OUr Community
It takes many hands to make light work, and that is the motto behind Sunrise Retreats. With a common mission to create a landing pad for grief surrounded by nature, creativity, good food, healing touch, and compassionate people, this group of amazing beings keeps all of the dreamers on task!
From our very first dream team who made the retreat happen to our widow warriors who lead the way for others and our board, which give us the ability to continue dreaming and offering these resources to our community, we love working together to create healing magic!
Trail blazers
The widow warriors behind the scenes, making the meals, making phone calls, reaching out to others, growing in grief, laughing around the campfire, quietly offering tender support, and spreading hope. Many of these women were at the first retreat and have stayed with us. Now, they complete the circle of widow retreats and resources supported by other widows. Widows helping widows!
We are humbled and grateful for these incredible people. Look for future high lights on these magic makers.
Retreat team
Jenise English, LCPC
Marni Henderson, BS, WHE
Marni Henderson, BS, WHE
As a licensed clinical professional counselor, Jenise is honored to walk side by side with others through life's difficult experiences. She brings this graceful practice to hold safe space during our Sunrise Retreats. Her life’s passion is to help others heal through insight to the human spirit, creating an empowered life's journey.
Marni Henderson, BS, WHE
Marni Henderson, BS, WHE
Marni Henderson, BS, WHE
The dreamer and founder of Sunrise Retreats. During our retreats, not only does she bring her leadership and heart wisdom as a widow, she offers her professional health educator skills to facilitate the creation of new life and tools to regain health and wellbeing during the grief process. When not coordinating Sunrise Retreats, she is
The dreamer and founder of Sunrise Retreats. During our retreats, not only does she bring her leadership and heart wisdom as a widow, she offers her professional health educator skills to facilitate the creation of new life and tools to regain health and wellbeing during the grief process. When not coordinating Sunrise Retreats, she is a professional health educator/Whole Health and Wellness Coach, focused on supporting wellness in mind, body, and spirit. Marni loves facilitating the Sunrise Retreats for widows in Idaho as well as her annual wellness retreat in Belize for women from all walks of life! Coalesce Discovery
Jen Guerrero, LMT
Marni Henderson, BS, WHE
Jen Guerrero, LMT
Jen is a Licensed Massage Therapist with a wide range of modalities to choose from offering the best therapy possible for her clients. Sunrise Retreats loves having her on healing talents at the retreats.
It is her passion and gift to facilitate healing from the inside out and to offer the compassion her clients need to feel comfortable in each session.
Our Board
Sylvia Long Cochran
Sylvia Long Cochran
Sylvia Long Cochran
After 26 years, I retired from a personal and professional development company to take care of my husband who passed away in 2016. I have 2 sons and 4 grandsons. After attending the very first Sunrise Retreat in 2017, I knew I wanted to be apart of this organization. Not only do I enjoy being on the board, but I also love being able to
After 26 years, I retired from a personal and professional development company to take care of my husband who passed away in 2016. I have 2 sons and 4 grandsons. After attending the very first Sunrise Retreat in 2017, I knew I wanted to be apart of this organization. Not only do I enjoy being on the board, but I also love being able to use my professional skills in the coordination of our retreat schedule...and help other women enjoy kayaking! Sylvia facilitates many of our monthly Pop Up Retreats and monthly Widow Connect Zoom calls!
Amber Mausling
Sylvia Long Cochran
Sylvia Long Cochran
As a child raised by a magnificent mother who lost her husband early in her life it is my objective to be a valuable resource to those and share my experience as a child who lost a parent.
I love spending time with my husband and three children running, hiking, and skiing as well as coaching people to run endurance events. I worked as th
As a child raised by a magnificent mother who lost her husband early in her life it is my objective to be a valuable resource to those and share my experience as a child who lost a parent.
I love spending time with my husband and three children running, hiking, and skiing as well as coaching people to run endurance events. I worked as the Director of Independent Living for a local non-profit serving people with disabilities for 16 years. In that capacity, I had the opportunity to engage with the community as a whole, cementing valuable relationships and gaining knowledge of support services available in the Treasure Valley. I am dedicated to serving my community and love playing an active role in making Idaho a better place to live for everyone.
Jamie McCormick
Sylvia Long Cochran
Katie Rodenbaugh
Jamie McCormick is a growth-focused, pragmatic and authentic CFO and Business Owner with exceptional financial analysis, strategic planning, and leadership acumen. She drives the financial operations for a dynamic, customer-focused company, SOLV Business Solutions. Jamie believes in lifelong learning and desires to be the best leader tha
Jamie McCormick is a growth-focused, pragmatic and authentic CFO and Business Owner with exceptional financial analysis, strategic planning, and leadership acumen. She drives the financial operations for a dynamic, customer-focused company, SOLV Business Solutions. Jamie believes in lifelong learning and desires to be the best leader that she can be for her team and community. She has been a longtime admirer of Marni and the work that she does with Sunrise Retreats. Jamie believes in the mission of the organization and the message of hope in life after loss. She recently joined the board of directors for Sunrise Retreats and looks forward to contributing her experience and knowledge to the team. Jamie loves the outdoors and spending time with her family.
Katie Rodenbaugh
Katie Rodenbaugh
Katie Rodenbaugh
Katie Rhodenbaugh is a dynamic, multifaceted professional with a heart for serving others. Ms. Rhodenbaugh is currently coordinating the innovative Non-Traditional Educator Preparation Program at the College of Southern Idaho (CSI-NTEPP). She had the privilege of hosting a local lifestyle TV show called Idaho Living, where she was honored
Katie Rhodenbaugh is a dynamic, multifaceted professional with a heart for serving others. Ms. Rhodenbaugh is currently coordinating the innovative Non-Traditional Educator Preparation Program at the College of Southern Idaho (CSI-NTEPP). She had the privilege of hosting a local lifestyle TV show called Idaho Living, where she was honored to showcase the people, businesses, food, and lifestyle that make Idaho so amazing. She additionally works as an education consultant taking on special projects for the Idaho State Board of Education. With nearly 20 years of successful leadership, public speaking, and management experience in such diverse industries as fine dining, resort hospitality, medical esthetics, staff training, entrepreneurship, television, and P-20 education, Katie has a strong track record of effectively collaborating with local and state leaders, legislators, schools, districts, college and university faculty, and community partners. Serving on multiple boards including two Pathways in Education charter school boards, Sunrise Retreats board of directors, and the executive board of her children’s school PTA.
Jan Schmidt
Katie Rodenbaugh
Marni Henderson
As the Marketing Manager at Page One Power, Jan is the wrangler of tasks, keeper of peace, and organizer extraordinaire. Social media master and knick-knack emporium curator. Knows good marketing comes from collaboration, a warm office, and a few cups of strong coffee. Jan is also the Managing Editor of PAGES magazine, a quarterly SEO mag
As the Marketing Manager at Page One Power, Jan is the wrangler of tasks, keeper of peace, and organizer extraordinaire. Social media master and knick-knack emporium curator. Knows good marketing comes from collaboration, a warm office, and a few cups of strong coffee. Jan is also the Managing Editor of PAGES magazine, a quarterly SEO magazine for digital marketers. From the sage advice of her mother to always give back or her husband's claim, "You don't want my talent; you need to speak to my wife," Jan has traveled from the southeast to the northwest and has embraced a wide vast of volunteer opportunities. She welcomes each challenge whole-heartedly—typically with a camera poised and ready. Now, after a decade in Boise, Jan has found herself "home" and with a new identity. As a widow, Jan brings a unique perspective as a Sunrise Retreat board member. Not forgetting the sage advice, she's forever driven to give back and share the talents her late husband was so eager for her to share. Jan craves international travel, plant-based meals, and parenting two twenty-something children.
Marni Henderson
Katie Rodenbaugh
Marni Henderson
The visionary and founder of Sunrise Retreats. Her grief journey has been life-altering yet also provides the opportunity to discover profound wisdom from her experiences while bringing it all forward to create new life. When not coordinating Sunrise Retreats, she is a professional health educator/Whole Health and Wellness Coach, focu
The visionary and founder of Sunrise Retreats. Her grief journey has been life-altering yet also provides the opportunity to discover profound wisdom from her experiences while bringing it all forward to create new life. When not coordinating Sunrise Retreats, she is a professional health educator/Whole Health and Wellness Coach, focused on supporting wellness in mind, body, and spirit. Guiding others to rebuild life from the inside out, she is honored to walk alongside clients as they rediscover their wholehearted courageous selves after experiencing loss, stress, and life changes! Marni loves facilitating the Sunrise Retreats for widows in Idaho as well as her annual wellness retreat in Belize for women from all walks of life! Her true love resides with family and her pups who spending as much time as possible enjoying nature, art and music!
community partners
The Cancer Connection Idaho in the Idaho Community Foundation
Idaho Community Foundation, Inc. operates as non profit organization. The Organization gives donation and funds to trust. Idaho Community Foundation serves communities in the State of Idaho. The Idaho Community Foundation also offers grants to nonprofits, schools and other organizations and provides scholarships to students. Money for grants and scholarships comes from charitable funds established by donors. The Cancer Connection Idaho is a nonprofit organization based in Boise, ID. “The Cancer Connection Idaho’s mission is to empower people touched by cancer to find support, resources, education and a sense of community.”
RIVER DISCOVERY
Our amazing partnership with River Discovery has brought Sunrise Retreats to the community since 2017.
River Discovery offers outdoor adventures for cancer survivors that promote healing and strengthening of the mind, body and spirit. We work year round to create, build, and fund life changing outdoor adventures for cancer survivors and the people who love them. Programs are created to inspire, empower, and heal survivors of all ages and with any diagnosis.
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STOEL RIVES LLP
The partnership with Stoel Rives, LLP has allowed us to move forward with the peace of mind in knowing we provide the very best to our community.
Stoel Rives recognizes that pro bono service is an essential element of every lawyer’s professional responsibility because lawyers (a) possess unique skills and abilities to serve persons of limited means and to promote the public interest in ways that no other professionals can; (b) have a duty to contribute to the welfare of the community, to assist in the development of the legal profession, and to broaden the overall commitment to access to justice for all people, regardless of their financial circumstances; and (c) have an obligation to ensure that the legal system is accessible to everyone, including persons of limited means, and thereby to promote the United States as a society governed by the rule of law.
ONLINE ACCOUNTING
We are proud to have Online Accounting offer their accounting and business guidance services. It is important that we have a strong financial structure so that we can serve our community with integrity and longevity.
Online Accounting brings qualified professionals to your accounting team who are enthusiastic about your business and industry.
While most remote accounting firms now outsource to a foreign country, all our team members are based in the US. We are made up of a team of highly skilled, well educated, CPAs, EAs, accountants and bookkeepers. www.onlineaccounting.com
Share in the Vision
Together we share in our common humanity:
finding compassion, strength, wisdom, courage, and inspiration
to keep living through the fullness of life after loss.
Please join us in supporting our efforts.
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