Convention 2008 Ins & Outs

Some change in life is inevitable and CHAP and the CHAP Convention are undergoing several changes. Read carefully!

May 9-10, 2008
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex
2300 North Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Exit 67 off Interstate 81

Convention Hours

Friday 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Information

• Register Online! (The online registration section opens in late February.) You will be asked to use Visa or Mastercard. If you want to volunteer, you must register online.
  
  
• If you prefer to use the mail-in registration form (you can download one by grabbing the Convention Brochure), use one registration form per household. Family members include parents and children in the same household and grandparents even if they are not living with you.
  
  
• Fill in the name of your spouse even if they are not planning to attend the Convention.
  
  
• Be sure to include your phone number so we can call if there is a problem. We use the postmark date to determine early bird and regular registration rates. You may register after April 1, 2008, at the walk-in registration rate.
  
  
• The registration fee allows you to attend both Friday and Saturday. There are no registration fee reductions for attending only one day.

Confirmation

Your canceled check or online receipt will serve as your confirmation but you do not need to bring it with you. There will be no confirmation mailing and no bothersome name tags! Wristbands will be issued at the door to all paid registrants.

Wristbands

If you lose your wristband there will be a $3 handling fee to replace it. Go to the Special Registration Area for assistance. Wristbands are nontransferable.

Children

The Convention is designed for parents, but children may attend. Child care is not provided. Children must be supervised at all times by either a parent or another responsible adult. Children, accompanied by an adult, may attend seminar sessions as long as they are quiet.

Refunds

CHAP must receive a refund request postmarked no later than May 1, 2008. You will then be refunded your registration fee less a $3 handling charge per family. No check will be issued under $5. Refund requests may take up to twelve weeks to process.

Send refund requests to:

CHAP Refund
231 North Chestnut Street
Palmyra, PA 17078

No Food or Drink:

No food or drink may be brought into the Farm Show building by order of the Farm Show. You are welcome to go to your car to eat a sack lunch but please be above reproach and do not bring food or drink into the Farm Show building. This is not CHAP's rule but the Farm Show's policy.

Audio Recording

All of the sessions will be audio recorded. CDs may be purchased at the Convention Recording Booth at the convention or after the convention at www.CHAPonline.com. Personal audio and video recorders are prohibited.

Wheeled Vehicles

Strollers and small wheeled items for your shopping convenience are permitted.

Parking

Parking is available on site for $5 per vehicle. If the main lot becomes full, overflow parking will be available off-site for $5 per vehicle in the parking lot at the corner of Elmerton Avenue and Sycamore Drive (watch for signs off I-81 and Cameron Street) and includes shuttle bus service to the Farm Show Complex.

Accomodations

CHAP Magazine

The CHAP Magazine is a quarterly publication containing encouragement and information on events and issues pertinent to home educators. We have now made the CHAP Magazine an optional item not connected to your convention attendance. A year's free subscription to the CHAP Magazine is one of the benefits of membership in CHAP or a one-year subscription may be purchased at a cost of $10. You can subscribe when you register for the convention or anytime during the year by mailing your payment to:

CHAP
231 North Chestnut Street
Palmyra, PA 17078

HELP

Registration help: 717-489-1454
Help other than registration: 717-838-0980

Announcing!
Support Group Leaders'
Luncheon & Town Hall Meeting
Saturday 12:00 - 1:00

Join other support group leaders for dessert and a time to share ideas during a town hall meeting. Stop by the CHAP booth (#109 in the exhibit hall) to register for the meeting and dessert.