Yosemite Summit 2011

Yosemite Summit Registration Fee is: TBA

The actual cost of the event is $625 per person plus $100 for lodging in Sacramento before and after. However, due to the economy and Kidology’s desire to ensure that this event is not cost prohibitive, we are working on a way to reduce the cost for 2011. Final details will be announced when registration opens in August.

This includes:

• 4 Nights of Lodging in Yosemite
• 13 Meals
• Ground Transportation
• All Required Park Fees

If the registration fee seems like an obstacle too difficult to overcome, please don’t let cost be your only consideration. The issue is first “do I need this retreat” – if the answer is yes, trust God to provide for the expense. Kidology is not budgeting any profit into this event. It is designed as a break-even event to invest deeply in a small group of children’s pastors. Many of the expenses to Kidology to create and host this event are not being included in the registration fee. It is a costly endeavor, but we are seeking to creatively keep the cost to a minimum but without sacrificing the purpose of the retreat, or the needs of the guys to have a comfortable and refreshing time. (Yes, camping would be cheaper… but this is a sabbatical, not survival training!)

Registration includes:

6 nights of lodging, transportation during the retreat, and most meals. 2 nights in Sacramento and 4 nights in Yosemite National Park. Both locations are very nice – the hotel has a pool and the lodge a hot tub. It is the break you need!

Included Meals:

Friday: No meals or lodging provided, however, a few guys come early by choice for fellowship and personal preparation.
Saturday: Guys must arrive by Saturday evening. While no meals are included, we go out to eat together. In-N-Out Burger is usually the “Big Event” for lunch and Red Robin for dinner for those who have arrived by those meals.
Sunday: Breakfast is free at hotel; Lunch en route we will stop for Starbucks at least once, and then fast food for lunch. Attendees will each pay for their own food. Sunday dinner, however, is included, and what a meal it will be!
Monday-Wednesday: All meals included. There is a full kitchen at the lodge. Breakfast and dinner are at the lodge. We prepare our meals. For lunches we pack sack lunches, with a variety of delicious options.
Thursday: Breakfast at the lodge; lunch will be sack lunches in Yosemite Valley. Dinner will be fast food en route to hotel and guys will be on their own for food. Thursday evening we usually go somewhere nicer to eat, each guy on his own. (Price range: Chili’s; TGIF; TBA)
Friday: No meals provided, but breakfast is free at the hotel (fly out on Friday)

(By the way, we eat good: New York Strip Steak good, Chicken Parmesan over Spaghetti good, for example.)

Possible additional expenses:

Airfare and/or car rental to/from event. (we will have a group van during the retreat and will pick you up if you fly into Sacramento airport.)

Hotel lodging Saturday night before and Thursday night ARE INCLUDED. (New in 2010!)

If you are flying in, please use Sacramento International Airport (SMF). If you arrive between 10am and 8pm on Saturday most likely your host will be able to pick you up. If not, SuperShuttle (800-bluevan) is under $20 to hotel.

If you drive in, (your car or rental) or choose to drive from the airport, you may arrive at the lodge anytime after 4pm, but before 7pm for orientation and our first meeting. (It is a four hour drive from SMF to the lodge)

The registration fee, obviously, does not include any personal equipment needed for hiking in Yosemite. We need to pack light and smart, and a detailed list of what to bring (and not bring) is posted on the BRING page.

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YOSEMITE LODGE, YOUR FEE WILL BE REDUCED TO REFLECT THIS.