Hocking Hills Day Trip!

When: 

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Event Time:

9:00am - 7:30pm

Where: 

Hocking Hills State Park

Logan, OH

(Student Pickup Locations are below)

IFI is taking international students on a day-trip to the beautiful Hocking Hills State Park.

We’d love for you to help us serve in the following ways:

1. Drive Students to Hocking Hills (signup by Sept. 25)

70 Drivers are needed to transport a group of students to Hocking Hills and to spend the day with them hiking, talking, and connecting. Pickup will be at 9:00am (try to leave Columbus no later than 10:00am)

Locations for Student Pickup:

Important Note: Volunteer drivers must be screened, trained, and approved volunteers and must have three (3) years driving experience in order to transport students. Drivers may bring one guest who is not yet an IFI volunteer.

2. Hike and Interact with Students

Spend the day enjoying the beauty of God's creation together with internationals! Please come prepared with water and comfortable shoes for walking. We recommend you dress in a warmer coat or sweatshirt for the morning that can be removed for the afternoon. And don't forget your camera/phone!

Hocking Hills | Sample Schedule for Volunteers

Note: You will be taking this trip with your own group, but you will likely see other groups of IFI students, staff, and volunteers while hiking.

9:00 am - 10:00 am: Pick up students and depart Columbus (try to leave no later than 10:00am)
10:30 am - 12:30 am: Arrive at hocking Hills for Hike 1
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Eat Lunch (bring a packed lunch and drink for yourself)
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Hike 2
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Hike 3
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Leave Hocking Hills region and drive back to Columbus. (Please plan to leave well before dark.) Also, please discuss a drop off time with your student(s) prior to the event.

3. Provide Dinner for students

We would like to provide dinner between 4:30-6pm. Please consider mobilizing a group from your church to provide and serve a meal as a special gift to our international friends. Food options include:

  • Soup/Chili
  • Bread/Rolls
  • Desserts
  • Apple Cider
  • Bottled Water

Please make servings for 50-100 people.

Contact Judi Irwin for more information about this opportunity.

Hocking Hills | Volunteers

You will be taking this trip with your group on your own. We will not be meeting up in a larger IFI group, but you will likely see other groups of IFI students, staff, and volunteers while hiking.

Here is a sample schedule you may want to follow:

9:00 am–10:00 am: Pickup students and depart Columbus (please try to leave no later than 10am)
10:30 am–11:30 am: Arrive and hike at Hocking Hills - Hike 1
12:30 pm: Eat LUNCH (Bring a packed lunch and drink for yourself)
1:30–3:30 pm: Hike 2
3:30–5:00 pm: Hike 3
5:30: Leave Hocking Hills region, drive back to Columbus (Please plan to leave well before dark--stop for Dinner and extend the hangout!)
5:00–7:30 pm: Arrive Columbus (please plan to drop your student(s) at home no later than 7:30pm)
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