Join for the AARC Retreat, May 9-11, 2025
When
Friday evening, May 9, 2025
through
Sunday afternoon, May 11, 2025
(this is Mother’s Day Weekend)
Where
The Butzel Retreat Center at Camp Tamarack (about a one hour drive Northeast of Ann Arbor in Ortonville, Michigan)
How Much
To be determined depending on number of participants, number of meals, etc.
* We will do our very best to ensure that everyone can attend regardless of financial situation.*
IMPORTANT: Please fill out the Retreat Survey by April 15, 2025 so we have an idea of how many people are attending, calculate the total costs and create a reasonable set of fees.
More information about the Butzel Retreat Center can be found HERE
Great photos from last year’s retreat are HERE
WHAT TO EXPECT THIS YEAR
Like last year, the retreat will offer an opportunity to reconnect with our community, the Earth and yourself in beautiful, natural surroundings. It’s about the people, the place, and the experience. We hope you will join!
The retreat will also offer
- A chance to celebrate Shabbat as a community
- Meaningful, musical services
- Various workshops, discussion groups and other activities led by our talented community members
- Fun activities offered by Tamarack Adventure Center, including swimming, kayaking and canoeing
- Hikes exploring around the beautiful lakes on the 1,100 wooded acres of Tamarack/Camp Maas
- A Saturday night party with music and dancing
- Campfires with S’mores and singing* Childcare and Children’s Programming
- …and other surprises as well!
A motel-like room at the Butzel Retreat Center (instead of shared cabins with bunks at the Specialty Camper Village like last year).
This means we will have…
- Private rooms with their own bathrooms, instead of cabins (Rooms at Butzel can sleep up to four people with one queen size bed, one twin size bed and upon request, two fold out cots. )
- Convenient parking next to our accommodations, instead of a parking lot that is a long walk away
- ADA conforming facilities, instead of potentially difficult to traverse stairs and grounds
- Meals cooked by Butzel staff and served in our own dining room, instead of eating children’s camp food at the main dining hall
- A wide variety of activities offered by Tamarack, in addition to the waterfront activities (Swimming, canoeing, kayaking etc.) that we had last year
- For more information about the activities offered, see the survey.
The cost of the retreat will vary based on how many nights you (and your family) will stay at Butzel, what activities we decide to offer, and other costs that we are currently reviewing. There is a charge for each meal and each activity that is provided by Tamarack.
Also, we will be budgeting for childcare, s’mores and snacks, and any incidentals (such as costs associated with member led activities).
It is important that one member of your household fill out fill out the Retreat Survey by April 15, 2025 so we can plan accordingly and determine and provide rates for attending the retreat. We will do our very best to accommodate everyone that wishes to attend regardless of financial situation.
***IMPORTANT – RETREAT SURVEY***
Please have one person from your household/family fill out the following survey by April 15. survey link
