Join us this summer for a Global Village immersion at Overlook Farm in Massachusetts. Our dates are confirmed as August 14- 18. Our adult leaders are Sarah Bollinger, Leigh Rollins, Tim Rousset and Marina Rousset. You are eligible to participate if you will be a seventh grader in Fall 2008. Rising seventh graders who are interested in going will need to get in touch with me so that we can bring you on board for raising funds with the mission auction.

Cost and Forms

$200 - Due Feb 10 - If you are interested in a scholarship, please fill out the form and attach a note to me about this.

You can download the 2008 Heifer Mission Form on the youth website, or from this email. or they are also at church, hanging outside my door!

What Do I Bring?

• Snacks for the drive in the van.
• Work gloves
• lots of extra socks
• Sturdy closed toed shoes or boots that can get dirty. No crocs, no flip flops, no sandals
• Tshirts and sweatshirts that can get dirty
• Jeans and shorts that can get dirty
• Towel / Washcloth
• Toiletries
• Sunscreen, sunglasses
• Hat that can get dirty
• Sleeping bag, pillow, sheet
• Insect repellant
• Flashlight
• Camera
• Musical instruments
• CD’s for the van ride – must be Christian
• Overlook Farms Waiver Form
• Medication that you are taking
• A bee sting kit, if you want
• Enthusiasm
  

What do I leave at home?

• No Video Games, handheld electronic games.
• No Ipods, MP3 players, etc.
• CD’s that are anything other than Christian
• No cell phones - the leaders will have their phones

Should I bring money?

• All of your meals are provided, so you won’t need money to purchase meals.
• There is a gift store on-site if you would like to shop.
• You can bring snacks for the van ride & money to buy additional snacks if you like.

The bunkhouse! So bring your pillow & sleeping bag!
In the bunkhouse, there are bunkbeds for a total of 17 beds, divided between 2 rooms. There are two restrooms and showers available. Boys will be in one room, girls in another. The bunkhouse is in the Main Resource Center.

On one night, we will sleep in the Global Village. The Global Village is an educational facility which has international sites representing different areas of the world where Heifer is working.  For example, there is a bamboo house on stilts representing Thailand with the animals & plants of that region — water buffalo, pigs, poultry, pond, bamboo and a rice paddy. Other sites include Guatemala, Peru, Mexico, Kenya and Tibet.

Where do we eat?

We will have meals in a large kitchen that is staffed by people at the farm. They will accommodate dietary needs, so please note on the form if you have allergies or dietary restrictions.

Breakfast is self-serve, lunch and dinner are prepared by the staff of Overlook farms.
On the night that we stay in the Global Village, we will prepare our meal like a family in a developing world. Snacks and drinks are provided through the day. All of us will share in washing the dishes and cleaning up after the meal.