Proceeds go to a different community project each year. In 1996 the money was donated to HOPE's Pediatric AIDS Babies program for educational toys and parent support. The CARE team is composed of eight administrative and faculty members and annually averages 30 students. The two groups operate as one, with the students providing the creative aspects and direct services and the faculty and staff group providing administrative support and materials. The committee meets twice a month.
Students meet separately in the evenings and are led by student co-leaders.
One major key to the program's success has been the continuity of leadership, thus enhancing the establishment of traditions and quality programming. Since the beginning, the CARE team has been under the leadership of the director of judicial affairs and special projects, who also oversees student discipline, day student advising, and middle school supervision. The overwhelmingly positive response to CARE team programs by the campus and the local community over the years has been a natural stimulus for students to do more. The approach to HIV and AIDS prevention education has been based upon volunteerism and service to others. Such outreach provides students with a sense of community, a feeling of well being, an opportunity to make a direct impact on others, and it increases their awareness about the pandemic.