LOGISTICS

Important Information for Staffing Your Upcoming
Advanced Leadership & Facilitation Training (Module II)

Important Dates
Travel
What to Bring
Guidelines

Welcome! In preparation to staff ALFT II 2025, you will need the following logistical information.

◇ Important Dates & Times

◇ Travel Information

◇ What to Bring

◇ Logistics FAQs & Contact Information

Please read through this page in its entirety, and please provide us with the information we will need in order to best support you.

ALFT MODULE II:

STAFFING: SEPTEMBER 13 AT 11:00 AM – SEPTEMBER 18 AT 2:00 PM

Dates & Times

Please take a moment to put the following events into your calendar

August 22nd
◇ Add your flight details to the arrivals/departure sheet

September 12th
◇ Optional Early Arrival (by 8:00pm); please email COR Client Care to pre-arrange your stay ($40/night) 

September 13th
◇ Arrival and check-in: 11:00am – 11:30am
◇ Mandatory prep meeting at 12:00pm

September 18th
◇ Staffing completes at 2:00pm

TRAVEL

AIRPORT SHUTTLE

◇ It takes about 1.5 hours to get to the site, and you are responsible for getting yourself to the Land Celebration. We recommend three options: 

◇ Option 1: Using LYFT or UBER (estimated cost one way: $130-200)

◇ Option 2: There is also a great local taxi service: Hidalgo Taxi (ask for Rosalio) at 540-535-6488. You can arrange for him to pick you up at Dulles and also drive you back at the end of the LDT. (estimated cost one way: $185)

◇ Option 3: Book a private car service to get you there. 

We highly recommend you coordinate with your fellow staff on your arrival time so you can share a ride to the Land Celebration and split the fare. Click HERE for the Ride Share/Carpooling Spreadsheet.

 

Flight Scheduling Tips

◇ Arrival – Plan to arrive at Dulles Airport (IAD) by 4:00pm ET or earlier on the 12th. If you are driving and want to arrive on the 13th, please arrive onsite no later than 11:30am.

◇ Departure – Book your flight out for 6:30pm ET or later on September 18th or the day after.

◇  Please bring any pre-made meals or snacks you will need before our first dinner together on September 13th. You will have access to a refrigerator, a toaster, and a microwave.

 The Land Celebration
411 Three Oaks Drive
Gore, VA 22637

Event Manager:
Steven Kimmelman
707-888-3111

Have you completed your waivers?

Please take a moment to complete these two waivers. They are required and will only take a couple of minutes to complete.

◇ Health and Wellness Agreement – click here

◇ ALFT Liability Waiver – click here

WHAT TO BRING

◇ Food for meals prior to Saturday’s dinner

◇ Loose comforting clothes, for 6 days

◇ Layers for hot/warm (and humid, rainy) weather

◇ Workout clothes

◇ Light sweater

◇ Socks and/or slippers

◇ Running/hiking shoes and slip-on sandals

◇ A bathing suit for the pond

◇ An umbrella and/or rain gear in case of weather

◇ A journal and a pen

◇ A large, covered water bottle

◇ A leak-proof travel cup for hot tea (you will NOT be able to bring any open containers into the group room)

◇ Sunscreen, bugspray

◇ Any medications or supplements, or special dietary items you may need, such as electrolytes, or digestive support…

◇ Toiletry items, make up, jewelry….

◇ An alarm clock

◇ A flashlight with working batteries

◇ A wrist watch

Please also bring:

◇ Your ALFT binder with enough note paper and a few pens for yourself. Please contact COR Client Care if you need an updated copy of the materials.

◇ A copy of the staff manual that will be emailed to you by our event manager (please print and keep it in your binder)

Extra cash or your checkbook to pay for things like:

◇ Transportation
◇ Staying extra nights at the site (before September 13th / after September 18th) $40/night
◇ Tip money for the chef – $20 or more suggested tip

Responsibilities

◇ Our event manager will be notifying you of your job assignment(s), so be on the lookout for that email as the module approaches.

◇ For a general overview of how to participate in group processes throughout the session, please read the General Participation During Group Processes below.

General Participation During Group Processes

◇ Sharing Circles: Depending on numbers, you may or may not participate in these. If you are sharing, please feel free to share whatever is on your heart, except “behind the scenes situations”, i.e. if you have a charge with the leaders, or other staff or with any participants. Please use our staff meetings to share about those.

◇ Body pieces: You participate in all of them, and for time sake please hold back with your feedback, unless something is burning, since not everyone can give feedback to everyone.

◇ Other Expectations: You are expected to be on time, to be at all meditations and be a model of full participation and present and loving dedication to the processes. You are also expected to be available for the participants if they need extra support, or if they need to clear charges with each other. You can then facilitate a clearing between them, using the NVC model.

◇ The deep processes will only be done by participants.

◇ Teaching sessions: If there is an uneven number, you will take turns buddying up with a participant and holding space. When you are buddied up, you participate, like they do. When you are holding space, you are available to help and hold space. If there is an even number of participants, you can participate with each other, or assist, as directed by the facilitator(s).

 ◇ NVC: We expect you to brush up on your NVC knowledge so you can handle using this technique to help clear charges between participants. We highly recommend reading the Non-Violent Communication book by Marshall Rosenberg again. The NVC website is also very helpful and has many resources.

HAVE QUESTIONS?

We are looking forward to what will be a wonderful training. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

CONTACT US

FEEDBACK?

We appreciate you holding space as a staff member for this Module of ALFT!
If you ever have any feedback or a complaint about the program that you don’t feel comfortable sharing with the facilitator, please fill out the following form.

Stay Engaged. Keep Staffing! 

MALE STAFFING
LEARN MORE

Female Staffing
LEARN MORE