Special Events & Extras

Here’s a look at everything happening at LIFE is Good beyond presentations, discussions, panels, and funshops, from big community events to special programs designed to enhance your conference experience.

LIFE is Good Pajama Party!

Bust out those Star Wars Footie Pajamas you’ve been dreaming about—because Thursday night at 7:00 pm, the biggest Pajama Party this side of the Columbia River awaits! (We haven’t verified this claim, but who’s asking?)

 

There will be so much to dive into! You can meet new friends at the Mix & Mingle, play tag and other fun active games, have a sing-a-long around the (virtual) campfire, play board and card games together, make some groovy art, and chill with some cozy bedtime stories. To wrap up, we’ll come together for a lively Community Gathering.


While we won’t actually be camping out in the conference area, the fun will keep rolling until about 10 pm. Come ready to party!*

 

*PJs are encouraged but not required.

Talent Show

On Friday night we will be hosting the famous LiG Talent Show for all interested conference attendees. It doesn’t need to be fancy, just something you’d like to share with our audience. Musicians, singers, poets, dancers, avant garde acts of all kinds and ages … we support everyone in the Talent Show. We will have a microphone, keyboard, CD player and hook ups for digital music players available. Please sign up on Thursday or Friday. Acts should be limited to 3 minutes so we can fit everyone in who wants to perform.

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Cosplay Day - Friday

Do you have a favorite character or thing from a movie, TV show, book, anime, manga, genre, video or computer game that you enjoy dressing up as or want to dress up as? Yes?? Then let us walk around in costume for the day and show off our love for these characters/things. This is not a funshop. It is just another day at the conference where people can randomly walk around in costume and look awesome!


Better-than-Prom Extravaganza

If it’s Saturday night, then it must be time for the Better-than-Prom Extravaganza! BTPE is a dance tailored for teens (but all ages are welcome). Make the most of this un-prom opportunity: bring a date, wear fancy clothes or crazy costumes, rent a limo, go out to dinner, and so on. We’ll fire up the Better-than-Prom Playlist and dance until we drop (or until midnight, whichever comes first).


Note: We will be playing only family friendly music from 8:00-9:00. After 9:00 the Better-than-Prom Playlist will contain uncensored favorite songs chosen by teen unschoolers.

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Fairy Godparents

Here’s your chance to bring a little joy and *magic* to someone’s weekend. Everyone who wants to participate will fill out a form, turn it in to the coordinator and pick up a sheet with a different participant’s information.  Now once you have that name you MUST remember it. You can keep it in your pocket if need be. If you don’t know who this person is, ask people you DO know to find out. But do it stealthily! Once you know your Fairy God Child you can do anything you want for them as long as it’s kind and makes them feel good inside. You can make signs to hang in public places that say how wonderful they are, give them a random (consensual) hug “just for the fun of it”, ask someone to play or sing a song for them, write them a letter, make some kind of special food for them or leave them a small gift in their Fairy Godparent mailbox. Whatever you do make sure you do it without them knowing it’s you—and be creative!! And at the end of the weekend you can choose to tell your Fairy Godchild who you are or have them wonder forever.



And, please, if you put your name into the bucket and draw one, please participate. No one wants to be neglected by their Fairy Godparent!

UNtrepreneurial Fair

Unschoolers are often budding entrepreneurs! We provide space and a time for displaying and selling goods during the LIFE is Good UNtrepreneurial Fair, open on Friday and Saturday evenings 6-8pm. This gives everyone an opportunity to sell their wares together. It also gives shoppers a set time to know when the shops are open for business!

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Picnic in the Park!

Stay through Monday and enjoy more time with friends at the post-conference picnic at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver. Bring a picnic lunch, play games, play music, wind down and get all those hugs in before taking off. 


Red Carpet Club!

The conference is a great opportunity to find inspiration and support from other unschoolers, but it can also be a bit intimidating for newcomers. If you’re new to the conference this year, we’d like to connect you with other newcomers as well as seasoned conference goers. The Red Carpet Club is a team of volunteers who act as a more personal point of contact to help those new to the conference (and maybe even new to unschooling) get the most out of the experience.


Our volunteers are here to provide a warm welcome and are available to connect with you before the conference, answer your questions, give you a tour of the conference space, introduce you to others at the conference, and bring you into the LIFE is Good family.


If you would like to connect with Red Carpet Club volunteers (and we hope you do!) please contact Chrissie Korolsky at chrissiekorolsky@gmail.com.

Babysitters Club

Facilitated by: Chrissie Korolsky


Want to attend a conference session without the kids? Does your little artist want to stay in the art room all day, but isn’t ready to stay on their own? Need time to decompress with other adults without your little groupies? Does someone need a nap when the event you’ve been waiting for is happening? Hire a LiG teen babysitter!

Teens interested in babysitting young children during the conference can add their bio to the Babysitters’ Club roster that Chrissie will maintain. Grownups seeking child care for their littles can request the Babysitters Club roster to choose their babysitter.


  • Teens… Send your name, age, brief bio (no more than 10 sentences please), and contact info to chrissiekorolsky@gmail.com.
  • Grownups…To view the roster, contact Chrissie at chrissiekorolsky@gmail.com. 


*Please note, childcare arrangements will be privately coordinated between parents and the teens they hire. While this program is available during the conference, the conference itself holds no responsibility for overseeing or supervising children or teens—this remains solely the responsibility of their parents.