How do I register to attend?
Fill out the registration form online and pay online; if you do not pay online as part of your registration, you’ll need to mail in a check. Make sure you have your track choices ready - you’ll need to include it in the registration.
Registration
Early Bird Deadline: May 10th
Registration Deadline: May 31st
If you want to pay online, you’ll do so as part of your online registration.
PAYMENT:
Payment Deadline: May 31st
Pay online when you fill out your registration OR Mail check to:
Episcopal Diocese of Iowa: SMSR
225 37th Street
Des Moines, IA 50312
Scholarships - partial and full - are available based on need. Contact eadams@iowaepiscopal.org to apply.
Calculating Your Cost:
Base Fee + Optional Add-ons (dorm lodging, meals, linen pack)
BASE Fee
Children up through age 10: FREE
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BASE FEE per person (if registering before 5/10) for ages 11 and up: $80.00
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Late Fee: if registering after May 10th, add $25.00 to the base fee
Lodging in the Dorm:
1 bed Fri (no linens): $28.44
1 bed Sat (no linens): $28.44
1 Linen Pack: $39.81 (or skip this and bring your own)
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TOTAL per bed, 2 nights, no linens: $56.88
TOTAL per bed, 2 nights, with linens: $96.69
Meals a la Carte (cost per meal):
Child age 0-5: FREE
Child age 6-10: $7.00/meal
Adult Breakfast (available Sat & Sun): $10.00
Adult Lunch (available Sat & Sun): $12.00
Adult Dinner (available Fri & Sat): $15.00
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TOTAL all 6 adult meals: $74.00
The base fee helps cover the costs of the instructors, classrooms and other shared expenses. You then add your dorm room fee and the cost of your meals, and linens if you choose to add them, to determine your total cost.
For example, any adult/youth who: (1) attends the entire weekend with a dorm stay and (2) orders all 6 meals and (3) brings their own linens
will pay $210.88 (if they register before May 10) OR $235.88 (if they register after May 10)
Cost FAQs:
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE FEES?
BASE PRICE should be paid by all participants and includes your track classroom and instructor, and helps pay for worship and fellowship/hospitality spaces and golf cart transportation
HOW DO I PAY FOR MEALS (OR OPT OUT OF THEM):
6 buffet-style meals are available at the JRC during the weekend.
Pay only for the meals you’ve chosen during the registration process.
Meal tickets you’ve paid for at registration will be collected at the door of the dining area
We cannot guarantee that a meal will be available if you did not pre-order it.
HOW DO I PAY FOR A DORM ROOM (OR OPT OUT OF IT):
Choose an air conditioned dorm room for 1 or 2 nights
Let us know if you are coming as a couple or family
Choose whether to: pay for a linen pack for the XL twin sized bedsheets and towels OR bring your own.
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEES
Snacks and drinks you bring to share at Night Owl Social Time.
Coffee IS available at Morning Social Times and at Meals. Coffee service is not available 24/7 at the retreat, although a coffee shop is about 6 blocks away, and there will likely be coffee makers in the dorms.