moms – Rett's Roost

Mother’s Day Mall Mania

Fox Run Mall, Newington, NH

May 10 @ 1:30 am – 2:00 pm

Come have a blast honoring mom with families in our cancer and child loss community.

For our spring social gathering this year, we’ll be meeting at the mall for an afternoon of family fun with Sages Entertainment! Kids and dads have the option of visiting Let’s Move and Battlezone to get all their energy out, while moms enjoy mocktails, hand massages, and making friends. Parents may also try Game Show Faceoff for some laughs and competition, while Wayne and Kali from Sages offer face painting, balloon figures, and a life-sized dinosaur!

Let’s Move is a a motion-controlled gaming arena that features a features touch Wall Games, 4 gaming stations, 40+ games, 16′ Pixel LED Gaming Floor, E-Bike Racing, an iWall Sports Simulator, and a blacklit silent disco dance floor.

Battlezone is a 3,500 square foot blacklight arena that will take your Gel Blaster and Nerf dart battle to the next level. Children (and parents) can sign up for a 30 minute session.

We’ll have delicious food and mocktails catered by Maeve’s Mobile Cocktail Hour and moms will get a chance to chill with other moms and learn how to exchange hand massages.

This will be a super special family day for our Rett’s Roost community. Hope you can make it!

Free This event is free for families that have a child with cancer and their super siblings (including bereaved)

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Fox Run Mall

50 Fox Run Rd
Newington, New Hampshire 03801 + Google Map

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Paddleboard (SUP) Yoga for Moms & Teens

August 16 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A fun evening at Wells Harbor learning how to take your yoga balance to the next level.

Most people have at least tried yoga, and some have tried stand-up paddle (SUP) boarding, but who’s done both at one time?! This therapeutic activity sounds tough, but we promise it doesn’t hurt to fall off a SUP board. Most people find their balance easily, and once you are surrounded by the beautiful landscape of the harbor, with birds swooping overhead in the gorgeous late afternoon light, you’ll feel a deep peace wash over you.

Come connect with other moms and teens that have experienced childhood cancer and child loss. Open your heart with deep, long breaths, and feel your strength and confidence grow. This is a beautiful experience that you and your teen will not forget. If you don’t have a teen child, you can still attend!

We’ll spend about an hour on the water, then head over to the pavilion for a lovely picnic dinner. Space is limited, so sign up soon…

Free This event is free for families of a child with cancer and bereaved moms and siblings

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Wells Harbor

331 Harbor Rd
Wells, 04090 + Google Map

508-813-9222

Healing Nest Mother’s Day Retreat

Shilo Farm Eco-Retreat – Eliot, ME

May 9 @ 4:00 pm – May 11 @ 11:00 am

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. 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. 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:

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Bereaved families should apply to this retreat in October.