RETREAT PLANNING GUIDE

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• Vision and Sacred Space
• Building a Leadership Team
• Faculty Sponsors and Faculty Mentors
• Choosing a Site
• Site Selection and Timeline
• Logistics and Schedule
• Money Matters - Show me the Money
• Advertising

OTHER RESOURCES

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• Physician Mentor Letter
  Provides a sample letter to prospective mentors, can be used as a blank letter with few changes, also contains 2002 national COH retreat recap.
  
  
• Blank Retreat Flyer
  Contains a short summary about HuMed, and retreat goals. With few minor "fill ins" can be used for e-mailing information about a regional retreat to medical schools.
  
  
• Past Local Retreat Information Examples
• 1st Annual Univ of Florida Circle of Healers Retreat
• Region 10 Circle of Healers Retreat Schedule
• Sample Web Regional Retreat Application
• Sample Liability Waiver
• 2003 Circle of Healers Retreat Summary
• 2004 Circle of Healers Region 2 Retreat Summary (PDF 390KB) / Peter's Meditation

LINKS

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• American Camping Association
  Search for camps that rent to groups. Search by state or region and narrow your search to places that allow kitchen use, for example.
• Find the Divine *****
  Contains a wide variety of information about retreats, regional and state retreat centers, books about retreats with link to Amazon, useful links, etc
• Retreats Connection ****
  Excellent retreat site search engine with retreat centers in each state
• Retreats Online ***
• Global Retreats ***
• NE Holistic Retreats & Retreat Centers **
  Retreat sites in VT, AZ, ME, MA and CT
• All About Retreats **