Augusta Weekend

Where do the Participants Stay in Augusta?

The Youth in Government Program has a group of families in the Augusta area that serve as host families over the weekend. Delegates meet the host families on Friday evening.
The host families provide a place to sleep, breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, and transportation to and from the program.
Delegates are placed with host families in groups of at least 2. We ask delegates to choose a roommate so it is someone they know.
Host families are great people and enjoy having the delegates for the weekend.
Once housing arrangements are made we will email them to advisors. We ask that you double check them so we don't have to make changes once we arrive in Augusta.
Participants may make their own Host arrangements by contacting previous year's host and getting them to agree to host them for the session.

We have an area Camp that has heated cabins that we have had groups stay at. We provide the transportation to and from and the breakfast each day.
Delegates bring sleeping bags and toiletries for their stay at the camp.
We ask for volunteers to stay at the camp, and use it only when enough host families can’t be found.

Some groups decide that they would like to arrange their own stay at a hotel. This is at the expense of that group. You must provide your own transportation, and Saturday and Sunday breakfast. Delegation must have their own chaperone for the hotel.
We can give some assistance in what hotels we have had groups stay at, so you can contact them about arrangements and cost.

Very often delegations will contact past host families, or family friends or relatives in the area to stay with.
They arrange the transportation for themselves

Delegations from the Capital area often stay at home; they work on their own transportation to and from the State House.
Those local groups we ask if they can serve as host families. It makes for a great weekend for the delegates needing a host to stay with a family that is participating in the program.