Refugee ESL Students Class Trip to Kings Island!

Hi everyone, I am Lena Reich, the English as an Additional Language Teacher for Kentucky Refugee Ministries Covington.

The refugee ESL students at KRM have really enjoyed not only learning English but building a community together and getting to know each other through events and experiences.

We are planning a class trip to Kings Island on Monday, August 14th!

The students and their families are very excited to go on a trip together and experience something very quintessentially American - a theme park!! Most of our students have never been to a theme park and they have all faced difficulties and challenges in their resettlement to the US. Going to Kings Island will be such a memorable and meaningful experience for them.

We need your help in raising money for our tickets and parking.

If you donate $55, you would be paying for one student's admission to the park.

Of course, any amount is welcome, thank you so much!!

**Edit: Total has been updated to reflect the correct number of students (30) and extra fees from Kings Island and GoFundMe websites.

We are buying tickets for 30 students + 10 staff and volunteers, with students' tickets taking first priority.

https://www.visitkingsisland.com/groups/discounts

Each student will be given a ticket that includes admission, one meal, and a drink pass for the day.

Breakdown:

Ticket (admission, meal, drinks) = $55

$55 x 40 people = $2200

Parking for 10 cars ($30 x 10) = $300

$2200 + $300 = $2500

Kings Island website fees and taxes = $70

GoFundMe website fees (2.9% per donation) = $80

Total = $2650

If due to cancellations or extra donations, there are any excess funds, we will be using them towards our next ESL event, as the students seem to enjoy them so much.

Thank you so much for supporting the refugee community, and for supporting us in creating a welcoming community and an enjoyable experience for them as newcomers to the US!!