The TENTH Annual National Mosaic Event
The Maine Event (12 years of Mosaic)
At Camp Winona - Bridgton, Maine
Thursday, August 31, 2000 to Monday, September 4, 2000

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Mosaic Outdoor Clubs of America, Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Massachusetts and Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of Greater New York are proud to be sponsoring the Tenth Annual National Event from Thursday, August 31, 2000 through Monday, September 4, 2000 at Camp Winona in Bridgton, Maine.

Camp Winona is a large residential camp in a beautiful rustic setting on a semi-private lake in western Maine. It is 3 hours from Boston, 1 hour from Portland and the seashore, and 1 hour from North Conway, New Hampshire - the heart of the White Mountains!

As usual, there will be a wide variety of on and offsite activities. On-site activities this year include: archery, rifelry, swimming, sailing, canoeing, kayaking (on the lake) volleyball, tennis, climbing wall. We have arranged horseback riding at the adjacent stable. Off-site activities will include the choice of easy, moderate, difficult hikes, sea kayaking, whale watching cruise, rock climbing and possibly whitewater rafting.

Other events include a walking tour of "Jewish" downtown Portland, a guided bird watching hike, and a seaside cliff hike. We will arrange shopping expeditions to nearby Freeport-home of L. L. Bean, and North Conway, an outlet store mecca. We will also be arranging a day of sea kayaking, and hopefully a windjammer cruise for a whale or seal watch. We promise you won't be bored!

This year, we are going to do something a little different with our evenings. We certainly will still have the all important campfire sing-a-longs, the Friday night Shabbat dinner, the Saturday evening dance (Looking into swing for this year), and the Sunday evening skits. We will be adding 1-2 hours each night of seminars for people to learn about a variety of environmental issues, trip leader skills etc. They will be led by our own "homegrown" Mosaic people who have a lot of expertise in their respective areas. We have done this on a smaller scale at the leadership training retreat in Florida and it was enormously successful.

The early bird rate or cost of the weekend starts at $250 for people who register by June 30. This includes lodging, meals from dinner on Thursday through lunch on Monday, all on-site activities (except horseback riding; an extra fee of $30/hour), all offsite hikes. Horseback riding and some optional offsite activities will have an additional fee (see the enclosed preliminary schedule for more details). Lodging will be in cabins or platform tents-some doubles will be available for an additional fee. We encourage early full payment as a way of ensuring your choice of cabin or tent since there are not enough cabin beds for all and they will be assigned on a first paid (NOT FIRST SHOW UP AT CAMP) basis! This year you will be able to bring your own tent if you prefer.

The camp is not Kosher but Kosher food will be available for a supplement of $20. The food will be Kosher style and a vegetarian option will be available at all meals.

To register please complete the enclosed Registration Form and send it back with full payment. The cancellation policy is listed on the Registration Form. Once you register, you will receive schedule updates, event pre-sign up forms and a list of what to bring around August 1.

There will be a camp van to pick you up at the Portland, Maine Airport for a $15 cost. If you decide to fly, we strongly encourage you to fly into Portland, Maine; or arrive at the Portland Airport no later than 9 PM on Thursday and leaving no earlier than 10 AM on Monday. There is an option of flying into Manchester, New Hampshire or Boston, Massachusetts. However, we will not provide transportation from these airports. If you are arriving as part of a group it may be economical to rent a car. Also, there is a bus that runs between Portland and Logan airport in Boston on almost an hourly basis; $20 Cost that you pay at that time. Otherwise we will try to put you in contact with people who are also arriving at the airport or who live in the area. But, we are making no promises or guarantees on transportation from any airport other than Portland. Also, please be aware that traffic from Boston can be heavy on a holiday weekend. It is a minimum 3 - 4 hour ride to the camp from Boston without traffic but on a holiday weekend it could be 4 - 4.5+ hours. Manchester is 2.5-3 hours on a good day. The drive from the New York area is about 8-9 hours.

For further information please contact:

Mosaic Outdoor Club by e-mail at office@mosaics.org  OR call 1-888-MOSAICS (1-888-667-2427) between 10:00 am and midnight Eastern time, and leave your name and phone number. OR Marsha Zellner by e-mail emzeemd@aol.com  OR call (203) 393-2816

Additional information will be listed at http://www.mosaics.org/

Questions about registration ONLY contact Mark Schweber, registrar, by e-mail at mschweber@cabfinancial.com

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