Check out the new Goochland YL website!

You'll find info on upcoming events and the latest news as well as a great photo gallery: Check out the new Goochland Young Life website!

Thanks for helping us send 23 kids to YL's Saranac Viilage!

23 kids got the chance to go to the Young Life camp at Saranac this summer! We so appreciate all the friends who made that possible - you helped out by supporting car washes and pizza sales and by making gifts in support of camperships.

The vast majority of the students were first timers. They didn't know quite what to expect. Want to see what they experienced?

Thanks to GHS senior Jordan Jones for bringing home some of the moments that make up the best week of your life! Here's a look at our trip to Saranac.  Enjoy!

Goochland students can Deliver the Dough to raise money for YL summer camp

This summer Goochland students will return to Saranac Village in Upstate New York for summer camp! We are looking forward to kids having the best week of their lives, making lifelong memories with friends and hearing about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

To help raise money for the trip, students have the chance to sell Domino's Pizza fundraising cards. Each card is sold for $10 and contains 16 buy one, get one free coupons good at participating Domino's locations. (The Goochland Domino’s is a participating store.)  Delivering the Dough is an easy fundraiser – a card pays for itself in just one use.

For more information, please contact a Young Life leader or Will Funk. For each card that students sell, $8 will go to them for their summer camp trip (the cards cost $2 a piece to order).

 Students can also save $50 on the price of camp

Camp Sign-Up Day will be held on the second Club of the semester (March 7). Students who turn in a $200 deposit on or before this date will save $50 off the total price of camp!

Goochland is going to Saranac!

You may have heard your high school student talking about Young Life summer camp. We’d love to have them on the trip with us, so we wanted to share details directly with you and answer any questions you have.

We are so excited to announce that this summer Goochland will be returning to Saranac Village in Upstate New York! We are looking forward to kids having the best week of their lives, making lifelong memories with friends and hearing about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are sure that this year will be just as unforgettable and life giving as years past, and we would love for your child to be a part of it.

Here are some details regarding the trip this summer: 

WHERE? Saranac Village is located in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains of New York, with

top‐notch accommodations, unbelievable food and an atmosphere unlike any other.

WHEN? Camp dates are July 30 ‐ August 7. We will leave from Goochland High School at 11 p.m. on July 30, and arrive back in Goochland at 2 a.m. on August 7.

WHAT IS THERE TO DO? The waterfront at Saranac has the best equipment money can buy, complete with two Air Nautique boats, a Ski Nautique, two commercial parasail boats, and a whole fleet of Hobie Cat sailboats. That means while at Saranac you can tube, wakeboard, water ski, parasail, sail, hang out at the floating dock and enjoy the water slide and other water activities such as paddle boarding, kayaking and canoeing. All of this can be enjoyed on the clear mountain waters of Upper Saranac Lake. And, there is just as much, if not more, to do on land: the ropes course, indoor and outdoor basketball courts, an 18-hole Frisbee golf course, soccer fields and beach volleyball. Or, if you’re looking for something a little more low‐key, you can visit the game room, hot tub, brand new craft shack, the camp store or hang out in the hammocks on the beach.

HOW MUCH? $850. You can save a spot by turning in your $200 NON- REFUNDABLE deposit with your camp form. (The deposit is refundable up to April 27th.) There are a limited number of spots, so please turn in your camp form and deposit ASAP! 

Multiple opportunities for fundraising and getting financial help will be available. Please ask a Young Life leader for more information and stay up to date on all fundraising opportunities by checking this blog! Checks can be made out to “Young Life.” You can mail checks and forms to Goochland Young Life at PO Box 1221, Goochland VA 23063. You can also give checks and forms to your Young Life Leader.

 

If you have any questions please contact Will Funk at goochlandyl@gmail.com or (804) 922-7622.

Goochland Young Life Winter Turkey Shoot

Join us for Goochland Young Life's Winter Turkey Shoot at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 19 at 1015 Hard Times Lane in Goochland.

Come out for a fun afternoon -- you are not shooting turkeys, just targets :) to support students in our local community. It'll be $10 per round with targets and shells provided. We'll provide a gun if you need one -- novices are welcome and instruction will be available. This event is in a safe and controlled shooting environment, and we even have a shooting lane where you can shoot a variety of weapons.

We're very grateful to our sponsors who are making this event possible: Bass Pro Shops, Ashland; Brooks Auto; CSC Leasing; Department of Game and Inland Fisheries; Goochland YMCA; Hudgins Dentistry;  Team Logistics; and Westview Companies. Thank you!