Sunlight Retreats Foundation is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit social Enterprise run by volunteers. Donations are greatly needed to create future retreats and trauma workshops for survivors, and survivors contribute via copays as well. We are currently raising funds to execute our Team 4 of Survivors. please DOnate, we are on:
Venmo (@sunlightretreats)
Paypal (at the nonprofit Charitable Rate)
And if you have a Paypal or Ebay accounT YOu can donate to Sunlight Fee-Free as a member of Paypal’s Charitable Giving Program!
Amazon Smile: If you click on the link and sign into your account, and select us as your charity, .05% of your purchases will benefit Survivors!
Sunlight Retreats Foundation
Nonprofit Tax ID: 84-1870920
Sunlight Alumni Team 2, bonded and connected on our last day. We still connect post-retreat and support one another via our private group daily
Dr. Shiva Ghaed, lovingly called "Dr. G" shares her knowledge on the science of PTSD and how to heal and grow beyond trauma
Thank you to our August 2018 Sunlight REtreat Scholarship Donors
Multiple Scholarship Sponsors:
Red My Lips, La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club, Dan O'Shannon, Tim Walsh, More Than No and Cabaret Con-Sensual
Scholarship Sponsors:
Nadine Macaluso, Sarah Paiste, Kim Davis, Jessie Neufeld and Ryan Suneson, Valerie Attisha, Charissa Adams, Don Catton, William French, and Rachel Riccardella
Retreat Supporters:
Katherine O'Donnell, Katie Johnson, Bitsy La Bourbon, Danielle Tansino, Stephanie Mahalec, Emily Piez, Bett Simpson Lucas, Elizabeth Howland, Clara Harris, Luke Howitt, Rachel Klahr, Lauren Rosenberg, Bill Pogue, Rob and Laura Curcio, Kelly Caton, Lindsey Robertson, Dave Lemox, Carlie Ward, Christine Evans, Maggie Zickafoose, Emily Griffin, Tamaro Hanna, Susan Cunningham, Kirstie Pfeifer and Elena Lujan-Alba.
Retreat programs are run at-cost with the help of volunteers. The $250 cost per participant covers 3 days/2 nights of lodging, meals, liability and insurance.
If you would like to sponsor a survivor to attend our next San Diego retreat, or would like to contribute in any amount, it could be a difference maker for a survivor of sexual violence. Contributions are accepted via check, PayPal or Venmo (@sunlightretreats).
La Mesa Sunrise Rotary provided an incredible healthy dinner for survivors, as well as volunteered, and sponsored two survivors to attend. Amazing vegan carrot cake Elena! And the thoughtful breakfast made their morning Betty
Love on a Leash Central San Diego Chapter came back to welcome rape survivors to Sunlight Retreats and put survivors at ease
Thank you to our August 2018 Sunlight REtreat Volunteers who donated their services, Care and Support to Sexual Assault Survivors
Brittany Kirk, Dr. Shiva Ghaed, Carlie Ward, Kirstie Pfeifer, Betty Howland, Don Catton, Patti Sullivan, Coleen Cobbs, Mary-Kate Catton, Maureen Kirk, Brian Kirk, Sue Subkow, Love on a Leash Central San Diego Chapter, Amy DeMueles, Lyndsay Neer, Stacie Rosati, Christiana Donovan, Dr. Rachel Richards, Dr. Patricia Lotufo, Dr. Landon Amonette, Erica Fowler of Erica Jane Health, Dr. Catherine Austin, Rhonda Epstein, Cheryl Lemox, Darwin Vasay, Betty Howland, Stella Stehly and Stehly Farms, Christine Evans, Barbara Janszen Hunter, Clara Harris, Elena Lujan-Alba, Brittany Bachmann and Lori May.