2010 Registration Guidelines
(please read before proceeding to register)

Registration opens January 4, 2010 for Life Members and Annual Members, providing first choice for rooms and campsites. You can become a member when you register. Registration opens for all others on January 25, 2010.

Early Registration Discount: Payments made in full by March 31 receive a 5% discount!

Cancellation Policy: More than 2 weeks prior to your scheduled visit, the $100 per person deposit (or full payment received) will be refunded less a $50 processing fee. Within 2 weeks prior to your scheduled visit, the $100 per person deposit will be withheld; all other monies will be refunded. Once the scheduled visit period begins refunds will not be made.

Registering for Kids for the Earth, Different Drummers, and FUUTURE: We will have two weeks in a row of Kids for the Earth, Different Drummers, and FUUTURE.  If you have more than one family member attending camp and you want them to attend the same week (or not the same week!) be sure to register early so that we have room to accommodate your family’s scheduling needs.  “Early” in this case means “January.”  Registration for Ferry Beach Members (Life and annual) opens January 4.  Registration for all others opens January 25.

To provide the Ferry Beach camp experience to as many as possible, a camper may register for only one week of the two offered before March 31.  A camper may register for the second week after March 31.

Waitlists: Waitlists will be created as necessary. We will contact you before placing you on a waitlist. No deposit is required to be on the waitlist.

Vacationers: Vacationers (no conference participation) wishing to stay 3 or more nights are welcome to register for the summer beginning on April 1, 2009. Vacationers wishing to stay less than 3 nights are welcome to register within two weeks of the days they wish to stay. We reserve the right to relax this policy during non-peak times.  Daily rates for vacationers are available here.

Lodging Requests: Room and site requests are honored when possible, in the order received, subject to availability, room capacities and the accessibility needs of all our guests. Single occupancy is available for a premium.

Accessibility: The Underwood dormitory has an accessible first floor and a large, ADA compliant bathroom. Based on our lodging requests policy, FBPA will do the utmost to set aside this area for guests having accessibility needs.

Summer Staff Volunteers: Volunteers organize and run conferences at Ferry Beach. All of the coordinators, workshop leaders, and children’s program leaders are volunteers. Besides our eternal gratitude, they also earn benefits during the conference.

Coordinators plan the conference and recruit workshop leaders, children’s program leaders, and sometimes the Minister and Musician of the Week. They start planning the conference the autumn before so that marketing materials can be prepared before registration begins. We have one coordinator for every 50 participants, approximately. (The largest conferences have four coordinators, the smallest have one.) Coordinators attend their conference at no charge and their family members pay only for meals. The benefit applies only to family members staying in the same room or campsite.

Workshop leaders and children’s program leaders work with smaller groups within the conference; we have about one for every twelve to fifteen participants. They also attend at no charge. Family benefits, though, depend on the accommodations. If the family stays in a dorm room (Quillen, Underwood, or Rowland) there is no family benefit. Family members pay for accommodations, meals, and conference fee. If the family camps in the Grove, family members pay only for meals.

A family vacation camping at Ferry Beach becomes much more affordable when a parent volunteers. A family with one volunteer can come to Ferry Beach at no charge if they camp and prepare their own meals.

Youth Camp volunteers are responsible for the young people in their care “24/7” and we recognize that with additional benefits. Youth Camp coordinators receive the same coordinator benefits described above plus, during the same summer, a free conference (accommodations, meals, conference fee) for oneself AND a free conference for one child. Counselors receive the same benefits but choose between a free conference for oneself OR for one child.