Restore & Renew Wellness Retreat

Restore & Renew Wellness Retreat

Welcome! We cannot wait to have fun with you! This trip is for adults ages 20+ only! Food, snacks and drinks will be provided. Our rain date is August 14th. Application deadline is July 22nd, applications will be reviewed and 20 participants will be selected and notified on July 31st.
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Disclaimer

Sometimes discussing traumatic event(s) can retraumatize the effected person and others hearing it. This is why we reccomend if you attend this retreat, that you do not have to and are not being forced to discuss about anything that makes you uncomfortable.

We reccomend to try and focus on the residual feelings (mental, physical, and spiritual), triggers that were created by your trauma. You are also welcome to excuse yourself at anytime of the event to a quite and comfortable location on the retreat premises.

However, some find it cathartic to talk about specifics which we think will happen organically throughout the day.

We want to assure you that this day will not be about focusing on your trauma itself, but rather releasing any pent up feelings that aren't serving us to learn how to recover from future trauma as well has how to rest, since that has become a luxury especially for us as BIPOC. Thank you for your understanding.
Pickup Information

The two buses will be picking us up at 50 Beechwood Drive, North Andover, MA at 7:45am on the dot and departing no later than 8am. We ask that attendees arrive or get dropped off no later than 7:15am for check in, and last minute bathroom breaks before our 1-hour road trip.

There is plenty of free parking at 50 Beechwood drive for your vehicles to stay for the entirety of the trip.
Essentials to bring:
- Bug Spray
- Backpack with personal belongs and medications needed
- Fully charged phone/camera
- Hiking shoes
- A blanket or mat to sit on
- Swimwear (attendees can change into swimwear inside the house at Blavenwood)
- Towel(s)
- Sunscreen (protect the melanin!)
- Refillable bottle (we have a chilled spring water dispenser)
- A change of clothes (optional, handy if going kayaking and need dry clothes)
- Hair protection for water activities (optional)
- Water shoes (optional)
Requirements
- Please clean up after yourselves.
- No diving or any kind, you will be required to sign liability, emergency releases, and a photo release, prior to attending this retreat.
- Watch your step at all times, we do not want you slipping or hurting yourself.
- Attendees are expected to provide a safe space to all attendees.
Rain date:

With the possibility of our weather changing, our rain date is scheduled for August 27th.

In the event that both days get rain out, we will collectively decide on a new retreat date.
Are you located in the Merrimack Valley? Please see a list of towns we service here mvbbvoices.org/towns-cities You must be in a Merrimack Valley town/city to attend this retreat. We DO NOT service Boston or, the greater Boston area, or Northshore area. Thank you.

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