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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 July 10, 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
California
October 24-26, 2025
This retreat is only for women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in California.
*Apply by August 14, 2025
Wonder Valley Ranch, Sanger, CA
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
Erika.Clemmer@castingforrecovery.org 412.863.6584
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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 February 6, 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 14-16, 2025
*Apply by September 4, 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.
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to the one retreat (only) that is closer to you.
Northern New Jersey
October 17-19, 2025
*Apply by August 7, 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
Private Venue, Sea Isle City, NJ
Program Coordinators
North
Randi Jeddis
gray1116@aol.com
South
Jackie Bradley
jackiebradleycfr@gmail.com (609) 861-3761
Gerri Rescigno
gerrirescignocfr@gmail.com (609) 425-1775
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
March 28-30, 2025
Apply by January 30, 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
lpacuilla@gmail.com
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
October 17-19, 2025
*Apply by August 14, 2025
Lure Lodge, Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, Jamestown, KY
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2025 Retreat Calendar
October 10-12, 2025
*Apply by July 31, 2025
Redstone Inn, Redstone, CO
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 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
Carol Miller
carolmiller622@gmail.com (303) 507-8816
Heidi Landre
cfrcarolinasprogram@gmail.com (315) 405-5686
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
October 3-5, 2025
*Apply by July 24, 2025
Ewalu Stone Retreat Center
Strawberry Point, Iowa
Program Contacts
Annette Norris
cfriowa@gmail.com 515-689-8780
Pam Gridley
gridleyp@ihaonline.org 515-288-1955
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2025 Retreat Calendar
September 12-14, 2025
* apply by July 17, 2025
Salmon Catcher Lodge, Kenai, AK
Program Coordinator
Jen Lofgren
jen.lofgren@castingforrecovery.org
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 28-30, 2025 (Sunday-Tuesday)
*Apply by July 17, 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
topograph@hotmail.com (808) 282-0328
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2025 Retreat Calendar
There will not be a Northern Oregon retreat in 2025.
Please check back in 2026 for that year’s schedule.
Program Coordinator
Scott Humphrey
humphrey@strategic-pr.com (503) 701-4632
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
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 July 10, 2025
Living Waters Ranch, Challis, Idaho
Program Coordinator
Melissa Seyler
mnmseyler@gmail.com (208) 830-0466
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 19-21, 2025
*Apply by July 10, 2025
Tailwaters Lodge on the South Holston, Bristol, TN
Program Coordinators
Christine (Chris) Marok
cfr.easttn.program@gmail.com (404) 731-2233
Denise Weston
cfr.easttn.program@gmail.com (865) 680-2130
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
May 30-June 1, 2025
*Apply by March 20, 2025
Hope Valley Wellness Retreat Center, Newark, OH
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 19-21, 2025
*Apply by July 10, 2025
Hope Valley Wellness Retreat Center, Newark, OH
Program Coordinators
Mary Lee Hahn & Linda Harper
cfrohio@gmail.com
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 19-21, 2025
*Apply by July 10, 2025
Trinity Retreat Center, West Cornwall, CT
Program Coordinator
Sharon O’Connell
sherrieoc@me.com (203) 209-4406
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 14-16, 2025 (Sun.-Tue.)
*Apply by July 3, 2025
Skytop Lodge, Skytop, PA
Program Coordinator
Marsha Benovengo
casabeno@msn.com (732) 780-7185
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 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
wendy.gawlik@castingforrecovery.org (802) 688-3177
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 12-14, 2025
*Apply by July 3, 2025
Outlaw Ranch, Custer, SD
Program Coordinators
Sandy Richter
Castingforrecoverysd@gmail.com (605) 647-4003
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 12-14, 2025
*Apply by July 3, 2025
Living Waters Ranch, Challis, ID
Program Coordinator
Kathryn Maiben
kathrynmaiben@yahoo.com (208) 339-1659
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
September 5-7, 2025
*Apply by June 26, 2025
Zermatt Resort, Midway, UT
Program Coordinator
Pam Page
pam.page@castingforrecovery.org (801) 589.4404
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
May 30-June 1, 2025
*Apply by April 3, 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
cfrne@cox.net (402) 677-4407
Drue Lovgren
druelovgren@yahoo.com (402) 676-9898
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2025 Retreat Calendar
September 5-7, 2025
*Apply by June 26, 2025
River Raven Sanctuary Lodge, Soldotna, AK
Program Coordinator
Wendi Dutcher
cfr.kenai@gmail.com (907) 398-1748
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Retreat Calendar
April 11-13, 2025
*Apply by January 30, 2025
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park, Gilbertsville, KY
Program Coordinator
Whitney Summers
cfr.heartland@gmail.com
Susan Brooks
susan.brooks@castingforrecovery.org
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
August 22-24, 2025
*Apply by June 12, 2025
Alverna Center – St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN
Program Coordinator
Jen Schleck
cfrjen@gmail.com (651) 338-7198
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
August 22-24, 2025
*Apply by June 12, 2025
HomeWaters Club, Spruce Creek, PA
Program Coordinators
Judy Balk and Marci Sturgeon
cfrwpa@gmail.com
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
August 22-24, 2025
*Apply by June 12, 2025
Lubrecht Experimental Forest, Greenough, MT
Program Coordinators
Laura Farley
lauralouisefarley@
Sheila Bryan
shoe6561@gmail.com (425) 941-1739
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
August 22-24, 2025
*Apply by June 12, 2025
Barothy Lodge, Walhalla, MI
Program Coordinator
Sandy Thomley
castingforrecoverymi@gmail.com
Karen O’Briant
karencfrmichigan@gmail.com
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 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
tracywoods2023@gmail.com (317) 847-8994
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2025 Retreat Calendar
August 14-16, 2025 (Thursday – Saturday)
*Apply by June 5, 2025
Tailwater Lodge, Altmar, NY
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
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.
Program Coordinator
Steve Olufsen
cfr.upstateny@gmail.com (585) 415-9970
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
August 15-17, 2025
*Apply by June 5, 2025
Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, NM
Program Coordinators
Susan Dymond
sdymond51@gmail.com (512) 789-3536
Ms. Fred Mims
fredsys@comcast.net (505) 577-1032
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
May 30-June 1, 2025
Apply by April 3, 2025
N-SID-SEN Camp and Retreat Center, Harrison, Idaho
Program Coordinator
Peggy Kingery
pkingery@alumni.uidaho.edu (208) 669-1858
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat
April 11-13, 2025
*Apply by February 10, 2025
UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center (Bruin Woods), Lake Arrowhead, CA
October 24-26, 2025
Stage IV (metastatic) breast cancer retreat
This retreat is only for women with Stage IV breast cancer who live in southern California.
*Apply by August 14, 2025
Wonder Valley Ranch Resort, Sanger, CA
Program Coordinators
Carole Ontiveros & Teresa Adams
cfrsocal@gmail.com
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
October 24-26, 2025
* Apply by August 14, 2025
Cedarwood Lodge, Flippin, AR
Program Coordinators
Sherry Barnhart and Susan Brooks
susan.brooks@
(662) 312-8588
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2025 Retreat Schedule
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
March 8-10, 2025 (Sat.-Mon.)
*January 5, 2025
Camp Weed, Live Oak, FL
Program Coordinators
Dawn Fagot
dwfagot@gmail.com
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
May 16-18, 2025
* Apply by March 6, 2025
Camp McDowell, Nauvoo, AL
Program Coordinators
Susan Brooks
susan.brooks@
Lana McKee
lanamckee64@gmail.com
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
May 30-June 1, 2025
*Apply by March 20, 2025
Bald Mountain Camps, Oquossoc, ME
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
June 6-8, 2025
*Apply by March 27, 2025
Madison Valley Ranch, Ennis, MT
Program Coordinators
Allison Wilson
cfrallison@gmail.com (206) 650-6155
Jamie Janosko
Janoskojamie@gmail.com (406) 560-2707
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
May 16-18, 2025
*apply by March 6, 2025
Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA
Program Coordinator
Carolyn Harvey
cpharvey03@gmail.com
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2025 Retreat Calendar
May 2-4, 2025
*Application deadline March 6, 2025
Big K Guest Ranch, Elkton, OR
Program Coordinators
Karen Kreft
dancingtrout@gmail.com (503) 409-0148
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
November 7-9, 2025
*Apply August 28, 2025
River Bend Ranch and Retreat, Normandy, TN
Program Coordinators
Susan Thrasher
thrasher@southernbrookies.com (615) 627-7850
Cassandra Gregory
cjean97greg@gmail.com (812) 639-3397
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Please apply to only one 2025 retreat.
August 1-3, 2025
*Apply by May 22, 2025
Absaroka Ranch, Dubois, WY
Program Coordinators
Mary Turney
cfrwyoming@hotmail.com (732) 740-1569
Barb Redder
barbararedder@gmail.com (307) 680-5611
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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
coloradocastingforrecovery@gmail.com (303) 579-0924
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
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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
cfrgeorgia@gmail.com (678) 480-8052
Lynn Lomas
lynnlomas@gmail.com (404) 293-9458
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2025 Retreat Calendar
May 30-June 1, 2025
*Apply by March 20, 2025
Camp Naue, Ha’ena, Kaua’i
Program Coordinator
Claudia Janiszewski
cfrhawaii@gmail.com (303) 989-7260
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2025 Retreat Calendar
May 16-18, 2025
*Apply by March 6, 2025
X Diamond Ranch, Greer, AZ
Program Coordinator
Karen Gremminger
cfraz@lauransa.net (520) 827-0553
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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 check back for 2025 Long Island retreat information
Program Coordinator
Erika Clemmer
erika.clemmer@castingforrecovery.org (406) 624.6583, ext. 3
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2025 Retreat Calendar
Date, 2025
*Apply by , 2025
Program Coordinator
Karen Gremminger
cfraz@lauransa.net (520) 827-0553
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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
jen.lofgren@castingforrecovery.org (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
cfr.alaska1@gmail.com (907) 220-0699
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2021 Retreat Calendar
Program Coordinator
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2021 Retreat Calendar
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