Those of you who know me have heard (probably more than once!) about our awesome family weekend last May to Barren Heights Christian Retreat. Located in Scottsville KY (near Bowling Green), the focus of their free family weekends is to give families that have children with physical or developmental disabilities a time away to “relax, rest, and rejuvenate.”
Joe and Toni Rose (undoubtedly, one of the most kind-hearted couples I’ve ever met) started Barren Heights because they wanted to help other families enjoy the same type of family weekends that their family has enjoyed over the years. Each retreat weekend is Friday through Sunday and has plenty of activity to keep the kids happy while providing for much needed relaxing time for parents. Once you get there, everything else is included and provided with awesome Southern hospitality! I can’t say enough about the weekend, really.
And yes, it’s free. But you have to sign up! They take 3 families per weekend so if there’s another family you’d like to go with, make sure you sign up at the same time. We went down solo and really enjoyed meeting the two other families who were there. One even came up from southern Georgia! When you sign up, you’ll pay a small deposit that is refundable once you complete your weekend. You can also choose to donate your deposit if you want to.
Here’s their website – take a look!
And here’s the link to our family album if you want to see more pictures…
I hope your family can take advantage of this great community resource this year or in the future!
Elizabeth
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