Ventures in Peace
Lolo, MT

Since our first student arrived at the end of March, we have enrolled six students. We currently have three students. Three of our students had successful summer programs at the University of MT, two are currently enrolled full-time and one is going to Marymount College. One of our students is currently working towards high school completion through our distance learning facility, which is equipped to handle high school and college classes/credits/completion from a variety of competent providers.

Our home is designed to accommodate 10 young men and women (ages 18 to 24) in safe, segregated living quarters and our heating system has been converted to a highly energy-efficient and solar ready unit.

Our 3,000 sq.-ft. garden space is producing so much that we are having a difficult time eating everything! We have also been teaching our students how to can, freeze, vacuum seal, and dry our garden goodies.

We have been busy building and working all summer on our vocational curriculum which has included completing the walking path up the mountainside, which is approximately 1 mile long and we have installed a 12X30 horse barn with two stalls and one loafing shed.

We have some exciting projects we will be tackling soon, including the addition of a wall tent or yurt at the top of our mountain, which will be available for solo retreats and the addition and set up of an Equine Therapy program and periodic Wilderness First Responder courses added to our curriculum for those students that are interested.

We have updated our website with more photos and text- please take a look!

If you're checking out the programs in north-western Montana this fall, please come visit us in Lolo, just 15 minutes south of Missoula. We would love to show you around, answer your questions, and share a meal. Thanks, Steven & Elissa Rookey