Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center
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Ferry Beach Schedule
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Outdoor Work Week
Sunday, June 22 - Friday, June 27, 2025
Help Ferry Beach with outdoor projects!
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Join us for Work Week and feel the deep sense of satisfaction that comes from sharing hard work and good times, all while revitalizing our campus! Work on projects in the mornings and enjoy a Ferry Beach getaway retreat in the afternoons and evenings. Plus, enjoy delicious meals from our onsite dining center during your stay.

This is an outdoor work week, featuring outdoor projects! There will not be any indoor/administrative tasks available this week. After much focus on our indoor spaces this winter/spring, we're focusing this week on the beauty of our outside campus. Please come help us make some amazing outdoor improvements!

So pack up your tools for a week of satisfying projects, a Ferry Beach getaway, and special camaraderie that is unique among people working together. Bring a friend and enjoy some work, play and a whole lot of fun!

Why attend Work Week? Work Week is the chance of a lifetime, time to enjoy a Ferry Beach getaway, to do good through volunteerism, meet new people, enjoy the beach, daily meals and activities, all at an incredibly affordable cost.

REGISTER TODAY!

Register for 2025 here
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Projects Will Include:
Planting: Restoring the dunes, transplanting plants to different areas across campus. 
Gardening: Beautify our gardens.
Digging: trenches 
Demolition: we'll be restoring campus, taking down old broken fences etc. 
AND MORE!
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​Thank you for helping us make Ferry Beach sparkle!
Pictures from Previous Work Weeks...

 Our Location

Ferry Beach is a beachfront retreat center in Southern Maine (Saco, ME). Experience a respite away from the everyday world, with 32 acres including many porches, a wonderful dining center, volleyball court, playgrounds, art studio, outdoor chapel and of course the beach! ​
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 Lodging

Choose the desired lodging accommodation that works best for you/your loved ones. We have a wide variety of cabins & cottages, dorm rooms (single/double/family size) and campsites to choose from. ​
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What to Expect

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Looking for suggestions on what to pack, wondering what your experience will entail and all other details regarding your stay? Click "read more" below to help you prepare. Standard arrival check-in for retreats is 4:00pm and room check-out is at 10:00am.
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Pricing
Conference Package (Price per Person)
Conference Package for Lodgers:
3 Night Stay for Adults: $406 (Includes Fees, Daily Meals and Standard Dorm Lodging.)
5 Night Stay for Adults: $580 (Includes Conference Fee, Daily Meals and Standard Dorm Lodging.)

Meals are included, there is no way to separate meals from the package price. 
Lodging
Standard dorm lodging already included in the conference package price.
Campground & premium lodging prices are discounted at 50%. 
Membership
​​Membership must be paid to attend any Ferry Beach program and is due annually. 
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Individual Membership: $40
​Family Membership: $65

See our Membership Page to learn more and to purchase or renew a membership. You can also renew your membership on your reservation.
Register
​To register online, click here or call the office at 207-282-4489. 
​You can also email [email protected]. 

Our mission at Ferry Beach is to awaken hearts to explore, grow and renew the spirit of universal love. 
We work by creating programing and events in the areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Spirituality, Sustainability, Personal Growth and Justice & Action.  
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Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center is a 501(c)3 membership organization. 
Our mission is to awaken hearts to explore, grow and renew the spirit of universal love.  We accomplish our mission through work in the areas of
​arts & culture, education, spirituality, sustainability, personal growth and justice & action.
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Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center
5 Boardwalk Drive, Saco, ME 04072 - Our Address has Changed.  Click here to learn more.
​phone 207.282.4489  • fax 207.690.4800
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  • Home
  • Organization
    • Governance
    • Board of Directors
    • Board Interest
    • Staff
    • Work at Ferry Beach
  • Membership
    • For Members >
      • Strategic Plan
  • Giving
    • One-Time Giving
    • Sustaining Gifts
    • Donation Pot
    • The Beachkeeper Program
    • Quillen Shinn Society
    • Memorial Garden
    • Endowment Fund
    • Scholarship Program
    • Capital Campaigns
  • About
    • Our Mission & Values
    • History
    • Contact Us
    • Directions
    • CELEBRATING 125 YEARS
  • Schedule
    • Community Dinner
    • Coffee Hour
    • Quilting Retreats
    • Summer Solstice
    • Annual Meeting
    • Personal Retreaters Week
    • Outdoor Work Week
    • Concert
    • Sand and Stars
    • Independence Getaway
    • RE Week
    • Choral Fest
    • GAYLA
    • Women's Healing
    • Family & Friends
    • Circles of Life
    • Company of Women
    • Circle of Music
    • Sacred Circle Dance
    • Motivational Interviewing
    • Quilting by the Bay
    • The Beach Getaway
    • Labor Day Weekend
    • Summer Cookouts
    • AFG
    • SOS Saco Bay Conference
    • Vintage Improv
    • Kindred Spirits
  • What to Expect
    • Our Facility
    • Our Retreats
    • Our Dining Center
    • Our Accessibility
    • Our Policies
  • Lodging
  • News
    • Discovery
    • Maine Storm & Climate News
    • Blog
  • Plan a Gathering
    • Gathering Spaces
    • Planning Resources
  • Store