Mission

Your stay matters. The premise of Talus Rock Retreat was for the Pedersen family to share their essential vision and abundance not only with family and friends but with others seeking a place of solace, refuge and reprieve from life’s hardships or fast paced, energy draining occupations – a place for people to renew and rejuvenate. Not only does the retreat bring guests peace of mind, it also raises funds to improve the lives of orphaned and at-risk children locally and abroad. In keeping with their core vision, lodging dollars generously spent here not only serve others, but your patronage allows them to help others – and that they do; indeed, this is their “joie de vivre”.

The Pedersen’s have a heart for causes that help people and help curb third world poverty through animal husbandry and overall health care provision abroad. Locally, Talus Rock Retreat focusses on providing emergency space for victims of domestic violence from revenue generated from room rental and generous private donations.

Thank you for choosing to spend your hard-earned financial resources at Talus Rock Retreat. This unconventional social venture known as Talus Rock Retreat has consequently allowed guests to become extraordinary patrons of the following organizations:

Local Projects We’ve Previously Supported

Angels Over Sandpoint

Amy Lloyd Benefit

Auction: Newport Chamber of Commerce Fundraiser

The Basque Foundation

Bev Milton Benefit

Big Daddy Scramble  

Bonner County 4-H

Bonner County Rodeo

Bonner Homeless Transitions  

Bonners Ferry Youth Group

Boys and Girls Clubs of Spokane County

Bridge of Hope

Bulldog Haven NW

Butteville Elementary School

Butte Spay Neuter Task Force

Carden Academy

Celebrate Recovery

Chafe150

Chocolate Champagne Gala (Sexual Assault and Family Trauma Response Center)

Classical Christian Academy of Sandpoint

Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater

Community Cancer Services

Corbin Senior Activity Center

Cornerstone Community Church

Crisis Pregnancy Center

Crohne’s Foundation

Distinguished Young Women of Sandpoint

Domestic Violence Services

Encova United Way of Spokane

Farmin Stidwell School (PTA)

Festival at Sandpoint

First Christian Church Sandpoint

First Church of God Sandpoint

Frontier Middle School

Forrest Bird Charter School

Friends of Sandpoint Airport

Gemini Autism Retreat

The Good Samaritan Society

Gospel Messengers

Hayden Simcox Benefit  

Healing Garden Sandpoint

Horizon Hospice

Idaho Drug Free Youth (IDFY)

Idaho Humane Society

Idahope Families

International Children’s Network

Jubilant HollisterStier Laboratories

Katie Tolley (C&C Gala) 

Kathy Best Benefit

Kettle Falls High School

Kinderhaven Festival of Trees

Kootenai Health Foundation

KYRS

LA Kings Golf Tournament

Lil Fighters Fall Festival 

Life Choices Pregnancy Center

Life Skills of Sandpoint

The Luke Commission

Lynn Aase Benefit

Matsiko Orphan Choir

Mining City Veterinary Center

Model United Nations

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

Mountain West Bank

Music Conservatory of Sandpoint

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Olive Crest Foster Care

Parade of Homes

Panhandle Animal Shelter

Planned Parenthood

Pullman Regional Hospital

Real Life Ministries

Rise above the Ashes Sandpoint Fire Benefit

River Of Life Church

Roan Allen Benefit

Rotary Club of Ponderay

Safe Passage of Idaho (Violence Prevention)

Sam’s Produce Benefit Auction

Sandpoint Alpine Racing School (SARS)

Sandpoint Area Lodging and Tourism (SALT)

Sandpoint Catholic Church

Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce

Sandpoint Community Center

Sandpoint High School Grad Night

Sandpoint High School X-Country Team

Sandpoint Middle School

Sandpoint Waldorf School

Seaside Center for Spiritual Living

Shiloh Hills Fellowship www.shfspokane.org

SpokAnimal Shelter Benefit

Spokane Sliders

Steele Memorial Medical Center

Strategies to Empower People (STEP)

The Strength Team

Tri-State Hospital Foundation Festival of Trees

Tyler Cordle Benefit

Underground Kindness

United Reformed Church

Victim Witness Services

Watford City Veterinary Center

Young Life of Sandpoin

International Projects

The entire Pedersen family enjoys third world travel to serve in some of the most neediest areas.
2004 – Sayulita & San Pancho, Mexico (Spay/Neuter clinics)
2009 – Uganda on behalf of International Children’s Network (ICN)
2010 – Swaziland with The Luke Commission (TLC)
2011 – India on behalf of International Children’s Network (ICN)
2012 – Nepal on behalf of International Children’s Network (ICN)
2013 – Liberia on behalf of International Children’s Network (ICN)
2014 – Philippines on behalf of International Children’s Network (ICN)
2015 – May: India, Nepal, Philippines, October: India on behalf of International Children’s Network (ICN)
2016 – April: India, Nepal on behalf of International Children’s Network (ICN)
2017 – India, Nepal, Sri Lanka on behalf of International Children’s Network and WellConnected
2019 – April: Swaziland, India, Nepal on behalf of WellConnected and The Luke Commission

2020 – March: Swaziland on behalf of WellConnected and The Luke Commission


We Delight in Supporting

Well Connected: Bridging needs of destitute widows, orphans and underprivileged families by reaching one person, family and/or village at a time in rural parts of Asia and Africa.

KIVA: Connecting people through micro lending to alleviate poverty in developing nations.

ICN: Granting educational scholarships to orphaned and at-risk children in third world countries to help educate them through the university or trade school level.

TLC: Providing healthcare to those in rural areas of Swaziland and southern Africa who cannot reach medical facilities due to poverty, lack of transportation, and resources.