New Culture Hawaii Winter Camp -Celebrating La'akea's 20th A

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Part Time Attendance:

Cost for 5 night/6 Days: March 12-17

Residential in dorms or your own tent/RV: $775- 900 sliding scale, including food and lodging.

Everyone staying here  will participate in the group meals, because we have limited facilities for you to store and prepare food.

Local Participants: If you live in the area and wish to sleep at your own home, you may have a discount on the total camp fee. If you want to provide your own food each day, you may have an additional discount. 

Offsite 6 day with Food for Local Kamaaina: $625-800. You stay in your own home and commute.  Food included. 

Offsite 6 days No food: $475- 600. 

You stay in your own home or elsewhere, bring your own food. We do not have a way for you to prepare or store food, so bring a cooler.

Fees are sliding scale. We encourage you to pay in sync with your financial resources. This helps us give a discount to those who need it to be with us.

Extra night March 17th for Part Timers- $75, leave March 18th after breakfast, no program that day

Full payment is required in advance.

After November 15th your $100 deposit is due within two weeks of receiving your personalized acceptance letter from Tracy. 

You may pay in full at any time.

The balance is due by Feb 10th at the latest if paying with PayPal or check.

We will be taking applications in order to balance and limit the group, and will let you know when you get a spot after you apply! 

Full Time Attendance:

Cost for 9 night/10 Days: March 12-21

To receive the $75 early discount for the full price camp, your deposit of $100 needs to be received by Nov 15th 2024.

Residential in dorms or your own tent/RV: $975- 1300 sliding scale, including food and lodging.

Everyone staying here  will participate in the group meals, because we have limited facilities for you to store and prepare food.

Local Participants: If you live in the area and wish to sleep at your own home, you may have a discount on the total camp fee. If you want to provide your own food each day, you may have an additional discount. 

Offsite 10 day with Food for Local Kamaaina: $750-950. You stay off site and commute.  Food included. 

Offsite 10 days No food: $625- 750. 

You stay in your own home or elsewhere, bring your own food. We do not have a way for you to prepare or store food, so bring a cooler.

No Drop In Attendance: everyone wills tart at the beginning and will be there for the entire section they paid for, (unless they need to leave early), with the exception of workshop leaders in some cases.

Before and After Stays:  If you want to stay at our place before the camp, the fee is $85 donation per person per day, including food, for a dorm or camping spot.  More  for cabins and huts.

We are open to visitors in the 2 days before camp but not earlier.

You are free to leave early, but not arrive late.

Leave at Home: Alcohol or recreational drugs, valuables of any sort, pets of any make or size.

Community Service: Everyone contributes some hours of service to help camp run smoothly. This can include helping with the cooking or cleaning in the kitchen, tidying shared spaces, etc. 

Performing service offers the opportunity to bond more deeply with each other as we share in the joy of co-creating community and making camp happen.

Participatory Music: All music-making is encouraged & greatly appreciated. Bring your instruments, voices, and talents. Be the live music & let's celebrate you! There will be a quiet time curfew of around 9 pm, because of our neighbors. This just means no really loud stuff after that, singing and playing guitar is fine.

Safe Container: It is essential that everyone attend Orientation which begins the first evening. This puts us all on the same page with our group agreements.

Airport Pickups: We can provide pick ups from the Hilo airport, which is 1/2 hour away from the site, for $50 for one person or $30 per person if more than one. 

This provides a benefit to those who can arrive on the afternoon of the beginning of camp. If you arrive at an odd time you will need to get an Uber or Lyft.

We cannot provide rides from the Kona Airport, which is a 3 hour drive, one way. If you must come in to Kona, please plan to rent a car or have a friend pick you up.

Early Departure: If you can't stay for the entire time, Hawaii Camp can still be a powerfully transformational experience. We understand if you need to leave early, and appreciate the time that you shared with us.  The price is the same in that case.

Personal Foods:

There will be limited room for personal food in one refrigerator and some coolers. You will have access to a Personal Foods Kitchen (PFK) during camp. 

Our menu is omnivore with focus on organic and humanely raised. 

We provide a rich variety of dishes to cover the various dietary needs of today's health issues, such as vegan and vegetarian as well as meat eaters, but we are not able to cater to all special diets. 

Please list special requirements on the registration form and our kitchen coordinator will reach out to you as needed.

Substitutions of attendees may be made at any time.  Attendees must cancel by midnight, Hawaii time, January 1st, 2025. Cancellation requests received after January 1st, 2025 or failure to appear for the camp will result in forfeiture of the entire course fee, unless we can fill your spot. Cancellation requests must be received by email. You are responsible for ensuring that we receive your written request. We will reply by email with a written acknowledgement. Cancellation refunds will be completed via check or Paypal. 

New Culture Hawaii reserves the right to cancel or reschedule events at any time. This is very unlikely to happen, as the camp is usually overfull.  If New Culture Hawaii cancels or reschedules the event due to low enrollment, weather, or unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of new Culture Hawaii, you are entitled to a full refund, but New Culture Hawaii is not responsible for travel arrangements, travel fees, or any expenses incurred by you as a result of such cancellation. However, you may be able to join us for a smaller group experience during that time.

If New Culture Hawaii cancels an event is which you have registered, you will be contacted at the email address you provide when registering, so please be sure to provide a valid email address.

Pre-event Safety Agreements Summary.  Refer to the Health and Safety Protocols for more details.  These may change depending on the current situation.

We will be taking many steps to insure all of our safety, including:

*requesting a period of you moving in a relatively tight bubble at least 5 days beforehand, (with the exception of the travel to get here):

*refraining from risky practices such as going to large events for 5 days before the camp,

*avoiding anyone who is sick, 

*We will probably not do a rapid testing of everyone the day the event starts at the site.  Bring 2 or 3 tests with you. 

*If you have any symptoms of illness, please do not come to the camp.  

If you need to cancel in the 7 days before the event because of becoming ill, we will refund you all of your money if we can fill your spot, or half the money if we can't.

We all want to feel safe to explore and connect with each other! We know people have different beliefs around COVID and being safe with it, and we ask you to please abide by these guidelines to protect the organizers and other attendees.

Accommodations include tarp covered camping (bring your own gear and bedding) or use our private tents and tarps for an additional $100. Or bring a van or RV to stay in.

We have 5 cabins which can be used onsite for 10 day only tickets. Additional $30-50 per night.

There are various sizes of cabins, but they are claimed very quickly so if you want one, register ASAP.

We can now offer an option for a really nice room including an indoor bathroom and a king or queen bed at a nearby B  and B called Puna Rainforest Retreat. PRR is walking distance to Laakea on our same road.  Extra $130 per night, for 10 day only tickets.

If you would like a more roomy and private option, you can rent a smaller Quonset hut, which is a large walk in rounded tent cabin, which houses 2 to 4 people on single and double beds, for an additional cost. For 10 day only tickets.

We include a dorm bed upstairs in our Main House, and an outdoor dorm in a large quonset hut as pictured above. For 10 day only tickets.