Family’s Friend / Whole-family wellbeing
More room for life,
together.
Rest, useful skills and a wider circle of support. A long-term vision that begins with one small experience.
Phase 0: listening and learningResearch and development. No programs are open for booking.
Proposed adult pilot / Phase 1
A weekend small enough
to learn from.
A two-night retreat at a rented venue. The planning case is six guests and two hosts, with shared meals, nature, creative time and an optional reflection.
The pilot is non-clinical. Attendance, full costs, feedback and willingness to return would inform whether to repeat, revise, or stop.
Read the pilot and its decision gateThe model / Evidence before expansion
Earn each next step.
The campus is the long view. Each phase has work to do before the next can begin. Open a phase to explore the actual proposal.
These are proposed stages, not a timeline or a promise of results.
Read the full business model0CURRENT STAGEListen & define (current stage)
Benjamin is talking with prospective participants, family members, hosts, and practitioners. The goal is to identify one clear audience, one specific need, and one small experience worth testing. Everything is turned into a one-page pilot brief with cost estimates, responsibilities, and learning criteria. No programs are open for booking yet.
1PROPOSED PHASE 1Validate the first experience
A modest two-night restorative retreat for adults at a rented venue (planning case: six guests, two hosts). The rhythm is simple: arrival and dinner on Friday, nature + meals + creative time + optional reflection on Saturday, slow breakfast and one take-home practice on Sunday. Costs, attendance, feedback, and willingness to return are recorded. The pilot is non-clinical. Decision gate: repeat, revise, or stop based on actual evidence, not hope.
2PROPOSED PHASE 2Build the operating model
Turn the tested experience into a repeatable program with a documented playbook, full cost accounting (including labor), staffing model, and separate pathways for paid and sponsored places. Family, veteran, and reintegration tracks are co-designed only with qualified partners. Advance only when a team can deliver consistently and the funding covers the true costs.
3PROPOSED PHASE 3Make 100 Acre Greens feasible
Translate the long-term campus vision into a specific, affordable, operable place. Compare properties, commission professional studies on use, utilities, capital, staffing, and operations. Commit only when site feasibility, funding, and program readiness line up. 100 Acre Greens remains the destination; actual acreage and capacity will be determined by evidence.
4PROPOSED PHASE 4Open & prove the first campus
Open in stages: essential lodging and shared spaces first, then additional services only when people and funding are in place. Track full-season operations, participant experience, staff continuity, maintenance, and economics. A beautiful property alone is not success; dependable operations are.
5PROPOSED PHASE 5Replicate with local roots
Publish the playbook, train a second team, and test whether another group can create a strong local expression while keeping the core purpose and standards. Each new location must stand on its own funding and local needs.
6PROPOSED PHASE 6End game: a living network
A network of places across the United States (and potentially abroad) connected by shared learning, transparent standards, and local accountability. Growth stays conditional on quality, access, and viable local operations. The intention is to publish what is learned so other communities can adapt the model.
How the work would be funded
Two tracks to make feasible.
Program operations
- Program fees
- Sponsored places
- Later campus operations
Full cost accounting includes labor. A repeatable program needs a team and funding that cover its true costs.
Separate capital feasibility track
Land and construction depend on site studies, funding and program readiness aligning.
No financial projections or valuations are offered today.
100 Acre Greens / The long view
Two landscapes.
One purpose to test.
Neither location has a selected parcel, opening date or booking offer. Actual acreage and capacity follow feasibility work.
North Carolina
Rogue Valley / Medford, OregonThe family story / Opening outward
Carry the strengths forward.
Seven generations carried different forms of care and competence from North Carolina to Georgia. Benjamin Parke Foskey’s vision opens those strengths outward through Family’s Friend.
Read Benjamin’s family accountExamine the archive and source limitationsExplore the field guide.
The detailed story, proposed business model, current availability and earlier publications remain together in the field guide.
Open the interview and field guideListening comes first
What would useful support
look like for your family?
Share a need, an experience you bring, or what you would need to see before supporting the work.
Contact BenjaminNo programs are open for booking. No investment terms are offered.