? Carpentry and Painting | Complete from Home? No
Int'l Students Inc. Minor Home Repair
​Organization: International Students Inc.
Date: Sun. 4/23 | Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM | Location: Cincinnati (near UC)
Min. Age: Adult | Max. Participants: 6
At International Students Inc. (ISI), students are invited to experience hospitality in an American home every Friday night with dinner, singing, games, and group Bible discussions, along with adventures throughout the year. This serving option includes help sturdy rails on the front porch;  replace or repair top railings on the front porch that have fallen off or are loose, and install a swing on the front porch including placing some hooks into the ceiling of the front porch.
Special Skills Needed? Basic carpentry | Complete from Home? No
Int'l Students Inc. Gardening and Yardwork
​Organization: International Students Inc.
Date: Sun. 4/23 | Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM | Location: Cincinnati (near UC)
​​Min. Age: Old enough to weed | Max. Participants: 7
International Students Inc. seeks to love international students and serve their physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs.​ This serving option includes weeding flower beds, trimming overgrown bushes, removing dead branches from trees, digging up and replanting 3 bushes at a home that hosts international students and also offers weekly activities.
Special Skills Needed? Landscaping, weeding | Complete from Home? No
Int'l Students Inc. Outdoor Painting
​Organization: International Students Inc.
Date: Sun. 4/23 | Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM | Location: Cincinnati (near UC)
Min. Age: 15+ | Max. Participants: 7
Homeowners are on staff with International Students Inc. (ISI) and usually have 2-4 international students living with them. This serving option includes sanding and painting steps that lead down from a covered porch, and seal and paint small shed that Hope volunteers repaired in 2022 during Love Mason Plus.
Special Skills Needed? Painting | Complete from Home? No
Life Forward Clean and Sort
Organization: Life Forward Pregnancy Care
Date: Sun. 4/23 | Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM | Location: Cincinnati 
Min. Age: School Age | Max. Participants: 6
Life Forward Pregnancy Care helps women and their families make life-affirming decisions through God's love. This serving option includes: Half of team - Clean main floor windows and windows in client service area, total of 8 windows. Other half of team - sort donated baby clothes.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? No | Complete from Home? No
PWC Minor Home Repair
Organization: People Working Cooperatively (PWC)
Date: Sun. 4/23 | Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM | Location: TBD 
Min. Age: 15+ | Max. Participants: 20
Perform minor home repairs and services for low-income homeowners including painting, landscaping, light carpentry, minor electrical, plumbing. Specific project details and location will be finalized at beginning of April depending on volunteer skills and homeowner needs. 
​May be split into 2 teams. Special Skills Needed: Carpentry, Painting, Electrical, Plumbing, Landscaping
Family Friendly? No | Special Skills Needed? Yes | Complete from Home? No
SELF Minor Home Repair
​Organization: SELF (Supports to Encourage Low-Income Families)
Date: Sun. 4/23 | Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM | Location: TBD
Min. Age: 16+ | Max. Participants: 10
SELF provides free repairs for elderly, disabled, and other low-income people in Butler County who are unable to do the repairs themselves. SELF provides all the materials and planning, and tools if needed. Specific project details and location will be finalized at beginning of April depending on volunteer skills and homeowner needs. Special Skills Needed: Painting, Electrical, Plumbing, Landscaping
Family Friendly? No | Special Skills Needed? Yes | Complete from Home? No
Gratitude Bags - Mason Fire Dept. #52
​Organization: Mason Fire Department #52
Date: Sun. 4/23 Delivery Time: 3:00PM | Location: Mason
Min. Age: Any | Max. Participants: 2
(8) Gratitude Bags... ​Items that will go in a gratitude bag are healthy pre-packaged snacks and drinks that could go in a backpack for a long shift including: a sports drink (ex. Gatorade/Powerade), granola bars, trail mix, baked chips, pretzels, Kind bars, fruit snacks, and cookies. We'd also love to include some notes of gratitude or fun drawings for our first responders from people of all ages at Hope!

If you choose this serving option, please sign up 1 adult from your family if you'd like to share the costs for 8 bags with another family, or 2 adults from your family if you will cover the costs of all 8 bags. (any/all of your children can still attend with you).
* NEW THIS YEAR - We'll provide the bags - you fill them! Bags will be available for pickup by Sunday, April 16.
Family Friendly? Yes | Special Skills Needed? None | Complete from Home? No
Love Mason Plus Photography/Video Team
​Time: Various during week | Location: 5-6 Serving Options | Minimum Age: 16+ | Maximum Participants: 6
Visit 5-6 assigned serving options during the week and take a mixture of photos and video using a camera. A tips page will be shared for capturing moments throughout the day. Submit video to LMP Photo Coordinator within 3 days of Love Mason Plus for creation of LMP Recap video.
Special Skills Needed? Photography | Complete from Home? No
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