Cafe Menu: January 5-8

The Camphill Cafe is open for lunch Wednesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Our food is organic, local and delicious!  Read on to discover this week's menu. 

This week's special:
Millet Delight - millet, zucchini, and feta cheese covered with tomato and pepper sauce, served with salad.  A gluten-free dish!

Soup of the week:
Creamy spinach and carrot

Beverage specials:
Pineapple-coconut smoothie
Blended chai - our own recipe!

Introducing a new menu item:  Labbane cheese, now available every day. 

Labbane cheese is a homemade soft cheese, made from Seven Stars Yogurt, with Middle Eastern spices (Za'atar) and olive oil, served with chips or bread and salad.

Want to try a few of our amazing salads?  We will make your favorite plate, with your choice of salads and spreads, served with bread and a green salad. 
You can choose from the following, or try them all!
Chicken salad
Tuna salad
Hummus
Labbane cheese
Eggplant salad with garlic and red wine vinegar (coming soon)

Stop by our Cafe for delicious food and good company! 

CVKH BLOG: Happy New Year!

All of us at Camphill Kimberton wish you health and happiness in this new year.  Thank you for your tremendous financial support and friendship in 2010!

Your contribution matters. Make an investment in Kimberton Hills.

When you consider your charitable giving for this year, we hope you will experience the joy of helping others. Whatever and wherever you give, you need to know that your gift is supporting something that matters.


Kimberton Hills matters. We do extraordinary work for extraordinarily little money. We provide a home and meaningful work for people who do not have the capacity to live on their own. We do this with uncommon care and attention, while at the same time making it possible for everyone in Kimberton Hills to be doing things that help the wider world, whether by example, by products, or by actions.

If Kimberton Hills only produced biodynamic food for 100 families beyond its land, or only was a leader in land preservation and sustainable living, it would be worth supporting. If it only provided a welcoming place for concerts, plays, lectures, and meetings, it would be valuable. Yet Kimberton Hills manages to do this while also incorporating adults with significant disabilities in nearly all aspects of our work.

This village shines as it cares for one another and the community at large, as it promotes local, organic, biodynamic food, holds wonderful events in Rose Hall, and welcomes people in many ways – as volunteers, customers, audiences, and neighbors. We understand that it is important to carefully steward what we have been blessed with – the people, the land, the animals, and your gifts. We value what we have and are grateful for the belief that people have in our mission.

Kimberton Hills’ annual budget depends on charitable gifts for nearly a fourth of its total. Our substantial efforts to keep costs down and quality high have yielded an overall budget that is less than last year’s and makes our cost per person with disabilities 1/5 – 1/3 of usual costs. Yet, a recent study evaluating the quality of life for people with disabilities found that Kimberton Hills is exceptionally high.

All of our efforts are needed to make this community continue to be the model and valuable endeavor that it is. We ask you to give generously this year, and sincerely thank you for your support!

To make your secure online donation, click here. 
 
Thank you!  Happy Holidays!

CVKH Blog: Jacobs Sheep Wool Available

We have a limited supply of Jacobs Sheep wool available for purchase at our Craft Shop.  This Pennsylvanian naturally raised and spun wool comes in two beautiful shades: natural gray and creamy white.  The wool is 3-ply worsted weight with 240 yards in a 4 oz. skein.  $20 a skein and for an additional $2 we will ship the wool to you. 

Visit our Craft Shop or place your order at 610-935-8660. 

Thank you! 

CVKH Blog: Visit our Craft Shop for Holiday Shopping

The Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Craft Shop is a unique and wonderful place to do your holiday shopping. The shop features a wide range of one-of-a-kind items including woven, knitted and felted handmade crafts. Many items are made from recycled materials and are handcrafted by adults with developmental disabilities.


The craft shop, located in the Kepler Building, is open Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. After shopping, stop by the Camphill Café for lunch, located just a short walk from the shop. The café offers organic, homemade soups, sandwiches, entrees and desserts and is open Wednesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gift certificates to the shop are also available. To see samples of items for sale in the craft shop, visit our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/CamphillVillageKimbertonHills.

Happy Holidays!

CVKH BLOG: Happy Thanksgiving!

“When we become more fully aware that our success is due in large measure to the loyalty, helpfulness, and encouragement we have received from others, our desire grows to pass on similar gifts. Gratitude spurs us on to prove ourselves worthy of what others have done for us. The spirit of gratitude is a powerful energizer.” — Wilferd A. Peterson

All of us at Camphill Kimberton extend our heartfelt gratitude for the friendship and support you share with us.  With your belief in our mission we are energized to continue making a difference in the lives of people who live here in the village and beyond. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!  Blessings to you and your families and friends!

CVKH Blog: A Trip to the Cider Press by Lawrence Sherma

Every year the CSA and orchard crews go to Bauman's cider press. All the apples that are picked on Route 23 and from the serpantine and the orchard near the woodlot are picked. These are not perfect apples, but have a little scratch or hole. The perfect ones go to the households. The really bad ones can't be taken to Bauman's cider press, so we take the okay ones. We also use some pears.

The crew and the employees at Bauman's cider press pour all the apples and pears into a storage vault. They also use trailers and vaults with wheels to carry their items.

The juice from the apples and pears go into a small factory. We push the tap of it down and we start filling the bottles. The skin that is in the storage vault gets cleared out.

The Bauman's cider press also makes apple butter and pear spread using our apples and pears. They put the apples in a boiler and heat it to a certain temperature. At the cider press we will see many different products.

Some of the products are apple butter, pear spread, pumpkin butter, strawberry jam, apple tea, peach butter, grape jelly and much more. All the fruit jams and butter are cooked in the boiler. They also clean all the fruit skin, the whole place, and they carry all the crates of fruits in trailers and wagons.

Watching the employees at Bauman's cider press was very interesting. I am glad I got to work with them and learn all the orchard processing from them. I am very grateful to the CSA and orchard every year that I get to go to the cider press.