Golden Willow Retreat
"Golden Willow Retreat is your sanctuary of solace, a non-profit dedicated to promoting healthy grieving by empowering people impacted by all forms of loss. We honor your journey with compassion and support."
Golden Willow Retreat is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and their mission is to promote healthy grieving by empowering people impacted by all forms of loss through educational programming. Their vision is a world where grief is considered a normal, natural, and healthy part of life and loss.
They offer personalized therapeutic retreats, weekend workshops, and grief support groups.
Personalized Therapeutic Retreats
Golden Willow Retreat’s grief program offers deep and intensive healing experiences. They understand that each person’s journey is unique, which is why their retreats are personalized to meet your specific needs. Retreats typically range from five to ten days.
Their programs are designed to address the emotional distress and pain of loss while providing insight, education, and tools to help you transform the unmanageable into healing and moving forward into the future.
Healing Through Workshops
Explore our calendar of upcoming workshops and events, each providing unique opportunities for healing and connection. Golden Willow Retreat typically holds four to five weekend workshops a year but that is subject to change. Please check our website at https://www.goldenwillowretreat.org/services/ for more information and consider coming to a weekend workshop to honor those you’ve lost and celebrate life through these transformative gatherings.
Connecting People Through Grief Support Groups
Golden Willow Retreat offers a supportive community where you can connect with others who understand your grief journey. Our on-line grief support groups are open to everyone, no appointments are necessary, and free of charge. We also offer an in-person grief support group in Taos, NM. Please join us for a space of understanding and healing.
For questions about our on-line and in-person grief support groups, please call 575-776-4862 or visit our website at https://www.goldenwillowretreat.org/grief-support-groups/ or email us at gwr@newmex.com.
For availability, information, and pricing, contact Golden Willow Retreat at gwr@newmex.com or 575-776-4862.
Stocks, IRAs, and Wire Transfers
If you would like information about ways to give, including gifts of stock, IRA contributions, wired funds or other gifts with immediate tax deductions, please contact TCF Operations Director Amy Duke at aduke@taoscf.org or call 575-737-9300.
Planned Gifts
If you are considering making a bequest to the Golden Willow Endowment Fund of the Taos Community Foundation, we recommend the following:
In order to make a bequest, you should speak with your attorney. Your attorney can help you include a bequest to Taos Community Foundation in your estate plan, and we would be happy to work with you and your attorney to help you identify ways to give that will ensure your charitable objectives are met. We will also work with you and your attorney to craft language to accomplish your objectives, but have provided some basic bequest language to get you started.
Specific Dollar Amount/Personal Property
I hereby, give, devise and bequeath [$dollars / description of property] to Taos Community Foundation, a non-profit organization located at 115 La Posta Rd, Ste A, Taos, New Mexico, 87571, Federal Tax ID # 85-0425147, to support the Golden Willow Endowment Fund.
Specific Real Estate
I hereby give, devise and bequeath all of the right, title and interest in and to the real estate located at [address or description of property] to Taos Property Foundation, Inc., a non-profit affiliate of the Taos Community Foundation located at 115 La Posta Rd, Ste A, Taos, New Mexico, 87571, Federal Tax ID # 27-0998249, for Golden Willow Endowment Fund.
Percentage of an Estate
I hereby, give, devise and bequeath [percentage of your estate] to Taos Community Foundation, a non-profit organization located at 115 La Posta Rd, Ste A, Taos, New Mexico, 87571, Federal Tax ID # 85-0425147, for Golden Willow Endowment Fund.