Love Dane is an opportunity for churches in Dane County to collaboratively love and serve our neighbors, maximizing our impact for good.
Churches Confirmed for 2025:
Asbury Church
Bethany UMC
Blessed Sacrament
Burke Lutheran
City Church
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Crossroads UMC Waunakee
Cultivation Church
Door Creek Deforest
Faith Community Bible Church
FPC Waunakee
Geneva Campus Church
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
High Point Church
Hometown Verona
Lighthouse Madison
Mt Zion Baptist
New Beginnings Alliance
New Crossing
New Culture
North Ridge Waunakee
Northside Christian Assembly
Orchard Church
Redeemer City Church
the Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Westwood Christian Church
Confirmed Sites for 2025:
Tuesday, August 19, time TBD in Waunakee
Wednesday, August 20, 9am-12pm at Glenn Stephens Elementary
Friday, August 22, 8:30am-10:30am at Sunshine Place
Saturday, August 23
Orchard Ridge Elementary 9am-11am
The Playing Field 9am-11am
Blessed Sacrament School 9am-12pm
Country View Elementary 9am-12pm
Deforest School District, time and specific location TBD
Leopold Elementary 9am-12pm
Mendota Elementary, 10am-1pm
Henderson Elementary 9am-12pm & 12pm-3pm
Monday-Thursday, August 25-28
West High School, various times
Timeline
April 22, 2025 - All Interested: Kickoff/Informational Meeting
June 10, 2025 | 12-1pm - All Church Coordinators: Check-in Zoom Meeting
By June 30, 2025 - Partner Churches: Confirm partner site and date(s) of project(s)
Supporting Churches: Commit to a site
By July 25, 2025 - Partner Churches: Submit project details
July 31, 2025 | 12-1:30pm - All Church Coordinators: Final Meeting
August 1, 2025 - Love Dane signups open
August 20 - August 28, 2025 - Love Dane!
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Through Love Dane, Dane County churches serve at volunteer sites who are their community partners, like schools or community centers.
To establish a volunteer site, someone from a church needs to volunteer to help coordinate a site with an existing community partner. Once there is a coordinator identified (also called a “Partner Church” coordinator), other churches can join in to support the project.
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To get involved, fill out this interest form. You’ll be able to indicate if you want to:
Receive news when the volunteer opportunities open.
Get materials to be able to share with your church’s leadership about the church getting involved.
Be your church's point person/project coordinator for Love Dane.
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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 us!
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.
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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. Learn more.