Event Details

MAR is ready to reunite at Spring Regional Convention 2023. The weekend will be full of fun programming, speakers, getting to know Jewish teens from all around the region, and making memories and new friendships that are for sure to last.

Some highlights of the weekend include:

• Sunday Sports Day

• Guest Speakers

• Meaningful Shabbat and Havdallah celebrations

• Senior Celebrations

• Regional Business Meetings

• Exclusive swag

• Friendship Circle and more!  

ATTENDEES:   This incredible weekend is open to any BBYO member in grades 8 -12 in the Mid-America Region, BBYO staff and advisors.

REGISTRATION:   Registration will open on Monday February 27th & will close on Friday April 7th at 11:59pm.  Convention will sell out, so register early to secure your spot.  

Our Early Bird rate will run from Monday February 27th through March 7th. Late registrations will be accepted based on availability. The last day to receive a full refund is Monday, March 27th.  Afterwards, you can cancel by April 14th for a 50% refund.  No refunds will be issued after April 15th.  Please contact your local director with any questions.

SCHOLARSHIPS: 

For Kansas City and St. Louis Teens- Please complete our scholarship form here: https://bbyo.org/scholarship-form. The deadline to submit scholarship applications is March 14th. Each family will be contacted via email by the regional office with the amount of scholarship awarded by March 17th. Once you accept the scholarship, the regional office will register you for the convention and then you can pay the balance.  If you are requesting scholarship money, please do not register online until awards are announced. 

For North Star and Omaha Teens- Please reach out to your local director for a scholarship application.

HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AND FORMS:  Beginning in August 2021, BBYO is requiring all teens, staff, and advisors attending any overnight programs (chapter, city, council, regional, and international programs) based in the United States to be fully vaccinated (vax date plus two weeks). Currently, Moderna, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, or Johnson & Johnson are the accepted vaccines.

1. If your teen attended a BBYO summer program and has already uploaded their vaccination card to CampDoc, BBYO will transfer that over to their MyBBYO account so you do not need to do anything

2. If your teen did not attend a BBYO summer program, follow these steps:

   1. Go to bbyo.org and sign into your account

   2. Under program alerts, you will see vaccine acknowledgement with the name of each of your teens and a button for the waiver

   3. Click on complete waiver

   4. Please read through entire waiver, sign and click submit

   5. Reminder: this will NOT show up on a teen account only a parent account

BBYO works with CampDoc, the leading electronic health record system. All participants and parents are required to complete a health file before attending a BBYO convention. Once you have registered for the convention, you will receive an email inviting you to join CampDoc. Accept the invitation and complete or update all forms. These forms provide dietary, medical and other important information. Teens will not be allowed to attend without a complete profile. 

ACCOMMODATIONS AND  WHAT  TO  BRING:  A detailed packing list will be sent out in the weeks leading up to convention. The teens will be staying in hotel rooms with 4 people in each room. The food will be all vegetarian.  

TRANSPORTATION:  A transportation and logistics email will go out one week prior to convention and will include transportation info and timing for each city.