UrbanPromise needs your help to raise $4,000 for Camp Hope’s special end of year field trips! The UPH staff will be running in a half-marathon on November 6th to raise money for Camp Hope’s Special Field Trips.
We will be taking the kids from Camp Hope on special field trips that give them the opportunity to experience new and exciting things, culturally, historically, and educationally, during the month of November while they are on break from school.
Special Field Trips
Grades 1-2 – Mayan Ruins : 10 kids will visit the famous Mayan ruin site located right here in Copan. Although it is a popular tourist destination, many children at Camp Hope have never visited this historical site, located basically in their backyard!
- Park Tickets - $4 per child
- Special tour - $30
- Lunch - $3 per child
- 5 youth leaders - $100
Grades 3-4 Mayan Ruins and Hot Springs: 10 kids will visit the Ruins and the local hot springs, Aguas Calientes, for swimming and a picnic.
- Site Tickets - $4 per child
- Ruins Tour - $30
- Hot Springs – $5 per child
- Lunch – $4 per child
- 5 Youth Leaders – $160
Grades 5-6 Weekend in San Pedro Sula: Our oldest kids at Camp Hope are nearing the transition from camper to leader. After a year of learning and serving as great examples, we are rewarding them with a 3 day trip to San Pedro Sula. They will learn about the history of Honduras at the Anthropology Museum, be broadened culturally as they explore the local market, place their feet into the Pacific ocean for the first time when they visit the beach, and have their first experience at a movie theater!
- Transportation - $400 per day
- Museum - $3 per child
- Meals - $12 per child per day
- 5 Youth Leaders – $500
Youth Beach Trip: Our youth group has matured from 2 or 3 fickle teenagers to 11 highly committed and dependable young leaders. This 3 day trip will be a time for them to celebrate this year’s achievements, reflect on their growth and experience a side of Honduras many of them have never seen. They will visit the coastal town of La Ceiba, getting some much deserved R&R at the Jungle River Lodge after a year of hard work.
- Transportation- $325 per day
- Food - $12 per youth per day
Participation on the field trips is incentive based. Each child has to earn 25 incentive points at camp over a given period of time to be eligible. As the doors opened to camp last week, the kids rushed past the leaders fighting their way to see how many points they had accumulated the day before!
We are raising the money through a new program on our website (www.urbanpromisehonduras.org) called ChipIn that allows our supporters to donate quickly, easily and view the progress as we get closer to our goal.
Help support Camp Hope’s Special Field Trips!
1. Go to our website, www.urbanpromisehonduras.org
2. Click on the “ChipIn” icon on the top right hand corner of the homepage
3. This will direct you to a PayPal serviced page where you will have two options. If you have a PayPal account you can login and donate in that way, or if not then you can simply donate with your Debit or Credit card.
4. Type in the amount you would like to give along with your card information and then you can review your purchase.
5. You will receive a confirmation email with the details of your donation and a tax receipt in the mail.
Please help us send the kids from Camp Hope on these special trips that they look forward to all year long!! Spread the word and help us make it happen!
Hi UPHonduras Team!
What a fabulous opportunity for these kids!!! I’m so excited for this! I will need to see how much I’ll be able to give to this project! As a non-affiliated third party … I also want to encourage others to help support this project! Imagine living your whole life with barely even leaving your home town? Apart from the great incentive and reward, this is such an important part of letting kids see the differences in culture, costumes and history even in their own country! Much love and blessings to you all!
-April