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Complete prior to the retreat:
- Contact different Camps and find out prices and see if their facilities are available.
- Put a flyer in the bulletin for people to put in the offering basket. Ask the following in the flyer:
- Name
- Email
- Phone number
- What time can they leave?
- Can they drive and if so, how many people can they take with them?
- Purchase food for meals and snacks
Do at the retreat:
- set dates for next semesters retreat so that housing can be reserved well in advance!
Retreats at The Whaler Inn Beach Club
- We went to The Whaler Inn Beach Club for previous Fall Beach Retreats. They are located in Atlantic Beach.
- In the past I talked to Sandy on the phone.
- Brochures for the Beach Retreat are located on the church computer.
- Phone: 252.247.4169
- Fax: 252.247.0610
- Email: whalerinn@gbinetwork.com
- Address: 323 Salter Path Rd., Pine Knoll Shores, NC 28512
- We went to Camp Kanata and used their Pine Knoll Lodge for previous Emerging Leaders Retreats (in the Spring).
- The cost for Pine Knoll Lodge is $15/person (minimum payment of $375) with a deposit of $75.
- Pine Knoll Lodge has beds for 48 people.
- Checkout time is 12pm unless discussed otherwise.
- There is a refirgerator and oven we can use. We are responsible for our own food.
- This is the amount of food that was purchased in previous years (it is a food list for 40 people and it costs around $150):
- cereal - 6 or 7 boxes
- donuts - 4 dozen (~1 donut per person) - glazed and variety (plane, cinnamon & sugar)
- OJ - 3 gallons
- milk - 3 gallons
- chips - 4 bags
- cookies - 4 packages
- drinks - 10 two-liters & bottled water
- ice - 20 lb bag at Sam's for $2
- cooler for ice
- bowls
- napkins
- spoons
- cups
- coffee makers, coffee stuff and hot chocolate stuff from church storage
- Charles Disney was the Program Director the last time I talked with them.
- Phone: 919.556.2661
- Fax: 919.556.9459
- Email: campkanata@ymcatriangle.org
- Address: 13524 Camp Kanata Rd., Wake Forest, NC 27587
Retreats at Camp New Hope
- We went to Camp New Hope for a previous Emerging Leaders Retreat (in the Spring).
- We stayed in houses with bunk beds and no running water. There is a shower house with bathrooms near the sleeping quarters.
- The cost of the housing is $21/person but we get a 20% discount because we are a non-profit church, therefore the final cost for housing is $16.80/person. There is a minimum charge of ($231 * .8) = $185 per bunk house and each bunk house holds 24 people.
- Some of the housing isn't heated, but they can put a space heater in there if it is cold.
- There are window A/C units in some of the bunk houses.
- The meeting facility is $80 each day of use. It has a refrigerator, stove and microwave that we can use.
- Phone: 919.942.4716
- Address: 4805 NC Highway 86, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Alpha Retreat at Comfort Suites
- We have went to the Comfort Suites (near the RBC Center) in the past for the Alpha Retreat and they gave us good rates.
- In the past, I have talked to Mickey Holland
- Brochures for the Alpha Retreat are located on the church computer.
- Phone: 919.854.0502
- Address: 1200 Hurricane Alley Way, Raleigh, NC 27607
Alpha Retreat at Comfort Suites in Cary
- They charged $300 to use their room. The room fit 40 classroom style and they said it could seat 70 theatre style, but it seemed too small to do that.
- In the past, I talked to Michelle.
- Brochures for the Alpha Retreat are located on the church computer.
- Phone: 919.852.4318
- They allowed us to bring in our own food, but we couldn't grill out because they had too much other stuff going on that weekend.
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