Staff Community Week brings together Holden volunteers and workers (including those who work beyond the Village) for a week of deepening connections and community.

Join the Holden Village community for Christmas. Celebrate in an intentional community, with space for contemplation, joy, and dialogue.

Through teaching sessions, group conversations, reflections, crafts, and outdoor adventures like snowshoeing and cross-country skiing, Women's Retreat will provide opportunities to build new relationships, rejuvenate past relationships, reconnect with the self, and join other women in conversation and recreation.

The Cascade Wolverines Project is a grassroots nonprofit organization documenting the lives of Northwest wolverines. The group operates 10 remote camera stations in four locations during the winter months using a combination of DSLR and off-the-shelf trail cameras (Seattle Times). One of those locations is right here in the Railroad Creek Valley of Holden Village. […]

Nate Hough-Snee is an aquatic, wetland, and riparian ecologist who grew up on the shores of a Lake that isn't Chelan: Lake Erie, in Ohio. He landed in Seattle as a young man, where he failed at making music, forcing him into a long and rewarding career unlocking the stories of ecosystems large and small, […]

Come to Holden Village for a weekend of spiritual renewal and recreation at our 2025 Men's Retreat, co-hosted by Illuman. Illuman was birthed out of the remarkable work of Richard Rohr, O.F.M., and has spread all over the world. Our Washington State community of men is committed to living authentic, connected lives of love and service. We are fed by the wisdom traditions of forgiveness and radical inclusivity; we seek a life-changing spirituality, and we recognize the need to gather regularly to do our own inner work and to help others.

Staff Community Week brings together Holden volunteers and workers (including those who work beyond the Village) for a week of deepening connections and community. Guest registration is still available during Staff Community Weeks

Join us for a week of work and community, transitioning our remote community from one season to the next! Whether this is your first visit or your fiftieth, Holden invites you to lend your time and talents for community projects and summer preparations Plan your trip and apply here.

Join us for a week of work and community, transitioning our remote community from one season to the next! Whether this is your first visit or your fiftieth, Holden invites you to lend your time and talents for community projects and summer preparations Plan your trip and apply here.

This week will feature special, bi-lingual programming in partnership with Holden’s Latine community members, including Copa de Holden, a meal of community-made tamales, and a week-end fiesta.