Click Here to Download Press Release Click on the “play” button below as Matt Vorderstrasse, Rogue Retreat’s Fund Development Director, explains your Matching Grant opportunity… An anonymous donor has given Rogue Retreat a matching fund of $34,000 to purchase a total of 10 Pallet Shelters for the Urban Campground. Rogue Retreat needs your help this… Read More »

“The real blessing for me was that after I started volunteering I got to watch from the inside, at how much Rogue Retreat was about to grow during the next year. First came the Kelly Shelter, then the Urban Campground and the expansion of Hope Village. Programs keep expanding; employees have tripled.” Read more in… Read More »

Our hearts and prayers go out to all of those affected by the fires. We know that there are at least a few employees at Rogue Retreat who lost their homes. If employees need housing, we will provide them with a tiny house at Hope Village for as long as they need it. We have… Read More »

According to Scott Clauson, Medford Chief Of Police, “three months ago the Sheriff, Medford City leaders, and I began having conversations about the extreme fire danger we were anticipating along the Greenway this summer. We know from experience that campers along the creek light warming and cooking fires on a nightly basis. Every summer we… Read More »

One participant was recently reunited with family who hadn’t spoken to her in 11 years because of her previous addiction. Another shared how she just got her dream job by doing the “next right thing.” Another just got a HUD Voucher for her own apartment with her young child. Another talked about making enough money… Read More »