Post by thatbusguy on Sept 27, 2010 19:42:57 GMT -5
Buses By the Beach September Newsletter
In this issue:
*Bus Boo October 1 - 3, 2010 at Camp Blodgett, West Olive, MI
*Things you should know if you are coming
*Volunteer opportunities
*Bus Boo Schedule of Events
*B.Y.O.B (Bring Your Own Boulder)
Hello Fellow Volks Folks,
WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Bus Boo is this weekend, October 1 -3! Bus Boo is Buses By the Beach's annual fall Halloween themed campout held Oct. 1-3 2010 in West Olive, MI at Camp Blodgett (10330 Lakeshore, West Olive, MI 49460) held on the sandy shores of Lake Michigan. www.campblodgett.org/
Check out this Pure Michigan Ad Campaign to get you excited for a great weekend! (Thanks Tim Allen!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZwyzVesPVI
Buses By the Beach is a 501C3 Non-profit organization that holds events to raise money for the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. www.phoenix-society.org/
Join us for great family fun activities like the annual Chili Cook Off, kids and adults Halloween costume contest, bus to bus trick or treat, site decoration contest, 35' high seven station ropes course, 35' Rock Climbing wall, enjoy sandy beaches and crystal clear blue water, surfing (bring your wet suit & board and hopefully catch some tasty waves) nature trails in the woods, miles of paved bike trails, and enjoying the company of 100's of your best bus friends! All VW's and VW lovers are welcome. No need to have a bus!
Bus BOO 2010!
Camp Blodgett has invited us to host our event on their property on the shores of Lake Michigan at their beautiful summer camp. Our new location is amazing! There are 60 acres of land for us to spread out and set up on. On the property there is a rock climbing wall, high ropes course and lots of hiking trails. Kirk Park is an amazing public beach just to the South of us about one mile down a bike path. Like previous Bus BOO's we are going to have a Halloween costume contest for adults, kids and best site decoration. Kids will trick or treat from bus to bus. We will also be giving out the coveted Chili Cup (The Gas Bag Award) to the best chili at the chili cook off. This year we will not have electricity so plan on preparing chili over propane stoves. We are excited about this new relationship with another non-profit organization.
Camp Blodgett is a non-profit organization that serves kids in Kent County with an emphasis on educational achievement, leadership and community service in all of their year-round programs. In addition to summer camp, Camp Blodgett provides after school clubs and a Young Leaders group, serving kids from 7 to 18. Over 92% of the kids in their year-round programs are growing up in poverty and Camp Blodgett sees education as the means for these children to find their way out of poverty. Camp Blodgett serves over 500 kids plus 50 youth each summer at camp, 100 kids in after school Camp Blodgett Clubs, and 20 kids in the Young Leaders program. Camp Blodgett has been providing services to less fortunate kids in West Michigan since 1921.
Things you should know if you are coming:
1. Address: Camp Blodgett, 10330 Lakeshore Drive West Olive, MI 49460 www.campblodgett.org/index.html
2. Friday check in time is 2:00pm
3. Primitive Camping with no electricity or water. There is a new bath house with nice showers and restroom facilities on the main campus across the road from where we will be camping.There will be porta-potties on site.
4. No generators or individual fires. For safety reasons, we have constructed a community fire pit for everyone to enjoy.
5. Dogs are welcome if they are friendly, do well in crowds and are cleaned up after.
6. Alcohol is always permitted but obnoxious drunks are not. This is a family friendly camping event so please be respectful of others.
7. One time fee of $25 per person for everyone over the age of 21 for the weekend.
8. Private Beach is open on Friday and Sunday. It is closed on Saturday all day because of a wedding. Please be respectful of the wedding party and do not wander down to the Retreat Center or the beach. Kirk Park Beach will available to us for free on Saturday if you walk or ride a bike in. It is about a 1 mile bike ride or walk down the bike path to Kirk Park Beach.
9. Ropes and Rocks Pass is $10. This activity is for anyone between the ages of 9 to 90. Saturday afternoon we will be having Outdoor Adventure Professionals come run the High Ropes Course and the Rock Climbing Wall. Please stay off the Wall and the Ropes course the when it is not staffed.
Volunteer Opportunities:
We are calling for volunteers to help put the event together this year. Volunteer for 4 hours and you earn an adult pass for the weekend worth $25!
Below are the areas, and times, of the areas we are looking to staff. Please send an email to Nancy Owsianowski at nocean8@gmail.com with the areas and times, if applicable, you'd like to serve. You will receive a confirmation via email.
Set Up - Thursday afternoon -- chop wood, create and place signs, install caution tape, etc
Registration - looking for 2 people per time slot, Friday 2-4pm; 4-6pm; 6-8pm; 8-10pm. Responsibilities: Work the front gate, greet people, get them registered in the computer and take their fees, hand out flyers, ballots, etc
Kids Games - We are looking for someone to take the lead in organizing kids games in the field out front. Whenever the spirit moves you!
Schedule of Events:
Friday:
2:00pm (Check In): Check in and set up. Plan for dry or primitive camping and all sites are first come, first serve. Camping fee is $25 per adult over 21.
Saturday:
Check in time for those arriving Saturday is 10:00am to 4:00pm.
1:30pm -- 3:30pm: Ropes and Rocks! Ages 9 to 90 are welcome to do the ropes course once and the Rock Climbing wall as many times as you would like. Ropes and Rocks Pass is $10.
4:00pm: Voting for best kids/adults costume and site decoration begins. Put on your costumes and decorate your sites and let's have some fun! Voting ballots will be handed out prior to
5:00pm. Please place the card you received when you checked in on your windshield so others can identify your site for voting. Also if you have Chili for the Cook Off, please take it to the tent by 4:00pm for judging.
6:00pm: Dinner is served. Come and enjoy some great chili in the tent. Please turn in your voting ballot for best costume and site at the tent.
6:30pm: Award Ceremony. Stick around the tent after you eat for the awards.
7:00pm: Trick or Treat for the kids. They will be going Bus to Bus to get candy. Please bring some candy to hand out.
Late Night: Krazy Kirt's Phrye Down! You name it and we deep fat fry it!
Sunday:
10:00am - Sunday Morning Donut Phrye Down. Then after that you can hang out and do what ever makes you feel froggy. Maybe hang out at the beach?
B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Boulder):
Make your mark on Buses By the Beach's new location! We are constructing a community fire pit and would love to have everyone bring a unique boulder to stack around the fire pit. Feel free to decorate it if you feel moved to do so. Or you can just sport it old school like a plain rock. Bring a boulder that is between 8"-10" across that can easily be handled and stacked. We look forward to seeing everyone at Bus Boo! It will be here before you know it. If you have any questions or need help please feel free to contact Todd at todd@busesbythebeach.com (616) 443-6475 or Pete at pete@busesbythebeach.com (574) 286-0848 and they would be glad to help.
Wishing you many miles of smiles!!
The Volks at Buses By the Beach.com
volksfolks@busesbythebeach.com
www.busesbythebeach.com
In this issue:
*Bus Boo October 1 - 3, 2010 at Camp Blodgett, West Olive, MI
*Things you should know if you are coming
*Volunteer opportunities
*Bus Boo Schedule of Events
*B.Y.O.B (Bring Your Own Boulder)
Hello Fellow Volks Folks,
WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Bus Boo is this weekend, October 1 -3! Bus Boo is Buses By the Beach's annual fall Halloween themed campout held Oct. 1-3 2010 in West Olive, MI at Camp Blodgett (10330 Lakeshore, West Olive, MI 49460) held on the sandy shores of Lake Michigan. www.campblodgett.org/
Check out this Pure Michigan Ad Campaign to get you excited for a great weekend! (Thanks Tim Allen!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZwyzVesPVI
Buses By the Beach is a 501C3 Non-profit organization that holds events to raise money for the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. www.phoenix-society.org/
Join us for great family fun activities like the annual Chili Cook Off, kids and adults Halloween costume contest, bus to bus trick or treat, site decoration contest, 35' high seven station ropes course, 35' Rock Climbing wall, enjoy sandy beaches and crystal clear blue water, surfing (bring your wet suit & board and hopefully catch some tasty waves) nature trails in the woods, miles of paved bike trails, and enjoying the company of 100's of your best bus friends! All VW's and VW lovers are welcome. No need to have a bus!
Bus BOO 2010!
Camp Blodgett has invited us to host our event on their property on the shores of Lake Michigan at their beautiful summer camp. Our new location is amazing! There are 60 acres of land for us to spread out and set up on. On the property there is a rock climbing wall, high ropes course and lots of hiking trails. Kirk Park is an amazing public beach just to the South of us about one mile down a bike path. Like previous Bus BOO's we are going to have a Halloween costume contest for adults, kids and best site decoration. Kids will trick or treat from bus to bus. We will also be giving out the coveted Chili Cup (The Gas Bag Award) to the best chili at the chili cook off. This year we will not have electricity so plan on preparing chili over propane stoves. We are excited about this new relationship with another non-profit organization.
Camp Blodgett is a non-profit organization that serves kids in Kent County with an emphasis on educational achievement, leadership and community service in all of their year-round programs. In addition to summer camp, Camp Blodgett provides after school clubs and a Young Leaders group, serving kids from 7 to 18. Over 92% of the kids in their year-round programs are growing up in poverty and Camp Blodgett sees education as the means for these children to find their way out of poverty. Camp Blodgett serves over 500 kids plus 50 youth each summer at camp, 100 kids in after school Camp Blodgett Clubs, and 20 kids in the Young Leaders program. Camp Blodgett has been providing services to less fortunate kids in West Michigan since 1921.
Things you should know if you are coming:
1. Address: Camp Blodgett, 10330 Lakeshore Drive West Olive, MI 49460 www.campblodgett.org/index.html
2. Friday check in time is 2:00pm
3. Primitive Camping with no electricity or water. There is a new bath house with nice showers and restroom facilities on the main campus across the road from where we will be camping.There will be porta-potties on site.
4. No generators or individual fires. For safety reasons, we have constructed a community fire pit for everyone to enjoy.
5. Dogs are welcome if they are friendly, do well in crowds and are cleaned up after.
6. Alcohol is always permitted but obnoxious drunks are not. This is a family friendly camping event so please be respectful of others.
7. One time fee of $25 per person for everyone over the age of 21 for the weekend.
8. Private Beach is open on Friday and Sunday. It is closed on Saturday all day because of a wedding. Please be respectful of the wedding party and do not wander down to the Retreat Center or the beach. Kirk Park Beach will available to us for free on Saturday if you walk or ride a bike in. It is about a 1 mile bike ride or walk down the bike path to Kirk Park Beach.
9. Ropes and Rocks Pass is $10. This activity is for anyone between the ages of 9 to 90. Saturday afternoon we will be having Outdoor Adventure Professionals come run the High Ropes Course and the Rock Climbing Wall. Please stay off the Wall and the Ropes course the when it is not staffed.
Volunteer Opportunities:
We are calling for volunteers to help put the event together this year. Volunteer for 4 hours and you earn an adult pass for the weekend worth $25!
Below are the areas, and times, of the areas we are looking to staff. Please send an email to Nancy Owsianowski at nocean8@gmail.com with the areas and times, if applicable, you'd like to serve. You will receive a confirmation via email.
Set Up - Thursday afternoon -- chop wood, create and place signs, install caution tape, etc
Registration - looking for 2 people per time slot, Friday 2-4pm; 4-6pm; 6-8pm; 8-10pm. Responsibilities: Work the front gate, greet people, get them registered in the computer and take their fees, hand out flyers, ballots, etc
Kids Games - We are looking for someone to take the lead in organizing kids games in the field out front. Whenever the spirit moves you!
Schedule of Events:
Friday:
2:00pm (Check In): Check in and set up. Plan for dry or primitive camping and all sites are first come, first serve. Camping fee is $25 per adult over 21.
Saturday:
Check in time for those arriving Saturday is 10:00am to 4:00pm.
1:30pm -- 3:30pm: Ropes and Rocks! Ages 9 to 90 are welcome to do the ropes course once and the Rock Climbing wall as many times as you would like. Ropes and Rocks Pass is $10.
4:00pm: Voting for best kids/adults costume and site decoration begins. Put on your costumes and decorate your sites and let's have some fun! Voting ballots will be handed out prior to
5:00pm. Please place the card you received when you checked in on your windshield so others can identify your site for voting. Also if you have Chili for the Cook Off, please take it to the tent by 4:00pm for judging.
6:00pm: Dinner is served. Come and enjoy some great chili in the tent. Please turn in your voting ballot for best costume and site at the tent.
6:30pm: Award Ceremony. Stick around the tent after you eat for the awards.
7:00pm: Trick or Treat for the kids. They will be going Bus to Bus to get candy. Please bring some candy to hand out.
Late Night: Krazy Kirt's Phrye Down! You name it and we deep fat fry it!
Sunday:
10:00am - Sunday Morning Donut Phrye Down. Then after that you can hang out and do what ever makes you feel froggy. Maybe hang out at the beach?
B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Boulder):
Make your mark on Buses By the Beach's new location! We are constructing a community fire pit and would love to have everyone bring a unique boulder to stack around the fire pit. Feel free to decorate it if you feel moved to do so. Or you can just sport it old school like a plain rock. Bring a boulder that is between 8"-10" across that can easily be handled and stacked. We look forward to seeing everyone at Bus Boo! It will be here before you know it. If you have any questions or need help please feel free to contact Todd at todd@busesbythebeach.com (616) 443-6475 or Pete at pete@busesbythebeach.com (574) 286-0848 and they would be glad to help.
Wishing you many miles of smiles!!
The Volks at Buses By the Beach.com
volksfolks@busesbythebeach.com
www.busesbythebeach.com