Cost and Schedule Information

How do we pay for our group to come work with ARM?

Your cost covers the following: room, meals except travel days, construction cost, day camp costs and ARM t-shirt. Other costs to factor as you plan include: travel expenses, meals while on the road, medical kits, daily ice purchase for the water coolers, tools that you may want to bring (i.e. hammers and gloves). Don’t forget to ask us about group incentives, and team leader discounts when registering.

What are my options for the summer?

Group Registration Fee:

Early Registration:   $25.00   Before December 1

Registration:            $50.00   December 1-February 1

Late Registration:     $75.00   After February 1

Registration is non-refundable unless we cannot secure and agreeable date and is due with your registration.

Deposit Due Dates:

1st Team Deposit:      $250.00**, Due upon confirmation of dates

2nd Team Deposit:     $250.00**, Due April 15, 2009

3rd Team Deposit:      Remaining Balance  (Due two weeks prior to arrival)

*** Team deposits are NOT per person, just your overall team***

**** If you are a small youth group (total size-not the number you are bringing), small defined as 12 members or less, we have some special incentives for you. Do not let cost keep you from checking us out. Contact us for information. ****

*Group incentives:

a.  If you bring a group of 15 or more people, one team leader gets 1/2 off their fee!

b.  If you bring a group of 30 or more, your team leader is FREE!

c.  If your group invites another church group to join you at ARM, then your team leader is 1/2 off AND their team leader is FREE!! (It must be a church who has never been to ARM before and they must bring at least 7 people to form a whole work crew). That means if you bring a group of 15 or more AND another church, then your team leader is FREE also!

d.  Help us recruit summer staff, if we hire someone you recommend, we’ll take of $50 from your total. (college age)

Confused about any of these? If you have any questions, please contact ARM. We’ll be glad to clear everything up for you.

**Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your trip up to 6 weeks prior to your scheduled arrival date. Your first and second deposits are non-refundable if cancellation occurs within six weeks of arrival.

Our Budget (based upon a week)/person
$100- construction materials
$ 68- housing/site expenses
$ 50- summer staff scholarships
$ 42- meals
$ 10- staff fuel
$ 8- t-shirt
$ 2- program materials
$280- Total cost

Week Long Schedule:

Arrive on Sunday, work Monday through Friday, depart Saturday (your Wednesday night is free time)

Half Week Schedule:

Arrive on Wednesday, work Thursday through Saturday, depart Sunday (you are welcome to attend church with us)

Daily Schedule:

7:00-7:30 Breakfast             3:30-4:00 cleanup/depart sites

7:30-7:45 Devotion              4:00-5:00 showers/clean up

7:45-8:15 Cleanup/load       5:00-6:00 dinner prep/leader meeting

Make lunches                        6:00-7:30 dinner and cleanup

8:15-8:30 Pray/depart          7:30-9:00 evening events (free time after)

8:30-3:30 work day             10:00 lights out

What other volunteer options are available?

Spring Break, Christmas Break, Fall Breaks and weekend retreats are also set up based on when groups can schedule.

Check out how our summer prices and facilities compare to other similar camps.

Organization Name

Prices

Housing

Type of Work

# of people

Group Work Camps

$399-$460/person/wk (domestic and international)

Sleep on floor of school, church, college, etc Hot meals for large groups, continental for small

Home repair, community service,  some large home repair projects, painting options for smaller camps

400-500/week in groups of  5-6 with 1-2 adults. Small camps are 100/week

YouthWorks

$240-$280/person/wk (domestic and international)

Churches, schools, community buildings, or YouthWorks camps

Community service with soup kitchens, homeless shelters, painting only-little home repair

50-75/week in groups of 5-7 with 1 adult. 1 adult/5 for middle school groups.

Appalachia Service Project (ASP)

$95 group registration fee $215/person/wk $450 per work crew Work crew= 7 people

At  ASP centers, and schools

Extensive home repair and construction: carpentry, plumbing, roofing, electrical etc

40- 50/week in groups of 5 youth and 2 adults

Mountain Top

$370/week– community bathroom $400– private bathroom

Cabins in rustic, summer camp style setting

Yard work, painting, wheelchair ramps, porches, and sheds

100-150/week, 5-7 youth with one adult, groups are mixed up with other youth groups