The Alexander Alliance Summer Retreat at Claymont, WV


	Accommodations

The Food at Claymont:

We at Claymont take great pride in the quality and variety of our cooking. You can expect wholesome, fresh, great tasting food. Organic vegetables grown in our gardens will be used in season.

"We cook to nourish the body. But we love cooking to nourish the soul! The invisible ingredients - patience, love, care, joy, and enthusiasm.”
Deborah Rose Longo
- Chef at Claymont

Other places serve institutional food. Claymont's food is prepared by people who know what food should taste like - Delicious!
Jackie Vergin
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Fairfax

Menu:
The Alexander Alliance has contracted with The Claymont Center to provide the following options:
meals will be served buffet style,
mainly vegetarian (organic when possible),
with a protein at each meal;
basic ingredients will be listed,
will indicate if vegan or not.

Breakfast daily options:
oatmeal or other hot cereal
dry cereals
their own granola
fresh breads, some their own
yogurt, plain or topped with nuts and/or raisins
hard boiled eggs

milk - regular, rice, and soy
tea, coffee, juice

Lunch and Dinner:
salad bowl with variety of greens,
choice of dressing
buffet of entree and side

CAMPING by the Great Barn
With use of bathroom (bring your own food): $75.
With meals included: $250.

GREAT BARN DORMITORIES
Large Room/3 to 5 people
with meals included: $300.

Smaller Room/2 people
with meals included: $350.

Single Rooms/10 rooms, first come/first serve,
with meals included: $400.

The Great Barn Dormitories offer simple, less formal rooms, with fans rather than air conditioning. Single rooms are limited, and granted on a first come, first serve basis. The 9000 square foot great octagonal barn provides a spectacular space for dance, martial art training, and meditation.

THE MANSION
Large room: 2 to 4 people
air conditioning and meals included: $475.

The Mansion is a beautiful, protected environment for retreats. Fashioned after a design by George Washington, the Claymont mansion was built by his grand-nephew, Bushrod Washington, in 1820. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Original oak paneling and crystal chandeliers preserve the architectural integrity of the building. The simply furnished library, music room, and ballroom provide both intimate and grand spaces for study. Large lawns and quiet woods allow for informal gatherings and moments of solitude. Only thirty guests can be accommodated in the mansion, on a first come, first serve basis.

Claymont is a year-round 350-acre retreat center
nestled in the Shenandoah Valley of West Virginia
located 50 minutes from Dulles Airport.

For directions go to:
www.claymont.org/directions.htm