One way to help IHN is to get your congregatinon involved in IHN. There are many ways that a congregation can help:

Host Congregations. Host congregations open their building to provide a safe, hospitable shelter for the families in the IHN program for a week at a time, three or four times a year. To be a host congregation, your building must have 5 rooms that can be turned into bedrooms for the families, a room for the volunteer overnight hosts to sleep, a common area for families and volunteers to congregate, and kitchen facilities. Showers are helpful as well. The rotation of host congregations is set 12 to 18 months in advance, so there may be a waiting period before your congregation can be plugged in. In the mean time, partnering with an existing host congregation can be a great way to get involved an get 'up to speed' in how the program works. A partner congregation helps provide some of the many volunteers that are part of an IHN host week.

Support Congregations. There are many ways that your congregation can help IHN in a support capacity. Some of these include:

• Financial support. Donations are vital to keeping our ministry strong.
• Partner with a host congregation to provide volunteers during a host week.
• Commit to providing meals, activities for kids, etc. on a regular basis.
• Develop a bank of volunteer services that members of your congregation could provide to families in the program.