7th Annual Camphill Challenge - a success!

Over 400 cyclists took the Camphill Challenge on October 20, 2013!

Our 7th annual Camphill Challenge bike ride was once again blessed with incredible weather, dedicated volunteers, and inspired cyclists.  Funds raised by the event make a huge difference in the lives of children, youth, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities at Camphill Special School, Camphill Soltane, and Camphill Village Kimberton Hills.

Click here to check out more photos from the event.

Special thanks to:

All of our generous sponsors

Kimberton Waldorf School for hosting the ride

Iron Town Cycles for providing roving riders

EMS Collegeville and Phoenix Cycles for their SAG support

Twice Baked for providing great tunes at the picnic

All the tireless and hardworking volunteers that helped before, during and after the event

Save the date for our 8th annual ride:

Saturday, October 18, 2014

At Camphill Kimberton, crafting a different way to live

Thank you to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Kristin E. Holmes and photographer Charles Fox for this lovely article on Camphill Kimberton, which ran on October 5, 2013:


http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-05/news/42721660_1_camphill-soltane-disabilities-communities

Aging in Community at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills

"For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, tho', in another dress. And as the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars, invisible by day."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Aging in Community at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills: life in Serena House

When Serena House was built in the mid 2000s, the question was often asked: " How is Serena House different than other village houses?"

With the opening of Serena House, Camphill Kimberton manifested in brick and mortar its hope that people here would have a home until their earthly home is no longer necessary. This house was designed for possibilities that await us as we age, as the physical body needs more environmental support.  As with other village houses, it has been made a home, with its residents offering each other the care and sustenance of family, embedded in the fabric of the community.  

Serena House exemplifies how normal it is to age and eventually to die.  It is an education and a challenge to the community to offer the setting and support where this can happen, as a celebration of a life fully affirmed. 

In a community, one forms relationships.  Out of these relationships, love and caring for the other is awakened and is practiced in daily life together.  We all need to be live with dignity, to have choices, to help protect, sustain and nurture, and to be engaged in meaningful activity.  This happens at Serena House and within Aging in Community.