Thursday, January 24, 2013

How To Go To Crooked Creek For ONLY $150

On June 14th, 2013...125 High schoolers from Northwest, Page, Grimsley, GDS, Western, and Northern will jump on three coach buses and head west to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. There they will join 500 high schoolers for a life changing week at Crooked Creek. I've been to Crooked Creek Ranch a dozen times and am convinced it's one of the most heavenly places on earth. It's a multi-million dollar resort designed especially for teenagers as a place to encounter the majesty of God. 

It's guaranteed to be one of the best weeks of your life!  I mean, they even carry your luggage for you from the bus to your room. It's like a cruise ship on land. It's like a movie come true in real life. It's like nothing I can describe. Just trust me. I've taken literally thousands of high schoolers to Young Life camp over the past 15 years and it's an experience like no other. 

What's There To Do At Crooked Creek?

Breath-taking views while on horseback
Horseback Riding
CCR has 45 horses who are trained to carry beginner riders all the way to the experts! The trail ride has wide open views of the ski slopes of Winter Park Resort and the Continental Divide. You can also take our morning breakfast ride across the Crooked Creek Trail to enjoy a wrangler breakfast that'll make ya write home to your mama. 
The Blob

Waterfront Activities
The blob, the lake, waterslides, the pool, a 150 person jacuzzi. In the summers of Colorado, the mountains might still have snow up top, but the proximity to the sun makes the waterfront activities a highlight of every day. 



Mountain Bikes 
CCR has top-of-the-line mountain bikes and each group takes a ride that suited to the group’s riding level. They have trails for all ability levels, so don't worry if you haven't been on a bike in a while!

Ridge Runners



Ridge Runners
More fun than a mouthful of dirt, which is what you'll have after racing on the dirt track if you don't wear a bandana.






The Claim Jumper
Not for the faint of heart. This is the biggest swing I've ever seen. Talk about your stomach dropping! 



Weights/Climbing Gym
Don't worry fellas, you can still beef up for football while you're on vacation. Here's a list of all the equipment in the weight room and climbing gym. 


Other
  • The best food you've ever had, all you can eat, dessert at lunch and dinner, every meal served to you by a waiter.
  • State of the art game room
  • Frisbee golf
  • Snack shop
  • Camp store with sweet YL gear
  • Gym
  • Whiffleball field
  • Rappelling
  • High Ropes Course
  • Hiking a 13,000 ft mountain, talk about a view!
  • Hilarious entertainment
  • Some of the best speakers you'll ever hear talk about Jesus
Imagine a pool party with 500 high schoolers.

When/Where
June 14-24, 2013

Ten days of traveling across the country and then experiencing the awesome mountains of Fraser, Colorado, near Winter Park.  

Transportation & Cost
We’ll be traveling by chartered bus seeing the country along the way, with plenty of fun stuff en route to Crooked Creek Ranch in Fraser, CO! The total cost is $899, which covers transportation, room and board, activities at Crooked Creek Ranch and insurance.  A deposit of $150 is due upon sign-up.  Due to the non-refundable restrictions of camp reservations and buses, there will be no refunds after March 1, 2013.

Sign Up
You can sign up here by paying the $150 deposit online or mail a $150 check written to Young Life to
Greensboro Young Life P. O. Box 4222 Greensboro, NC 27404. In the envelope please include this registration form. 

Questions
Feel free to call the YL office (336) 834-0381


Fund Raising: How To Go For Only $150

Cost is $899 

Pay $150 deposit, check written to Young Life. $749 Remaining. 

Pancake Breakfast at Applebees- Feb 16th, 8-10am.  Pre-sell tix for $7, you make $5. Sell tickets to 4 families of 5 and make $100. $649 Remaining.

BurMil Church set-up, Sunday mornings 7am-9am.  I (Drew Hill) am a pastor at Church of the Redeemer and we've recently begun meeting at BurMil clubhouse on Sunday mornings at 9am. We need help setting up and are offering $10/hr to students raising $ for camp. Help 5 sundays, make $100$549 Remaining.

Chick-fil-a Spirit Nights- 5-8pm on Jan. 30, Feb 27, March 27, April 24.  We make 15% of sales each night, an estimated $200/night. If 4 campers work each Spirit night, they'll make $50/each. $499 Remaining.

Trash-a-thon.  Later in the spring we're holding a trash-a-thon where we clean up the roads. You will get sponsors per bag of trash you pick up. Get 10 people to sponsor you at $3/bag and fill 10 bags of trash to make $300$199 Remaining.

We're going to have a Yard Sale later in the spring. Last year campers made up to $200 selling things they weren't using from their house. 

We also have friends of YL who would love to hire your child to do odd jobs to earn that final $199 remaining, leaving you going to camp for only $150 total that you've paid

We as YL leaders want to help get your kid to camp! We're committed to doing what it takes to get them there. Last year tons of kids from Greensboro raised all the $. It's very doable and worth all the effort! 


Memories that will last a lifetime.
Check out this video of Crooked Creek!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Drew!
    My name is Jane and I'm with Dwellable.
    I was looking for blogs about Fraser to share on our site and I came across your post...If you're open to it, shoot me an email at jane(at)dwellable(dot)com.
    Hope to hear from you soon!
    Jane

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