All S-Anon/S-Ateen members and newcomers are invited to the mountains for reflection, self-care and a spiritual spring cleaning! There will be opportunities for structured program time, activity time and free time for self-care, individual program work or meeting with sponsors/sponsees. Participants are encouraged (but certainly not required!) to bring crafts, cards, board games, musical instruments and snacks to share during the weekend.
Accomodations:
*Please note that the full retreat is currently full. Registration and deposit for the full retreat option will add you to the waitlist. When/if additional accommodations become available, your deposit will qualify you for the next available vacancy (pending payment of the remaining balance). If you do not make it off the wait list, you will still be able to attend the Saturday, day only event (pending payment of the remaining balance) OR you can have your deposit refunded.*
Participants will have shared motel-style rooms with a roommate. All towels and linens are provided.
Program/Times:
Check-in is available starting at 4 pm on Friday, with overnight/full retreat participants able to join at any point that evening.
While our program is still being planned, our initial (draft) plans include the following:
Friday: A 5 pm meeting, dinner at 6:30, Welcome and Opening Activites at 8 pm followed by fellowship to round out the evening.
Saturday: Overnight/Full retreat participants can join optional early morning activities like a sunrise hike or yoga, followed by breakfast. Day-use participants can join us for a full day of programming starting at 8:30 am with step and topic meetings, special events like a speaker or panel discussion and activities/free time to break up the day. Day-use participants can also dine with us for lunch (12 pm) and dinner (5:30 pm). After dinner we will have one additional recovery event, followed by a campfire (weather permitting) and fellowship time.
Sunday: Guided meditation to start the day followed by breakfast (7:30), meetings, free time and activities. Participants will depart as their schedules require. Check-out of the rooms will be 11 am. Lunch will be at noon. Our closing activity will follow lunch and then participants will be invited to help with clean up so that all may leave the campus by 2 pm.
Cost: 2-night Friday through Sunday retreat with all meals-$170.
Saturday only (lunch and dinner), no overnight: $70
*Please note, we are requiring a $25 nonrefundable deposit at time of registration in order to reserve space for our event. The $25 deposit would only be refundable in the event of event cancellation. Final payment will be due by 2/1/22.
How to Pay: Payment is by PayPal or check. You will receive information about payment as the final step of the registration process here on TicketLeap. A follow up email from TicketLeap will also allow you to access payment information by clicking on the "View Order" link.
If finances are an obstacle for you participating (we all have problems from time to time.): Scholarships offer the opportunity for members of the fellowship serve one another. First consider requesting your home group establish a scholarship fund for your participation. If your home group is unable you may also apply for scholarship via the DC/MD/VA Intergroup (Visit: https://forms.gle/Dgu5TgoC9DDrzETQ8). A DC/MD/VA Intergroup scholarship, if available and approved, would cover the day use and supply fee for Saturday only. If a scholarship participant would like to arrange accomodations, meals and/or a longer retreat, those costs would not be eligible for scholarship assistance but the scholarship amount would be deducted from the final costs.
Registration is limited by space. Registration is not confirmed until your payment is received and the retreat planning team confirms your space with a confirmation email.
This is a volunteer driven event and we are not professional hosts. Every effort has been made to create a smooth registration process for a valuable recovery event. If you have any concerns, questions or spot any errors or issues with the registration process, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you!