Retreats for Military Families

Colorado troop-support group, Project Sanctuary, is promising a week-long retreat full of fun and relaxation for 80 deserving military families this year. Project Sanctuary will give military families a five-night, all-expenses-paid, therapeutic retreat in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The retreats will be co-hosted by the YMCA of the Rockies at the Snow Mountain Ranch near Winter Park, Colo. Eight retreats are planned for this year, and 10 to 12 families will go together on each retreat. Snow Mountain Ranch allows each family to have its own cabin and then join the group at least daily in a lodge that houses the staff and volunteers. The lodge is the central meeting point for the entire retreat. Program officials take retreat applications on a first-come, first-served basis. All servicemembers are considered, but servicemembers who recently have returned from deployment are ideal candidates. Families may apply for a retreat by filling out an application at the Project Sanctuary website.