The GWG annual retreat is an opportunity for adult women with IBD and/or ostomies to gather at a relaxing location. Over the course of a weekend, women create friendships and learn about different ways to improve their lives emotionally, mentally, and physically. We host an annual retreat every two years!
We’ve created this weekend for our new GWGs to join the sisterhood and make connections with other women just like them. This weekend is a retreat to not be the only sick girl in the room and make connections to last a lifetime. This is our way of welcoming you into the GWG sisterhood. For these weekends, we fundraise to fully sponsor those – so the only cost that a new GWG needs to worry about is travel! We alternate these on the *off* years of our annual retreats!
One of the few positive things about living with this disease is finding this group of amazing women. It really is a sisterhood. I have never felt as welcomed and loved as I do when we gather each year. This a group of people who really understand what it's like to live with IBD. They. Get. It.
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