Hey all! As (hopefully) most of you know, we are planning on an end-of-summer day trip to Worlds of Fun on Friday, July 29th. This trip was originally meant to be for High School only (which includes those youth starting 9th grade this year.) After some thought, I want to open the trip up to our Confirmation Youth who are entering 8th Grade. And to answer the question I’ve received from several youth, youth are invited to bring a non-Morning Star friend with them. I’ve also been asked about the cost of the trip. The normal cost for tickets to Worlds of Fun is $45.00, which is what I am asking everyone to pay. I know that we can get coupons and discounts through AAA and other groups. In fact, as long as we have 15 or more people entering the park, we will get a discount. But I still am asking all the youth to pay the full $45.00. This is to allow any parents who volunteer to take a vacation day from work, drive three hours to Kansas City, and spend the day in a park with a bunch of teenagers to not have to pay all of their own way. Since this is a purely social trip, there is no Morning Star money being spent on the trip. The only way to be able to give money back to chaperones to help cover gas and ticket cost is to have every youth who is attending pay more towards the total amount. If we discover that we have a surplus of money, I will gladly use it purchase everyone snacks or give it back to the youth… I hope this clears some of the questions up that people have raised about the trip. I need RSVP and payment by NEXT WEDNESDAY, July 20th. We will meet here at Morning Star and depart for Kansas City at 6:00 AM on July 29th and we should arrive back here at Morning Star between 10:00 PM and 11:00 PM that evening.
ADULTS- if you are willing to be a chaperone/driver for the trip, or perhaps have another (over 21) child who is home for the summer with nothing to do on that day, I NEED ASSISTANCE! Drivers must be able to spend the entire day with us and have a vehicle that can hold at least three or four youth. Once I have a better idea of numbers of youth, I will exactly how many drivers we will need. As I said above, I hope to be able to reimburse all adult drivers/chaperones for their time and effort to help out with this day.
