WEBVTT ROOS,"...AND THEY ARE THIS WEEK'S COMMUNITY CHAMPION. (14-06-53) "WE HOPE TO SORT OF LEAD BY EXAMPLE FOR OTHER FAMILIES WHO FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH LOSING A CHILD.." FOR JIM AND DEANA CVAN TALKING ABOUT THEIR BIG BLUE EYED SON EVERETT, OR RETT AS THEY CAME TO CALL HIM, SHARING HIS ST, OR THEIR GRIEF -- IS WHAT THEY'VE CHOSEN TO DO... (14-14-24) "I HAD THIS DRIVE TO JUST DO SOMETHING, I THINK THAT WAS THE WAY OF DEALING WITH MY GRIEF, WAS TO ACT." USING THE MONEY FROM A GO FUND ME PAGE SET UP BY FRIENDS FOR THE FAMILY,,, WITHIN WEEK'S THE CAVAN'S HAD LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR RETT'S ROOST - -- AN OVENIGHT RETREAT CENTER FOR FAMILIS DEALING WITH THE SAME PAINEFUL ISSUES JIM AND DEAN ENDURED... (15-02-21) "THE LOSS OF A CHILD WHETHER IT'S TO CANCER O ANYTHNG IS SOMETHING YOU NER VEGET OVER." (14-36-36) "HERE'S ONE OF OUR FAMILY BDROOMS," TODAY,, THOSE RETREATS HAPPEN HERE AT THE CAVAN'S OGUNQUIT HOME -- WHICH THEY PURCHASED SPECIFICALLY TO ACCOMIDATE FOUR AND FIVE VSITING FAMILIES AT A TIME... (15-00-04) "WE JUST TRY TO GIVE THE FAMILIES AS MANY OPTONS AS POSSIBLE TO UNWIND, TO RELAX BUT TO ALSO CONNT EC WITH THER GRIEF AND THEIR STORY." WHILEHE T CAVANS CAN SPEA THROUGH EXPERIENCE -- TH EY DO HIRE PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST FOR COUNCILING,.. BUT THE FAMILIES CO ME MOSTLY TO ENJOY A CHEERFUL WEEKEN,,, THERE'S YOGA, MASAGE, THE NEARY B BEAC,, GAMES FOR THE KIDS --- AND SUPPORT. (14-3) 0-38 "WE FIND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANTO T STAY UP LATE AND TALK AND THAT'S BEE THE TIME WHEN EVERYONE JUST REALLY BONS." TH SUMMERTME RETREAS ARE ALL TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE. THE MONEY, 'DEANA' RAISES THROUGH DONATIONS, GRANTS -- AND THE ANNUAL RETT ROOST 5-K ROAD RACE --- (15-04-7) "THE FEELING THAT WE HAVE AFTER THESE REREATS IS JUST SO MUCH GRATITUDE.." IT'S GRATITUDE WHICH THE CAVANS SAY CONTINUES TO HELP BALANCE THE OIRWN GREIF. THEIR SON, THOUGH HE LIVED JUST 10 MONTHS -- HAS A LASTING LEGACY. (14-06-3 1) "HIS PRESENCE IS STILL SO STRONG IN OUR LIFE THAT WE FEEL LIKE BY HAVING RETTS ROOST AND BY STAYING CONNECTED TO OTHER FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH SIMILAR TRAGEDIES OR TRYING TIMES WE FEEL LIKE WE STILL ARE FOSTERING SOME SEMBLACE OF HIS LIFE." THIS SUMMER WILL MARK THE FIFTH YEAR FOR RETREATS AT RETT'S ROOST. NOW, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE AS A COMMUNITY CHAMPIO