Seaside Retreats
Individuals and families with children age 4 and older will experience a week of quality time together serving families living through childhood cancer on a Lighthouse Family Retreat. This service trip is a a memory maker and a transformational experience for the parents and children you serve, as well as you and your own family.
2023 Seaside Retreat Schedule
1. We recommend one person register for their entire family
2. As you fill out your application please be sure to select the right type of application (volunteer adult vs. volunteer child)
3. Please be prepared that the application process may take up to 15 minutes.
A FEW QUICK REGISTRATION TIPS:
REGISTRATION OPENING IN JANUARY 2023
RETREAT 1 | April 2-8
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 2 | April 2-8
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 3 | June 4-10
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 4 | June 4-10
St. Simons, Georgia
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 6 | June 11-17
St. Simons, Georgia
RETREAT 7 | June 18-24
Miramar Beach, Florida
St. Simons, Georgia
RETREAT 9 | June 25-July 1
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 10 | June 25-July 1
St. Simons, Georgia
RETREAT 11 | July 2-July 8
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 12 | July 9-15
Emerald Isle, North Carolina
RETREAT 13 | July 9-15
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 14 | July 16-22
Emerald Isle, North Carolina
RETREAT 15 | July 16-22
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 16 | July 23-29
Emerald Isle, North Carolina
RETREAT 17 | July 23-29
Miramar Beach, Florida
RETREAT 18 | September 24-30
Watercolor, Florida
2023 Sunrise Retreat
SUNRISE | September 24-30
Bald Head Island, North Carolina
A SUMMER TO CELEBRATE
19 Retreats. 218 Retreat Families served. And OVER 14,250 donuts consumed. WHAT. A. SUMMER! The latest edition of The Wave newsletter includes an update from Executive Director Chris Woodruff, photos albums from 2021 Retreats, and a Retreat Family highlight!
EXTRAVAGANT SERVICE
Volunteers play a critical role in creating a retreat experience that provides joy and hope. You will be paired with a family living through childhood cancer to serve them with activities such as doing their laundry and dishes, playing games, and most of all, strengthening relationships. The week is full of extravagant service by creating environments where families living through childhood cancer can get away to rest, restore relationships, experience joy, and find hope in God!
FROM VOLUNTEER TO FAMILY
On retreat, we call our volunteers "Family Partners." Family Partners can be a whole family, single adults, empty nesters, and students, too! Spending a week together at the beach while working together to create an incredible environment for "Retreat Families", the families we serve, gives volunteers in all walks of life the chance to build a community and gain life-long relationships.
To learn more about the environments
you will help create for Retreat Families, click here.