CHAPTER INQUIRY

It costs approximately $12,000 for a Chapter’s start-up: • L5A licensing fee – $1,500 annually • Initial Rosie (one-wheel hiking device) – $9,000 • Initial L5A Safety Equipment Package – $1,000-$1,500 Additional costs may include: • Liability Insurance • 501c3 • Customer Relations Management (CRM) tool

Yes, you and/or your L5A Chapter Leadership Team are responsible for raising the funds necessary to start and sustain your chapter.

Not likely, nor recommended. As the saying goes, “It take a village to raise a child,” it takes a collaborative L5A Chapter Leadership Team to raise a L5A chapter.

Initially, Leadership Team members should anticipate on spending 4-6 hours per week. This amount will collectively increase as your chapter grows. On average, the collective time to complete the Introduction Phase and Initial Hiking Phase takes 3-6 months.

There are two main reasons: 1. Existing churches or ministries already have a 501c3 status and liability insurance in place so that makes it easier for initially beginning a chapter as it saves costs. 2. Families living with disabilities are oftentimes unchurched, so having a shared vision and community of believers as part of your chapter provides an avenue to connect your Hikers, Sherpas, and their families to local churches.

While there are lots, here are three reasons: 1. Seeing the smiles on the faces of your Hikers and their families and friends while they are enjoying being in places they would never be able to access on their own is so delightful and filled with extra-special memory-making moments! 2. Getting to be the hands and feet of Jesus and aid in quenching the spiritual thirst of your Hikers. Just like the four friends who had a friend living with palsy and did everything in their power to make certain their friend was placed directly in front of Jesus (Luke 5:19), your L5A Chapter does everything in its power to give its Hikers opportunities to be placed in front of God’s amazing creation. 3. Being a L5A Chapter has the benefit of being part of a “Luke5Adventures family of chapters” and taking advantage of our L5A home office’s countless hours of research, development, and coaching to aid you in establishing and sustaining your L5A Chapter.

The trade name is Joëlette and is an adaptive hiking device manufactured in France and distributed in the USA via a company in Colorado. L5A nicknamed it “Rosie” in honor of the woman who inspired our L5A ministry, Debi Rosen.