The Rogue Retreat Board of Directors and staff met in September to dream and strategize the immediate (3-5 years) future for Rogue Retreat’s work and service to the community. It was clear there need to be more beds and opportunities to give hope and service to the homeless. There need to be more income streams.… Read More »

We’ve all heard the wise saying: “Give a person a fish and they eat for a day. Teach a person how to fish and they eat for a lifetime.” This is about hand-outs and hand-ups. Too often we approach life as either/or, but the great organizations in history approach their work as both/and. My point?… Read More »

So what is the name Rogue Retreat all about? How did it start? In 1998 a small group of people met to discuss how to start a new organization which could help people overcome the addiction, abuse and dysfunction of life. The original thought was to have a live-in recovery center to address all the… Read More »