High School Mission Trip

July 29 – August 7

Cortez, CO

About Cortez:

• Cortez is predominately Caucasian (75%) with 19% of the people below poverty line

• Has a rich archaeological industry, which has helped the community thrive

• Near the Ute Indian Reservation, which has 42% of the individuals living below the poverty line

Why YouthWorks?

• A multi-demoninational organization that works with 70+ communities throughout North America

• YouthWorks has a strong focus on building relationships

• Relationship with adult leaders• Relationship with students from our church and other churches

• Programs are structured and organized

Cost

• Total cost of the trip is $600• YouthWorks discount of $50 per youth• Global Missions has given us $75 per youth• Endowment Board has given us $65 per

youth

Makes the total of the trip $410 before any payments or fund-raising

Trip Preparation

We will have five required Youth meetings to prepare for the trip:

• March 13th, 6:30pm Youth Room• April 27th, 7:30pm Youth Room• May 18th, 6:30pm Youth Room• June 16th, 6:30pm Cook-out• July 20th, 6:30pm Pre-trip party and paper work turn-in

There will also be two identical parent informational meetings in the summer to go over details. Dates of those are TBD

Trip Preparation

Payment Due Dates:• Now: Deposit of $75, if not yet paid• March: Start of Plant sale Fund-raiser• March 13th: Payment of $100• April: Twins game fund-raiser• April 28th: Easter Breakfast• May 18th: Half of the remaining balance due• July 20th: Final balance due

Fund-Raising

Plant Sale– Starts March 1st and is due March 27th

– Sell bedding plants and hanging baskets– Plant sale can bring in about $75-$150

– Depending on how much is sold and what type is sold

– Plants are delivered beginning of May

Fund-Raising

Twins Game– We have 100 tickets for the June 14th game against the

White Sox– Sign-up will begin mid-April and will be on the bulletin

board at church– Tickets will be sold for $10 over face value– 100% of the money raised will be divided by the number

of youth going on the trip

Our Trip

Our Trip

• We will leave at 6am Friday morning (the 29th) and stay in Lincoln, NE

• We will be staying at UN-L and be hosted by the admissions department

Our Trip• Leave Lincoln Saturday morning and stay at a

hostel in Denver Saturday• We will have dinner hosted by a local church in the

Denver Area Saturday night• Arrive in Cortez Colorado Sunday afternoon

A Typical Day at the site

• Hike at McPhee Reservoir• Frybread and learn about the

history of Cortez• Local church service• Community Cookout

Our Trip

• Friday morning we leave YouthWorks around 9:30 and travel to Denver, Colorado

While in Denver, we will attend a Rockies baseball game

Our TripSaturday we will travel to Omaha

We will leave Omaha Sunday morning and arrive back to Woodlake around 2 or 3

Questions?