Healing Nest Mother’s Day Retreat

Shilo Farm Eco-Retreat – Eliot, ME

Spend Mother’s Day weekend at Shilo Farm with your family! Put the thoughts of cancer behind you for a fun farm experience in Maine.

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This spring, we are introducing a new style of retreat that still brings families that have been impacted by childhood cancer together, but does not incorporate the jam-packed schedule we offer at our larger family retreat in July. You’ll have more time to explore the area and choose your own adventure. We’ll be celebrating the moms and their intense love for their family this Mother’s Day weekend.

There is only space for three families to stay at Shilo Farm. Each family will have their own beautifully decorated, unique bedroom and bathroom. We will offer optional activities to connect with others and to heal within–such as yoga, parent massage, a pizza party, an individual family support sessions, farm animals, and a fun Saturday social gathering with more local Rett’s Roost families.

Does my family qualify? For this retreat, we can accept 3 families that have a child who has been through cancer treatment and currently is NED (no evidence of disease) or has stable tumors. We do not have medical staff onsite for children requiring frequent interventions. However, there is an emergency room within 15 minutes, Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital is 1 hour and Boston Children’s Hospital is 1.5 hrs away. 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 Positively Healing 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
More Shilo Farm Photos

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Bereaved families should apply to this retreat in October.

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