Las Hermanas Women's Retreat, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered on Magnolia Avenue in Santee since 1982, organizes an annual multi-day retreat for women in 12-step recovery programs across San Diego County. The retreat, held at Whispering Winds Conference Center in the mountains of Julian, has grown from 30 participants in its founding year to a capacity of 300 women — a recovery-community model that complements the faith-based support infrastructure at Pathways Community Church on Carlton Hills Boulevard. Programming spans workshops, peer-led sharing sessions, and structured fellowship time designed around the principle that recovery from alcohol, substance, food, gambling, and relationship addiction is a communal rather than solitary process. The Santee-based administrative team coordinates registration, scholarship disbursement, and event logistics year-round from Magnolia Avenue, within the same wellness corridor that includes A Holistic Alternative on Carlton Hills Boulevard. Retreat logistics under EIN 33-0156718 encompass lodging assignments across private rooms, shared lodges, and dormitories, plus on-site meal service accommodating gluten-free, vegetarian, and allergy-restricted dietary requirements.