JULY 18-22, 2012
BETHEL YOUTH GROUP
REGISTRATION COST: $150 DUE: in mid-November
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION: $165 DUE: July
HOUSING: $180 est. based on $45/person/night x 4 nights
MEALS: $125 est. based on $25/day x 5 days
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TOTAL BEFORE TRAVEL COSTS: $620
VAN RENTAL: $655 rental
dep. STL: 4:00 a.m. 7/18 $300 gas
arr. NOLA: 3-4:00 p.m. 7/18 $100 parking
dep. NOLA: 2:00 p.m. 7/22 ____________________________________
arr. STL: 1-2:00 a.m. 7/23? $1055 total van cost
1500 miles roundtrip
PROS: CONS:
Cost Leader fatigue, may require a motel night on the
way home
Freedom/control St. Louis departure time
Group bonding Comfort
Excessive group bonding
Space (and perhaps restriction on # attending)
AMTRAK: $220/person, based on half our tickets at adult cost (16 and over) and
half at child cost (15 and under)
dep. Centralia, Illinois: 12:25 a.m. 7/18
arr. NOLA: 3:32 p.m. 7/18
dep. NOLA: 1:45 p.m. 7/22 (missing the Sunday closing worship)
arr. Centralia, Illinois: 4:10 a.m. 7/23
OR:
Dep. NOLA: 1:45 p.m. 7/23 (requiring another hotel night and day’s costs, est. $70)
Arr. Centralia, Illinois: 4:10 a.m. 7/24
PROS: CONS:
Safety Missing closing worship or staying another night
Comfort (compared to Overnight travel
van or bus) Pick-up and drop-off in Centralia, about 1 ½ hours away
Group experience Cost (compared to van or bus)
BY AIR: $404/person, based on Orbitz estimates as of Oct. 8
Dep. STL: 6:00 a.m. 7/18 dep. NOLA: 6:45 p.m. 7/22
Layover in Atlanta, 3 ½ hours layover in Atlanta, 40 minutes
Arr. NOLA: 12:59 p.m. 7/18 arr. ATL: 10:47 p.m. 7/22
PROS: CONS:
Comfort Cost
Safety
BUS: $? (probably comparable to van cost)
PROS: CONS:
Less work for us Safety
Cost Comfort
Social networking with area youth Loss of control
PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITY/BEL-NOR:
They are attending the MYLE (Multicultural Youth Leadership Event) for the two days before the Gathering and taking a van. They have a total of 4 students attending, and we hope to share rooms to save money, as well as share fundraising, if we can work it out.
FUNDRAISING:
EASTER BREAKFAST PARTNER EVENTS WITH UNITY/BEL-NOR:
BETHEL FOLLIES Cajun Dinner at Unity?
Coordinator needed Something at Bethel?
OTHER IDEAS?
FIRST PRE-GATHERING AREA EVENT:
Sunday, Oct. 16, 6-8 p.m., $5/person
Trivia Night at Holy Cross, Creve Coeur
Let me know today if you are going, please.
ADULT LEADERS: Deb Bohlmann and Michael Kunz, with Claire Flesch (we hope)
QUESTIONS? Deborah.bohlmann@gmail.com or 314-583-3323 or check the Bethel Youth
Facebook page
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Senior Breakfast, May 8, 2011, place TBD
We will gather to celebrate Karl Webster and Genevieve Schmoeker and Carson Pryor...hope you all can make it.
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