Everyone is Touched


According to the American Cancer Society,an estimated 1.7 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in 2018.

At any given moment, there are 15.5 million living with a history of cancer. While some of these individuals were recently diagnosed, most were diagnosed many years ago and have no evidence of cancer.

Cancer touches everyone at some point, some time.

"Courage is
grace under pressure"

SOE’s Healing Adventure Cancer Survivor Programs

Survivor’s Outdoor Experience (SOE) offers cancer survivor programs that have been carefully constructed to include informative presentations combined with activities that bring cancer survivors closer to our natural world.

Each program will bring ten to twenty participants together to share rewarding outdoor experiences. The educational aspect of the program will focus on the benefits of combining a healthy diet with physical activities to create a healthier personal environment. SOE has assembled a broad range of presenters and activities to provide participants with stimulating and memorable activities.

Our programs are based from our location in one of the most beautiful places on earth, the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

Adventure Program Video

Participants stay in cabins and eat healthy meals provided by Olympic NatureBridge. The NatureBridge campus sits within Olympic National Park, among Old Growth Trees along the shore of beautiful Lake Crescent. Watch a slide show of the area by photographer Pat O’Hara.

The Ultimate Goal of our program is to provide cancer survivors with strength, hope, and a sense of the future.

Outdoor Healing Adventure Retreat a Huge Success!

SOE’s inaugural Outdoor Healing Adventure Retreat was a Huge Success!
We would like to thank our presenters, participants and our sponsors.

Retreat Montage

Retreat Montage

Please see the Review that ran in the Peninsula Daily News.
If you would like your own pdf copy, click Here.

For Photos of the event, click Here
Watch a Video with testimonials from some of the participants.


"Courage is
grace under pressure"
"I am not what happened to me,
I am what I choose to become"
"The meaning of life
is a life with meaning"
"Cancer may leave your body, but it never leaves your life"
"The healing powers of participating in outdoor activities while exploring the natural world are powerful and profound.

A sense of calm and a feeling of contentment are reached when surrounded by nature."
"Accept how 'not normal' you are, and do your best to become as 'normal' as you can given the circumstances."