Children’s Nature Retreat Open for In-Person Visits and Virtual Programs Trapped at home with bored children and nowhere to go? Children’s Nature Retreat is open for in-person visits and virtual programs for endless fun for the entire family! Come interact with our animals (physically or virtually) for a nice change [...]
How Children's Nature Retreat Animals Can Help with Depression Depression is a widespread problem in the US, especially with the pandemic that took over 2020. Fortunately, there are ways to make people feel better. For example, the simple fact of being around animals can help lower people’s depression. This blog [...]
Children's Nature Retreat vs. San Diego Zoo There's nothing quite as fun and memorable as taking the family out to see some wild animals! While most people have heard of the San Diego Zoo, there are many opportunities at the Children's Nature Retreat that they may not know about! While they [...]
How to Teach About Animals and Responsibility Without Physical Animals One does not have to have a physical animal to be able to teach kids about them! There are many different ways to teach about animals and responsibility without pets. This blog will go over a couple of different ways [...]
We're Reopening September 24th! We're excited to announce that we're reopening on Thursday, September 24th! After evacuating over 120 animals, and being spared from the Valley Fire, the ranches and Humane society have helped us bring our animals back. We want to thank the rescue groups, volunteers, homes, ranches, first [...]
Help Feed and Care for Our Animals With the unfortunate circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, we had to close our doors to the public. This resulted in us losing 100% of our revenue stream overnight. Without our revenue streams, we won't have enough money to survive. The Children's Nature Retreat [...]
Please join us for an exceptional evening at the Retreat and help us support our programs to enrich the lives of children and their families and provide a home to the animals in need! CHILDREN’S NATURE RETREAT 5178 Japatul Spur, Alpine Hosted Cocktail Reception 3-Course Dinner [...]
The Retreat: Your Next Fun Team Building Destination With deadlines coming up and an endless stream of projects, work can become overwhelming at times. This is why it's important to take a step back and relax. Children’s Nature Retreat offers an excellent place for fun team building activities that can [...]
Curriculum in Action Book Release at Children's Nature Retreat! Saturday March 21, 2020 at 10AM – 1PM Come help us celebrate the book release of Curriculum in Action: Multiculturalism and the Human-Animal Connection! The San Diego Humane Society will be there with some adoptable animals and you can meet some exciting [...]
Help Us Build a Home for Judy's Little Zoo Judy's Little Zoo The Children's Nature Retreat needs your help to build a home for Judy’s little zoo. Our friend Judy is turning 80 this year and moving into a smaller property and needs to find a forever home for her [...]
