Beyond the Fly Rod, Mentorship
This week we’re learning about The Mayfly Project, Co-founders Kaitlin Barnhart and Jess Westbrook, weigh in on the importance of mentorship. — The gift of a fly rod continues to […]
This week we’re learning about The Mayfly Project, Co-founders Kaitlin Barnhart and Jess Westbrook, weigh in on the importance of mentorship. — The gift of a fly rod continues to […]
Tom Morgan Rodsmiths and Casting for Recovery have paired up to offer one lucky gal to win the opportunity to build a bamboo fly rod in Bozeman, MT. This bamboo […]
CfR Regional Program Manager, Jen Lofgren, takes us to Christmas Island this week. Read more about her angling adventures with her gal pals. — A group of eight women, from […]
At Casting for Recovery, we believe cancer is expensive enough! We continue to remain committed to ensuring our programs are provided entirely free of cost to the women who attend. […]
Prior to joining Casting for Recovery and becoming an enthused angler, I didn’t often wear hats of any kind, baseball, beanie, cowboy, beret (think you get the drift). The sport […]
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Casting For Recovery is a tax-exempt organization under the 501(c)(3) section of the IRS.
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please check back for 2025 informationÂ
Program Coordinator
Jen Lofgren
[email protected]
Retreat Calendar
April 11-13, 2025
*Apply by January 30, 2025
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park, Gilbertsville, KY
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to the retreat that is closest to where you live.
If the application deadline has passed for the retreat that is closest, then we encourage you to apply next year.
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
June 6-8, 2025
*Apply by March 27, 2025
North Fork Ranch, Shawnee, CO
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
July 25-27, 2025
*Apply by May 15, 2025
North Fork Ranch, Shawnee, CO
August 8-10, 2025
Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer retreat
This retreat is open only to women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in Colorado.
*Apply by May 29, 2025
North Fork Ranch, Shawnee, CO
Southern Colorado: If you live in the San Luis Valley (the 6 southern counties of Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Mineral and Saguache), you may apply to the New Mexico Retreat if it is closer for you.
Program Coordinator
Stacey Benham
[email protected]Â (303) 579-0924
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
May 30-June 1, 2025
*Apply by March 20, 2025
Ponca State Park, Ponca, NE
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 5-7, 2025
*Apply by June 26, 2025
Ponca State Park, Ponca, NE
Program Coordinator
Linda Lovgren
[email protected] (402) 677-4407
Drue Lovgren
[email protected]Â (402) 676-9898
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please check back for 2025 Long Island retreat information
Program Coordinator
Erika Clemmer
[email protected] (406) 624.6583, ext. 3
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please check back for 2025 dates (Thursday – Saturday)
*Apply by TBD
Tailwater Lodge, Altmar, NY
Note: If you live in Albany, Saratoga, Washington, or Rensselaer county, you are eligible to apply to one of the New Hampshire retreats if it is closer to you. (Please apply to one retreat only.)
Program Coordinator
Steve Olufsen
[email protected] (585) 415-9970
2025 Retreat Calendar
September 19-21, 2025
*Apply by July 10, 2025
Tailwaters Lodge on the South Holston, Bristol, TN
Program Coordinators
Christine (Chris) Marok
[email protected] (404) 731-2233
Denise Weston
[email protected]Â (865) 680-2130
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
March 7-9, 2025
*Apply by January 5, 2025
Camp Capers, Waring, TX
April 4-6, 2025
Young Women’s Retreat
This retreat is open only to women 40 years or younger who have received a breast cancer diagnosis and live in Texas.
*Apply by January 23, 2025
Latham Springs Camp & Retreat Center, Aquilla, TX
October 3-5, 2025
Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer retreat
This retreat is open only to women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in Texas.
*Apply by July 24, 2025
Camp Capers, Waring, TX
November 7-9, 2025
*Apply by August 28, 2025
Latham Springs Camp & Retreat Center, Aquilla, TX
Texas PANHANDLE
If you are a woman living in the Panhandle, you are eligible to apply for the New Mexico retreat, which may be more convenient.
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one retreat.
May 30-June 1, 2025
*Apply by March 20, 2025
Hope Valley Wellness Retreat Center, Newark, OH
Please apply to only one retreat.
September 19-21, 2025
*Apply by July 10, 2025
Hope Valley Wellness Retreat Center, Newark, OH
Program Coordinators
Mary Lee Hahn & Linda Harper
[email protected]
2025 Retreat Calendar
May 30-June 1, 2025
*Apply by March 20, 2025
Camp Naue, Ha’ena, Kaua’i
Program Coordinator
Claudia Janiszewski
[email protected]  (â€303) 989-7260‬
2025 Retreat Calendar
August 22-24, 2025
*Apply by June 12, 2025
Lubrecht Experimental Forest, Greenough, MT
Program Coordinators
Peg Miskin
[email protected] (707) 529-2760
2025 Stage IV Retreat Calendar
In 2016, Casting for Recovery launched a retreat program exclusively for women with Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer. Recognizing that women with advanced stage disease have specific needs, CfR has continued to expand their Stage IV retreats to serve more women.
These retreats are for women who have breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes to other parts of your body.
Colorado – Front range
August 8-10
This is only for women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in Colorado.
*Apply by May 29, 2025
North Fork Ranch, Shawnee, CO
Idaho
September 5-7, 2025
This is only for women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in Idaho.
*Apply by June 26, 2025
Living Waters Ranch, Challis, ID
Texas
October 3-5, 2025
This retreat is only for women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in Texas.
*Apply by July 24, 2025
Camp Capers, Waring, TX
Georgia
November 7-9, 2025
This retreat is only for women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in Georgia.
*Apply by August 28, 2025
Smithgall Woods, Helen, GA
Program Coordinator
Erika Clemmer
[email protected] 412.863.6584 Â
2025 Retreat Calendar
June 6-8, 2025
*Apply by March 27, 2025
Living Waters Ranch, Challis, Idaho
September 5-7, 2025
Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer retreat
This retreat is only for women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in Idaho.
*Apply by June 26, 2025
Living Waters Ranch, Challis, Idaho
Program Coordinator
Melissa Seyler
[email protected] (208) 830-0466
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to the one retreat (only) that is closer to you.
Northern New Jersey
September 26-28 2025
*Apply by July 17, 2025
Cross Roads Retreat Center, Port Murray, NJ
Please apply to the one retreat (only) that is closer to you.
Southern New Jersey
October 10-12, 2025
*Apply by July 31, 2025
Sisters of Mercy Vacation House, Sea Isle City, NJ
Program Coordinators
North
Randi Jeddis
[email protected]
South
Jackie Bradley
[email protected] (609) 861-3761
Gerri Rescigno
[email protected] (609) 425-1775
2025 Retreat Calendar
There will be two Southeast Regional retreats; please apply to (only) the one that is closer to where you live.
April 25-27, 2025
* Apply by February 13, 2025
Eagle Ridge Farms, Cottondale, AL
2025 TBD
* Apply byÂ
Running Creek Ranch, Poplarville, MS
Program Coordinators
Susan Brooks
susan.brooks@
Lana McKee
[email protected]
2025 Retreat Calendar
October 24-26, 2025
* Apply by August 14, 2025
Cedarwood Lodge, Flippin, AR
Program Coordinator
Sherry Barnhart
[email protected]Â 501-351-6694
2025 Retreat Schedule
March 8-10, 2025 (Sat.-Mon.)
*January 5, 2025
Camp Weed, Live Oak, FL
Program Coordinators
Dawn Fagot
[email protected]
2025 Retreat Calendar
October 3-5, 2025
*Apply by July 24, 2025
Ewalu Stone Retreat Center
Strawberry Point, Iowa
Program Contacts
Annette Norris
[email protected] 515-689-8780
Pam Gridley
[email protected] 515-288-1955
2025 Retreat Calendar
May 2-4, 2025
*Apply by February 20, 2025
Smithgall Woods, Helen, GA
November 7-9, 2025
Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer retreat
This retreat is only for women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in Georgia.
*Apply by August 28, 2025
Smithgall Woods, Helen, GA
Program Coordinators
Beverly Booth
[email protected] (678) 480-8052
Lynn Lomas
[email protected] (404) 293-9458
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one retreat.
June 20-22, 2025
Apply by April 10, 2025
Barbara C. Harris Conference Center, Greenfield, NH
Please apply to only one retreat.
September 12-14, 2025
* Apply by July 3, 2025
Barbara C. Harris Conference Center, Greenfield, NH
Program Coordinator
Ann Kitson, Catherine Bardier and Wendy Gawlik
[email protected] (802) 688-3177
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one retreat.
May 2-4, 2025
*Apply by February 20, 2025
Lake Logan Conference Center, Canton, NC
Please apply to only one retreat.
October 3-5, 2025
*Apply by July 24, 2025
Lake Logan Conference Center, Canton, NC
Program Coordinators
2025 Retreat Calendar
May 30-June 1, 2025
Apply by March 20, 2025
N-SID-SEN Camp and Retreat Center, Harrison, Idaho
Program Coordinator
Peggy Kingery
[email protected]Â (208) 669-1858
2025 Retreat Calendar
Women who live in Massachusetts or Rhode Island may apply to (only) one of the following retreats:
Connecticut
September 19-21, 2025
*apply by July 10, 2025
Trinity Retreat Center, West Cornwall, CT
Maine
May 30-June 1, 2025
*apply by March 30, 2025
Bald Mountain Camps, Oquossoc, ME
New England
June 20-22, 2025
*apply by April 10, 2025
Barbara C. Harris Center, Greenfield, NH
New England
September 12-14, 2025
*apply by July 3, 2025
Barbara C. Harris Center, Greenfield, NH
2025 Retreat Calendar
There are two retreats in the Mid-Atlantic region. Please apply to the (one) retreat that is closer to where you live.
May 16-18, 2025
*apply by March 6, 2025
Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA
There are two retreats in the Mid-Atlantic region. Please apply to the (one) retreat that is closer to where you live.
2025 Maryland date TBD
*apply byÂ
Shepherd’s Spring, Sharpsburg, MD
Program Coordinator
Melissa Holyfield
[email protected]
2025 Retreat Calendar
October 17-19, 2025
*Apply by August 7, 2025
Lure Lodge, Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, Jamestown, KY
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one retreat.
June 20-22, 2025
*Apply April 10, 2025
Bradford Woods, Martinsville, IN
Please apply to only one retreat.
August 22-24, 2025
*Apply June 12, 2025
Bradford Woods, Martinsville, IN
Program Coordinator
Tracy Woods
[email protected]Â (317) 847-8994
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one retreat
April 11-13, 2025
*Apply by January 30, 2025
UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center (Bruin Woods), Lake Arrowhead, CA
Please apply to only one retreat
October 24-26, 2025
*Apply by August 14, 2025
Wonder Valley Ranch Resort, Sanger, CA
Program Coordinators
Carole Ontiveros & Teresa Adams
[email protected]
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
March 28-30, 2025
Apply by January 16, 2025
Indian Creek Lodge, Douglas City, CA
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
October 17-19, 2025
Apply by August 7, 2025
Circle 7 Lodge, Fall River Mills, CA
Program Coordinators
Lori Paciulla
[email protected]
2025 Retreat Calendar
September 5-7, 2025
*Apply by June 26, 2025
River Raven Sanctuary Lodge, Soldotna, AK
Program Coordinator
Wendi Dutcher
[email protected]Â (907) 398-1748
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please check back for 2025 information
*Apply by
Skytop Lodge, Skytop, PA
Program Coordinator
Marsha Benovengo
[email protected] (732) 780-7185
2025 Retreat CalendarÂ
Please check back for 2025 information
*Apply byÂ
Best Western Ponderosa Lodge, Sisters, OR
Note: Two CfR retreats are held annually in Oregon and women may apply for one or the other, but not both.
Program Coordinator
Scott Humphrey
[email protected]Â (503) 701-4632
2025 Retreat Calendar
Please check back for 2025 retreat information
*Apply byÂ
Charlson Meadows, Victoria, MN
Program Coordinator
Jen Schleck
[email protected] (651) 338-7198
2025 Retreat Calendar
September 12-14, 2025
*Apply by July 3, 2025
Living Waters Ranch, Challis, ID
Program Coordinator
Kathryn Maiben
[email protected] (208) 339-1659
2025 Retreat Calendar
November 7-9, 2025
*Apply August 28, 2025
River Bend Ranch and Retreat, Normandy, TN
Program Coordinators
Susan Thrasher
[email protected] (615) 627-7850
Cassandra Gregory
[email protected]Â (812) 639-3397
2025 Retreat Calendar
September 28-30, 2025 (Sunday-Tuesday)
*Apply by July 19, 2025
Mazama Guest Ranch, Mazama, WA
Eastern Washington
If you are a woman living in the eastern part of the state, you are eligible to apply for the Northern ID/Eastern WA retreat, which may be more convenient.
Program Coordinator
Joelle Dubois
[email protected] Â (808) 282-0328
2025 Retreat Calendar
September 19-21, 2025
*Apply by July 10, 2025
Trinity Retreat Center, West Cornwall, CT
Program Coordinator
Sharon O’Connell
[email protected] (203) 209-4406
2025 Retreat Calendar
September 12-14, 2025
*Apply by July 3, 2025
Outlaw Ranch, Custer, SD
Program Coordinators
Sandy Richter
[email protected]Â (605) 647-4003
2025 Retreat Calendar
September 5-7, 2025
*Apply by June 26, 2025
Zermatt Resort, Midway, UT
Program Coordinator
Pam Page
[email protected] (801) 589.4404
2025 Retreat Calendar
August 22-24, 2025
*Apply by June 12, 2025
HomeWaters Club, Spruce Creek, PA
Program Coordinators
Judy Balk and Marci Sturgeon
[email protected]
2025 Retreat Calendar
August 15-17, 2025
*Apply by June 5, 2025
Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, NM
Program Coordinators
Susan Dymond
[email protected] (512) 789-3536
Ms. Fred Mims
[email protected] Â (505) 577-1032
2025 Retreat Calendar
August 1-3, 2025
*Apply by May 22, 2025
Absaroka Ranch, Dubois, WY
Program Coordinators
Mary Turney
[email protected] (732) 740-1569
Barb Redder
[email protected]Â (307) 680-5611
2025 Retreat Calendar
June 6-8, 2025
*Apply by March 27, 2025
Madison Valley Ranch, Ennis, MT
Program Coordinator
Melissa Steinhauer
melissa.steinhauer@
2025 Retreat CalendarÂ
May 30-June 1, 2025
*Apply by March 20, 2025
Bald Mountain Camps, Oquossoc, ME
2025 Retreat Calendar
May 16-18, 2025
*Apply by March 6, 2025
X Diamond Ranch, Greer, AZ
Program Coordinator
Karen Gremminger
[email protected] (520) 827-0553
2025 Retreat Calendar
May 2-4, 2025
*Application deadline February 20, 2025
Big K Guest Ranch, Elkton, OR
Note: Two CfR retreats are held annually in Oregon and women may apply for one or the other, but not both.
Program Coordinator
Karen Kreft
[email protected] (503) 409-0148
2025 Retreat Calendar
Date, 2025
*Apply by , 2025
Program Coordinator
Karen Gremminger
[email protected] (520) 827-0553
2022 Retreat Calendar
September 25-27, 2022 (Sunday-Tuesday)
*Apply by August 20, 2022
Mountain Springs Lodge, Leavenworth, WA
Eligibility: Any woman who has or has had breast cancer AND is a healthcare worker or first responder that worked in a healthcare/emergency response setting, hospital, medical center, outpatient or long-term care facility during the pandemic (March 2020-present), and lives in one of the following Pacific Northwest states: Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
For more information
Jen Lofgren
[email protected] Â (303) 808-6399
2022 Retreat Calendar
July 8-10, 2022
*Apply by May 15, 2022 We are still accepting applications for Alternates!
Dockside Garden House, Ketchikan, AK
Program Coordinator
Deb Anderson
[email protected] (907) 220-0699