Early Birds

Today was the cut off for Early Bird registration. If families register early, they get $50 off the price of camp.

Last year, you only had to put a $100 deposit, and the deadline was December 31. Also, our brochures weren't printed and mailed out until March, so overall I thought the whole thing was not well planned.

So this year I changed it. They had to pay in full, the deadline was far past Christmas (although still early) and the brochure were mailed out a week before the deadline. I was a little worried that with the economy how it is, paying in full would be a struggle.

But this morning we were at 99 registrations (a full 50 more than last year!) and 3 people who were are still dealing with, but will probably end up as Early Birds once we get their stuff worked out.

I couldn't be more thrilled. I think this is a promising start to the 2009 camping season.