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Paddle School 2025

Where:   Adventures Unlimited

On-Water Classes:   Hiwassee and Ocoee Rivers

When:   May 30 - Jun1,  2025

Registration:   Opens on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 9 AM    -->     Paddle School - Registration

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Map to AU pavilion


Base Camp:   Adventures Unlimited


Address:
522 US 64, Ocoee, TN 37361                  GPS:         35.1227, -84.7070

From Chattanooga (South): Take 1‐75 north to Exit 20 (first Cleveland exit) and turn right. Take the bypass 6 miles to the Ocoee Exit (Highway 64 East). Go east on US-64, for approximately 8.5 miles. Adventures Unlimited will be on your right, about half a mile after US-64 crosses over US-411.

From Knoxville (North): Take I‐75 south to exit 25, Cleveland. Go right, under the I‐75 bridge. After the third light, this now becomes Cleveland bypass (TN-60). Take the exit for US-64 towards Ocoee and go for approximately 8.5 miles. Adventures Unlimited will be on your right, about half a mile after US-64 crosses over US-411.

Cost

Paddle School Student Tuition:  $75 base price which includes 2-nights of primitive tent/van camping and a Friday night TVCC-hosted picnic dinner.  

Optional items available to purchase:  During registration you will be offered opportunity to purchase options including a catered Saturday dinner, T-shirts. Stickers, and Raffle Tickets.  RV Campsites must be reserved separately through Adventures Unlimited.

Online Payment Only.  Please email BG Smith at Treasurer@tvccpaddler.org if you need to make other payment arrangements or experience difficulties with registration payment.  

Due to the demand for Paddle School, we reserve the right to cancel your registration if outstanding balances are unpaid after 5 business days.

Important Dates
May 11,  2025! The deadline for student registration is Sunday May 11th, or when capacity is reached.
We will establish a Waitlist  to place Students into classes when capacity is reached or if specific types of classes are full. 
After May 11th, Students wishing to register may do so but will be automatically placed on the Waitlist and incur a $50 Late Registration Fee.  
T-shirts and Saturday dinner are not guaranteed with late applications. 
Late Registrants who are not confirmed to attend will receive a full refund.  
Our team will try it’s best, but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate all late registrants.

Refund Policy
If it happens that you cannot attend Paddle School after registering, please notify Bill Farnham at VP@tvccpaddler.org or BG Smith at Treasurer@tvccpaddler.org as soon as possible.  Due to the extensive planning and reservations that go into this event, refunds will be honored according to the following schedule: 
     - Before May 10th: Full Refund (less bank fees ~5% ) 
     - Before May 18th (Midnight): 50% Refund
     - After May 18th (Midnight): NO REFUND