Healing Nest Retreat for Bereaved Families
Shilo Farm Eco-Retreat – Eliot, ME
October 10 @ 4:00 pm – October 13 @ 11:00 am
Spend Indigenous People’s Day weekend at Shilo Farm with your family! Connect with other bereaved families and experience fall on the farm in Maine.
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We are introducing a new style of retreat this year that still brings families that have been impacted by childhood cancer and child loss together, but does not incorporate the jam-packed schedule we offer at our larger family retreat in the summer. You’ll have more time to explore the seacoast area and choose your own adventure.
There is only space for three families to stay at Shilo Farm so we encourage you to apply early. Each family will have their own beautifully decorated bedroom and bathroom. We will offer optional activities to connect with others and to heal within–such as yoga, meditation, parent massage, a pizza party, an individual family therapy session, farm animals, and other fun activities.
Does my family qualify? For this retreat, we can accept 3 families that have lost a child to cancer. You must live within the 6 New England states or NY or NJ to apply. We cannot offer travel scholarships for this retreat. If you have attended one of our Open to Healing or Forever Retreats or the Caring for the Caring Retreat in the past, you may still qualify to attend, however, we will give priority to families that are new to Rett’s Roost.
DEI: Rett’s Roost retreats are nondenominational. We act, and ask our participants to act, without discriminating against any person or organization because of their race, age, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or religious belief.
Note: This is a working farm with cats, a large dog, chickens, and goats. It is not recommended for families that have severe allergies or fears to animals.
Check out photos from our last mini-retreat at Shilo Farm:
2023 Photos
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General info about our retreats
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Families with childhood cancer survivors can apply to this retreat in May.
