People Who Are Available To You In Your Journey:
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Parent Ministry – General questions, info about official Adventures policies, parent events and opportunities, major concerns
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Betty Means – Head of Parent Ministry
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Phone (770) 744-4542
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Or message through the parent Facebook page
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Michelle Gunnin – Parent Ministry Associate and Alumni WR Mom
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Phone (770) 983-5003
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Or message through the parent Facebook page
Emergency Number: Call the regular Adventures in Missions number (770-983-1060). The emergency line will be available to you through the receptionist or through an option on the voicemail menu. The emergency line is monitored 24/7. This is for true emergencies only (e.g., a death in the family) – not to see if Racers have arrived at a location, to find out why you haven’t heard from them, etc.
Starting Point: Download the WR Parents’ Guide. It will answer a lot of your basic questions. www.worldrace.org/parents
Would You Like to Talk to a Parent Who Has Already Been Through This?
We have current and alumni parents who would love to talk to you. To request a phone call, fill out the form at the following link: https://parentministry.wufoo.com/forms/world-race-parent-phone-call-request/
If you have any questions, email [email protected].
Staying Connected To Other Parents And Your Racer:
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Parent Facebook Group for Racers launching in August 2018 – This is the primary way we communicate with you, connect you and encourage you. Because it is a closed group, you will need to go to the group page and request to join.
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To see the makeup of the various teams/squads once they are announced – http://www.worldrace.org/?tab=participants – Choose from current squads, then choose your Racer’s squad.
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Be sure to subscribe to your Racer’s blog and the blogs of their teammates.
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To see the most recent blogs from an entire squad or team – Last 100 blogs by squad: http://www.worldrace.org/?tab=participants and last 100 blogs by team: http://www.worldrace.org/?tab=blogs&pteamname=list
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World Race Family Announcement blog – This will be used to communicate information of a more general nature or that might need to be found again after it is posted. Subscribe to receive alerts when something is posted.
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If you are unsure whether we have your contact info, please fill out this form: https://parentministry.wufoo.com/forms/world-race-parent-contact-info/
Other Helpful Websites/Resources:
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Adventures in Missions – www.adventures.org
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READ THIS! IT WILL ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS – Parent Guide – www.worldrace.org/parents
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Seth Barnes’ blog – www.sethbarnes.com
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Facebook – general connections with us, other than the parent group
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Twitter
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@aimissions
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@worldrace
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Instagram
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theworldrace
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Pinterest
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Subscribe to receive general updates from the field at http://updates.theworldrace.org/?isFunction=alerts
Donations and Support Levels:
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Financial policies and ways to give can be found on the Donate tab of the Adventures in Missions website (https://www.adventures.org/give/donate.asp?giveto=worldrace )
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For questions, problems, or general help, contact Donor Relations. They can also help you determine how much more a Racer needs in order to meet their goal.
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Please remember that it can take up to two weeks for donations to be received, entered into our donor database and uploaded to Racers’ accounts.
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Mailing address for donations (do not send regular correspondence to this address):
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Adventures in Missions
P.O. Box 742570
Atlanta, GA 30374-2570
Other Information:
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There are many times emails from Parent Ministry end up in Spam Folders. To help avoid this and to make sure you are getting all of our emails, you can add the following email addresses to your contact list.