April 9 → June 30, 2026 - Churches decide on their level of involvement and Coordinating Churches confirm their partner site and work date

June 7 → June 27, 2026 - Supporting & Volunteering Churches will confirm which worksite they’re supporting & promoting and will connect with affiliated Coordinating Church contacts.

June 24 9:15-10:30am Love Dane Meeting. RSVP by Monday, June 22.

July 1 → July 25, 2026 - Coordinating Churches will work to identify the details of the work projects and share them with Collaboration Project staff.

July 26 → August 1, 2026 - Collaboration Project staff set up the Sign Ups

August 3 - Sign Ups Open

August 12 9:15-10:30am Final Love Dane Meeting. RSVP by August 10.

August 24 → August 31, 2026 - Love Dane

August 30 5:30-7:30pm - Love Dane Celebration Dinner and Storytelling (for all contacts/leaders of coordinating, supporting, and volunteering churches)

Through Love Dane, Dane County churches serve at community-centric places that they partner with, like schools or community centers.

To establish a volunteer site, someone from a church needs to help coordinate a site. Once there is a site and Coordinating Church identified, other churches can join in to support the project.

See the dropdown at the top of the page for project specifics.

There are three ways a church can be involved with Love Dane. They can be a:

Coordinating Church - A church willing to work with an existing community partner they have to coordinate a Love Dane work site.  A representative from this church is the primary point of contact for the site staff (e.g. the school principal or facility director), participates in the Love Dane planning process, and manages volunteers at the site during the Love Dane workday. Recommended for churches with a good partnerships who want to support their partners more deeply with a big impact.

Supporting Church - A church seeking connection with a community partner through collaboration. A representative from this church keeps in touch with and assists the Coordinating Church contact in the planning stages and offers to help manage volunteers during the event. We hope that each site will have at least one supporting church to lean into the uniting and collaborative nature of this event. Recommended for churches with no partners or young partnerships that want to build relationships with a community partner and/or other churches.

Volunteering Church - A church that cannot participate in the planning process but would like to promote Love Dane as an opportunity for their congregation to serve. Recommended for churches that might not have as much congregational buy-in or capacity for the planning process.

Attend a kickoff meeting, or send a representative from your church in your stead. This is the best way to:

• Get a sense of what Love Dane is and how it works.

• Connect with other ministry leaders and discern possible collaboration through Love Dane.

• Hear from folks involved in past years why this is valuable to them and their churches.

• Get a sense of the timeline and plan for this year.

However, all kickoff meetings have already passed. At this point in the process, email Becca Feldhacker @ becca@collaborationproject.us

Yes! If your church doesn’t officially get involved, we would love for you to volunteer with us! Find a site that makes sense for your location and join in.

And, if participating this year gets you excited to get your church on board in the future, we’d love for you to connect us with someone in your church who could make that decision next year.

Thanks to sponsors for this event and our sustaining donors, we’re able to coordinate this event at no cost to churches, so that there are no barriers to participate.

However, we also welcome churches to sponsor the event if they are able and find it in alignment with their goals and mission.