San Angelo, Texas
Disaster Relief

Trip Type

Connect Trip - These trips are primarily hands-on service. They focus on how to actively develop partners in your own neighborhoods so that, together with your neighbors, you can work to make your community a place where all people can thrive.​  Learn more about the different between Connect Trips and Reach Trips by clicking here.

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Ages

Middle School Students and High School Students

 

Maximum Group Size

20 people, including adults

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Available Dates 

• June 21 to 26, 2026 Trip is Full

• June 28 to July 3, 2026 Trip is Full

• This trip is also available for flexible length and timing trips from September to April. This could be a day trip, weekend trip, or week-long trip. Prices are adjusted based on the number of days.

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On a trip to San Angelo, Texas, your group will find a place where neighbors band together after disaster, and hope is rebuilt. In early July 2025, San Angelo was one of many areas struck by catastrophic flash flooding. They experienced record rainfalls that left over 1,000 homes with major damage and transformed familiar streets into impassable waterways. 

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On a Be The Neighbor trip to San Angelo, your group will partner with Week of Compassion to engage in Disaster Relief and Recovery through both immediate-action service and sustained community learning. Your group might help clear debris, assist with home repairs, distribute essential supplies, or partner with local shelters and disaster response organizations. You’ll also hear from people whose lives were upended by the flood and explore what long-term recovery looks like.

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The San Angelo trip shows how disaster isn’t just about what’s lost, it’s also about how we rebuild.You’ll leave with new skills from the work you've done and a greater understanding about how we can respond to disasters both immediately and more long term. 

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Your group will explore how the topics you’re learning about are relevant to your own community and will develop a plan for how you can continue this work when you get home. Be The Neighbor weeks are learning and launching trips, meaning participants will leave the week equipped to live lives of love, service, and justice in ways that are relational, sustainable, and dignity-affirming!

 

Be The Neighbor’s summer programming begins on Sunday evening and concludes on Friday morning. You may stay an additional night to explore see the city in this location for an additional $10 per person. Check out is 10 am Saturday morning.

Trip costs follow our equitable pricing model. You can read more about it here. We want everyone to be able to participate no matter their financial realities. Regardless of which level you select, your trip includes: 

 

• A simple breakfast, lunch and snack Monday morning through Friday morning

• A dedicated Site Director and Intern(s) to facilitate your week

• Fully planned service and educational experiences

• Theological reflections created to engage participants in connecting what they are learning to their faith

• Lodging, including showers, dedicated sleeping rooms, gathering rooms, and kitchens use - most sites include air mattresses or cots for all of your participants

• Costs covered for honorariums for speakers, activities, supplies for projects with community partners, and any entrance fees for educational experiences

• Discussion guides for small groups on Reach trips and small group interactive education led by BTN staff on Connect trips

• Journals for each participant

• Online orientation for your adult leaders 

• A t-shirt for each participant

 

Please note that your group will be responsible for dinners and transportation during the week.