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Rates

Registration fees are lower if you pre-register. To receive the lower rate your registration must be postmarked or hand delivered to the BYM office by June 25, 2007.


Flexible Arrival (NEW This Year!)

Here’s a way to avoid standing in long lines at Registration and having to match your arrival time to BYM’s registration hours. If you pay in full with your mail-in registration and include completed medical forms for everyone under 18 years of age (and Letters of Understanding for Young Friends), you can check in to your room at any time. Whenever you arrive, go directly to FSU’s 24-hour Registration Desk in Westminster Hall to receive nametag, meal card and room key.


First-Time Attender Certificates

Each Monthly Meeting can award up to three vouchers to first-time attenders giving them two free nights at Annual Session. First time attenders using vouchers must preregister and include the voucher with their registration. Contact your Monthly Meeting Clerk for information.


Medical Release Forms

We MUST have a medical release form on file for each minor child.


Registration Hours

If you have not completely prepaid and sent all of your forms to the BYM office, your first stop on campus needs to be the BYM Registration Desk, located in Westminster Hall. Volunteers will be there to help you at these times:
Monday: noon - 2:15 p.m.
 4:30 p.m - 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 12:30 p.m. - 2:45p.m.
 5:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
 9:00 p.m - 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday - 1:15 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.
Saturday:5:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
 9:00 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.

If you arrive when the BYM Registration Desk is not open and you have not prepaid and sent in all necessary forms, feel free to join the scheduled adult activities until the next registration time. Children, however, may not join the children’s program until we have copies of their Medical Release forms. All children must remain in the care of their parents or sponsors until the next registration time.


Housing Information

One of our domitories is airconditioned and the other is not. Please indicate on the Registration Form which you would prefer. Early registration will help us to meed your request. FSU staff tell us that the mountain location means that nights are usually cool and breezy, the humidity is low, and air conditioning is not needed.

All bedrooms have two extra-long twin beds, two desks, two chests of drawers, and two small closets. Bathrooms are a short distance down the hall and are shared. Beds come with pillows and blanket.

Room Occupancy

The university will allow up to two children to sleep on mattresses on the floor in the room of other family members, provided that both beds in the room have been paid for. No more than four people in a room please! You must register with a roommate to have children sleep on the floor.

Linens

These can be rented from the university for $10 per week. A linen set includes two sheets, one pillowcase, two towels and a wash cloth. Alternatively, you may bring your own linens (including towels). Dorm beds have extra-long twin mattresses.

Keys

You will be charged $25 if you lose your room key.


Meals

Everyone over three years old staying on campus— campers and those in the residence halls—will receive meal cards to use in the university dining room. Please keep these cards in a safe place, as you cannot eat without them and there is a $20 charge to replace a meal card. Three meals are included in each day’s fees. Meal-days begin with dinner on the day of arrival and continue though lunch the following day.


Commuters

Those who prefer to stay off campus may register as commuters. You have the option to receive meal cards for lunch and dinner. If you would like breakfast, make arrangements for that at the BYM Registration Desk.


Comfort & Convenience

Frostburg is cooler. We hope to use less air-conditioning and more natural ventilation. It’s probably wise, however, to bring a sweater for comfort, particularly in the evenings. Other things you may wish to bring: Desk lamp, alarm clock, fan, bath mat, bathrobe, shower shoes, swim suit, hangers, soap, toiletries caddy, extra pillows, umbrella, Interchange.

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Upcoming Events 2008


Apr 21-25
Understanding Islam
Anthony Manousos, Iftekhar Hussain and others
Pendle Hill program
Apr 25-27
Interfaith Peacemaking
Anthony Manousos, Iftekhar Hussain and others
Pendle Hill program
Apr 25-27
Clerking: Serving the Community with Joy and Confidence
Arthur Larrabee
Pendle Hill program
Apr 26
“How Can I Make This Work?”
A Retreat for Working Moms with Young Children
Bon Secours Spiritual Center
Apr 26-27
Opequon Work Weekend,
David Hunter
Apr 26
Spring Work Day
Friends Wilderness Center
May 2-4
JYF Gathering
Sandy Spring
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May 2-4
James Nayler and the Lamb’s War
Pendle Hill program
May 3-4
Shiloh Camp Work Weekend,
David Hunter
May 3
Nature Journaling
Friends Wilderness Center
May 4
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
William Penn House, DC
May 5-7
Foundations of Appreciative Inquiry
William Penn House, DC
May 5-9
Re-discovering Elias Hicks
Pendle Hill program
May 9-10
Third Gerald May Seminar
Cynthia Bourgeault
Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
May 9-11
Five Spiritual Principles
Pendle Hill program
May 12-16
The Unifying Legacy of Rufus Jones
Pendle Hill program
May 16-18
Tales of the Hasidim
Pendle Hill program
May 17
Annual Open House
Friends Wilderness Center
May 17-18
Catoctin Work Weekend,
David Hunter
May 18
Warrington Quarterly Meeting;
Frederick Monthly Meeting
May 19-23
Give Us This Day
Pendle Hill program
May 23-26
Young Adult Friends Conference
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
May 23-26
Nurturing Faithfulness
Pendle Hill program
May 23-26
FCRP Conference
Anneville, PA
May 31-June 1
Opequon Work Weekend, David Hunter
June 1
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
William Penn House, DC


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