Youth Retreat 2022

City Life Church

Theme: Following Christ

Dates: August 8-10
Ages: 12-19
Place: The Poconos, PA
Cost: $250 per student (aprox.)

Destination and housing:

Near The Poconos in PA. There are various beautiful houses on Airbnb ranging between
$1000 and $1200 for 10-14 people. This is the best option. Resorts are too expensive, and
camps do not receive small groups like ours. Here are some examples:
Cost:
The estimate cost of the retreat is no more than $2950 (it could be less). Expecting 12
people the cost per student would be $245, or $289 including the waterpark. But there is
room for up to 15 people.
 AirBnb rent: $1000-1200
 Van rent: $1150-1200
 Fuel: $100-200
 Food: $350
 Waterpark (optional): $44/person
Total: $2994

Food cost break down: (estimate based on Amazon Lunch day 2 – Mexican tacos
fresh costs, we could expect cheaper prices at Costco)  Chicken breasts – $17
 Tortillas (48) – $4
General and snacks  Mozzarella cheese – $5
 Lemonade (4) – $15  Vegetables (pepper and onion) – $6
 Sodas (2x24) – $36
 Granola bars (24) – $6 Dinner day 2 – Oatmeal pancakes and bacon
 Bread (2 bags) – $8  Oat (for pancakes) – $3
 Oil – $5  Syrup (2) – $7
 Water bottles – $12  Bacon – $12
 Fruit (banana, watermelon, apples) – $18  Butter sticks – $5
 Chips (28 bags pack) – $17
 Cookies – $10 Breakfast day 3 – Cereal and milk
 Cereal (3) – $7.5
Lunch day 1 – Bolognese spaghetti  Milk – $13
 Ground beef (4lb) – $20
 Sauce (4) – $8 Lunch day 3 – Chili bean Hotdogs
 Parmessan – $3  Chili bean can (4) – $12
 Vegetables (pepper and onion) – $6  Buns (3 four packs) – $13
 Turkey hot-dogs (3 OM 10 pack) – $15
Dinner day 1 – Pizza  Ketchup – $2
 Frozen pizza (4) - $22
Smore’s
Breakfast day 2 – Mexican omelet  Marshmallow – $3
 Vegetables (pepper and onion) – $6  Sticks – $6
 Eggs (36) – $10  Graham crackers (2 packs) – $6
 Mozzarella cheese – $5  Chocolate (2 bars) – $2

Total: 346

This is the quote for the rent of the van ($1146):

Waterpark (optional):
There is an option to visit a waterpark near the location. There are other parks, but
“Camelbeach” is the most affordable and near option. The entrance is $44. But this is just an
idea, we do not have to do it necessarily.

Activities, advertising, and registration.

The schedule is to be defined but we would have times of worship, prayer, Scripture
reading, encouragement, indoor games, outdoor games, conversation, and all those fun
things you do at a youth retreat. This event would happen in less than a month, so I would
like to start advertising it as soon as possible so that we can start registering people. Here
is a proposal for a flyer.