Volunteer Application — Vegan Wellness Retreats 2027
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America's Largest Vegan Wellness Retreat

2027 Volunteer Application

We've just opened a new wave of volunteer opportunities — for a limited time.

Want to be part of the magic from the inside? Volunteer at America's largest vegan wellness retreat and join 500+ like-minded guests for five days on the ranch. In exchange for one 4–5 hour shift a day, approved volunteers receive 50% off both General Admission and their volunteer dorm (men's, women's, or a couples dorm), subject to availability — and outside your shift, the whole retreat is yours, just like every other guest: the food, the speakers, the lake, all of it. Apply below — spots are limited and filled on a rolling basis.

Apply to volunteer → One 4–5 hr shift a day = 50% off your ticket and dorm

Your volunteer rate

Limited time · 50% off
Retreat ticket General Admission
$945$473
Volunteer dorm bed men's, women's, or couples · from
$545$273
Your total to volunteer ≈ $750

Or split it into 0% interest monthly payments — as low as ~$94/mo · no credit check

0% interest financing — for a limited time

What you'll be part of

A Vegan Wellness Retreat is five days of gourmet plant-based food, movement, and workshops with world-class plant-based doctors, authors & athletes — plus silent discos, spa & sauna, lake days, the Vegan Olympics, and Sal the Fruit Hunter's rarest tropical fruit. As a volunteer you're on the team making it happen, and you're right in it alongside our guests.

A guest holding a colorful plant-based platter at a Vegan Wellness Retreat
Gourmet plant-based foodOil-free WFPB by Chef Mario
The vast timber-beam 20,000 sq ft dining hall at LoneHollow Ranch, set with round tables
Community meals500+ share one 20,000 sq ft hall
Colorful fresh smoothies at the VWR Triple Bar
The famous Triple BarJuices, smoothies & nice cream, all day
A yoga class on the pool deck at a Vegan Wellness Retreat
Movement & mindfulnessYoga, breathwork & meditation
Guests relaxing lakeside in Adirondack chairs on the beach
Waterfront & lake daysKayak, swim & unwind by the water
A competitor on the pull-up bar as the crowd cheers at the Vegan Olympics
The Vegan OlympicsField games & friendly competition
A full hall of guests seated for Speed Dating night
Speed DatingA plant-based tradition since 2024
Sal, the Fruit Hunter, holding a fresh-cut stalk of bananas in his grove
Sal, the Fruit HunterRare tropical fruit you've never tried
A child with a plate of plant-based food at the VWR Kids Club
Kids Club, all dayBackground-checked · in the ticket
2027 Headliner
Kip Andersen
★ Just announced · Texas & Michigan 2027

Kip Andersen is joining us.

The filmmaker behind Cowspiracy, What the Health & Seaspiracy — three documentaries that moved millions of people toward plant-based living — live on stage at both 2027 retreats.

Texas · Mar 2027
  • Live keynote + audience Q&A
  • Exclusive screenings of What the Health & Seaspiracy — introduced by Kip, with behind-the-scenes stories & discussion afterward
Michigan · Sep 2027
  • World PremiereKip’s brand-new documentary — first public screening anywhere
  • Live keynote + audience Q&A
  • Plus a bonus screening of another acclaimed film with live commentary

See exactly where you'll be

Two venues, one all-inclusive experience. As a volunteer you'll live on-site in a real bed the whole retreat — no tents, no commute.

Aerial view of LoneHollow Ranch, its lake and grounds in the Texas Hill Country Texas
LoneHollow Ranch · Hill Country

3,000 acres of Texas Hill Country

March 18–22, 2027 · Utopia, TX

Texas shared dorm with wood bunk beds
Where you'll sleepOn-site dorm bed — fresh linens & bedding included
Aerial view of Timber Wolf Lake, its beach and grounds in northern Michigan Michigan
Timber Wolf Lake · Lakeside

900 acres on a private lake

September 7–11, 2027 · Lake City, MI

Michigan bunk room with wood beds
Where you'll sleepOn-site dorm bed — fresh linens & bedding included

Applications open · limited spots

Start your application

Takes about 2 minutes. If you're approved, we'll email your volunteer code and the next steps to lock in your 50%-off rate.

Volunteer dorms are split into men's and women's — we use this to place you. Registering as a couple? You'll pick a couples dorm at checkout.

💳 Prefer to split the cost into equal monthly payments? We have a no-interest monthly payment plan you can select at checkout.

You're in! 🌿

Thanks for applying to volunteer — you're approved! Check your email for your volunteer code and next steps to lock in your spot. (Don't see it? Check spam/promotions.)

Volunteer spots are full 🌿

Volunteer capacity has now been reached for both 2027 retreats — thank you so much for wanting to be part of it.

We'd still love to have you there, though — guest spots are still open. Come as a guest and soak up all five days: the food, the speakers, the lake, the whole community.

Attend Texas as a guest Attend Michigan as a guest

Rather just enjoy the whole retreat?

No shifts, no schedule to keep — come as a guest and soak up all five days. Same food, same speakers, same lake, same community.

Register for Texas Register for Michigan
A Casa de Luz East macro plate: garden salad, chickpeas, a grain-and-bean croquette, sautéed greens with tahini sauce, a whole-food entrée, and fermented cabbage
Now cooking for VWRCasa de Luz East
Austin's organic, oil-free kitchenWhole-food & plant-based, from scratch every day
🍽️ New for 2027 · Our official kitchen partner

The food is going to be
extraordinary.

We've partnered with Casa de Luz East — one of Austin's most beloved organic, whole-food, plant-based, oil-free kitchens, an institution people drive across Texas for. This isn't catering. We're bringing their kitchen, their chefs, and their standards to the retreat — cooking for every guest, at every meal.

Our head chef, Mario Fabbri, leads the kitchen — with Gabby Martinez, owner of Casa de Luz East, as his sous chef — together cooking five unforgettable days of food for every guest.

  • Signature soups
  • Garden-fresh salads
  • Whole-food entrées — lasagna & more
  • Fresh pancakes, daily
  • House-made blue-corn tortillas
  • Incredible desserts

Every meal, every day — included with your ticket. Organic, oil-free, 100% whole-food plant-based. Come hungry.

Gabby Martinez, owner and sous chef of Casa de Luz East, in the kitchen with the Vegan Wellness Retreats team
★ Sous chef Gabby Martinez

Owner of Casa de Luz East, joining our kitchens at both 2027 retreats as sous chef to head chef Mario Fabbri — cooking for every guest, every day.

And leading the kitchen is our head chef — meet Mario Fabbri →