--- title: Ways to Give | Ways to Donate | Opportunities for Giving | The Retreat description: The Retreat’s mission is to save lives. 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Opportunities for Life. The Retreat’s mission is to save lives. Your gift helps us extend the hand of recovery to those afflicted with alcoholism and drug dependency. Our high-outcome but affordable model means that your contributed dollars are stretched further here. Thank you for helping our guests rebuild their lives.  **Your Gift Matters! Thank you for your consideration.  **  -------------------------------- --- ## Help Someome in Need, One Day at a Time. ## Donate Today. ### Any Amount $Any/ Donate Any Amount Online   [Give](https://info.theretreat.org/our-next-step-giving-form) ### Give a Day $163/ Give Someone a Day of Recovery   [Give](https://info.theretreat.org/our-next-step-giving-form) ### Give a Week $1200/ Give Someone a Week of Recovery   [Give](https://info.theretreat.org/our-next-step-giving-form) ### Give a Month $4900/Annual Give Someone a Month of Recovery   [Give](https://info.theretreat.org/our-next-step-giving-form) --- ### Other Ways to Give! The Retreat’s mission is to save lives. Each opportunity to give is another opportunity to greatly help those in need. If you are looking for alternative ways to give look at some of the options that we have provided below. If you have any questions feel free to contact us at (866) 928.3434   **"The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do more for the betterment of life." 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