Several Phone Lines Out of Service

Several phone lines at Camphill Kimberton are currently out of service.  Should you need to reach someone, please call the Development office at 610-935-8660 and your call will be directed or the message will be passed on. Thank you for your patience.

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills hosts Fiber Arts Workshops

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills announces several fiber arts workshops to be held in the winter and early spring of 2012.

• Nuno Felting, learn to use silk and wool to create unique handmade scarves. 

Saturday, January 21, 9 a.m. to noon

$50 in advance – strongly recommended as workshop space is limited

$60 day of, no guarantee if workshop is full

Materials included.

• Spinning with a Drop Spindle, learn to spin your own yarn

Saturday, March 10, 9 a.m. to noon

$50 in advance – strongly recommended as workshop space is limited

$60 day of, no guarantee if workshop is full

Includes wool and your own drop spindle.

• Beginning Spinning with a Wheel, learn to card with hand and drum carders and spin and ply wool using a spinning wheel

Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m. to noon

$45 in advance

$50 day of

$80 both spinning workshops in advance

• Beginning Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom, learn to warp a loom and weave a scarf

Saturdays, April 14 and 28, 9 a.m. to noon

$120 in advance

Materials included. 

For further information and to reserve a place, please call Felicity at 610-935-0350.  All workshops are held in the Fiber Arts Workshop, Kepler Building, Camphill Village Kimberton Hills.  Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, PA.  

Bring and Buy is coming back!

We've got news - the "Bring and Buy" is coming back! For those who might not know, the Bring and Buy was a lovely thrift shop that we had years ago in the space that is now the new Camphill Cafe.  Stay tuned for more updates. We hope to open in February!

In the meantime, we are looking for donations of natural fiber clothing, household goods, toys and books. Please drop off items, during normal business hours, at the side door of Kepler. For a receipt for your donations, please contact Bernadette at bernadette@camphillkimberton.org.  Thank you! 

Help us maintain a high quality of life - Donate Today

We often use the words “high quality of life” to describe the environment at Camphill Kimberton. 

But what does that mean?  How do we measure our success?

  

• Last year, Regina moved to Serena House, our special care home for village elders.  She had continued to work part-time, but she recently became fully retired. While she still meaningfully contributes to life in Serena House (making the beds, ironing, washing the dishes), she is learning to spend her day differently, as often happens to people when they retire. She may enjoy a leisurely walk, an unhurried chat in the café or reading with the children of the village.   “It has been a dream to be here,” says Regina. “I love having Herb next door to me. The coworkers are good to me and they help me.” 

• On an outing to the store, Charlene encountered an old friend who lives in an “institution” where they aren’t allowed to dance.  This encounter inspired a poem that night while she was tending to the chickens:  The night of the earth, The stars to see, The moonlight glows over the chicken pen, You happen to be free.

  

• Mary now can play a song by heart on the cello.  Our Music Director, Veronika, intended the exercise to help her become more connected to the music.  But it has actually given her an incredible sense of accomplishment – Veronika believes that success has led to a new drive in her and she is learning more and more.  “If you know a song “by heart” you really own the piece,” says Veronika.  “Mary can read music and that is good – but it is an intellectual thing, a mechanical thing.  It isn’t making music.  By learning the song by heart, you are becoming part of the song.  She now can make music rather than just repeat notes.  There has been a shift in who she is as a result of memorizing the song, actually playing it, and then performing it for the public.”

A recent outside evaluation by AmeriCorps, determined that Camphill communities provide a higher quality of life than four other types of residential options for people with disabilities. With your help we can continue to provide Regina, Charlene, Mary and all village residents with an opportunity to live a healthy, happy life, with a sense of purpose and pride.

Please consider making a gift to our Village Support Fund by clicking here.  Your gift in any amount will be deeply appreciated and carefully used to enrich the lives of the people with special needs who make Camphill Village Kimberton Hills their home.  Thank you!

Benefit for Chasin' for Chalfin - December 16

Join us on Friday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m. for a Benefit Concert for Chasin' for Chalfin.

Chasin’ for Chalfin was established to help Jake Chalfin, who was severely injured when he fell at the Blue Ridge Fall Races in Berryville, Va., on September 18, 2010. As a result of his extensive injuries, Jake is now paralyzed from the chest down and is facing significant long-term expenses associated with his special needs.

Chasin’ for Chalfin, a committe of his close friends and family, is committed to raising $1 million as soon as possible to help Jake with these extraordinary expenses as he tackles the biggest hurdle of his life.

Camphill Kimberton is pleased to host this benefit concert for our friends, the Chalfin family. Jake's sister, Julia Chalfin, will perform her American Diva show in Rose Hall. The show tells how a country bumpkin became a successful international Opera Diva. It is a humorous trip of musical self-discovery through Musicals, Pop, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Jazz and Classical music, in search of the appropriate genre and world fame. The program includes songs from these musical styles and finishes with a series of opera arias. The performance also features Tim Peck, master of the keys. Parallel to Julia´s story, Tim shares how he developed his skills as both a talented classical pianist and free swinging jazz musician.


A reception will immediately follow the concert at the adjacent Camphill Cafe.

Ticket prices are:
General Admission: $25
General Admission & Reception: $40
Reserved Seating: $45
Reserved Seating & Reception: $60
Patron includes 2 reserved tickets to the show and reception with business logo and /or name on website & program: $250
Contact Sue McElroy for questions about this event, tickets or information. Phone 610-827-1916 or Email:mac942@verizon.net

Please visit their website for more information and for ticket sales: http://www.chasinforchalfin.com/julia.html.

Camphill Kimberton wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving

As many of us prepare for Thanksgiving, we reflect on the past year and are thankful for what we have been given. We invite you to look back with us by watching the video linked below.




As supporters of Camphill Kimberton, you give us so much. We thank you. Our wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving!


Special thanks to our coworkers for contributing so many beautiful images.

2011 Service to the Community Award Recipients: Terry and Pat Brett

At a recent event, Camphill Kimberton was pleased to present the 2011 Service to the Community Award to Terry and Pat Brett. 

In the 1980's, Terry and Pat Brett began a much needed cooperative to meet the needs of people in the area wanting wholesome organic food. They also cooperated to create Seven Stars Yogurt production, which allowed the Seven Stars Farm to continue productively, and grew the small farm store across the road from the Waldorf School. Their tireless efforts developed not only a successful business, but also a friendly shop where people could meet and share interests. When the old Kimberton Hardware store became available, they moved there, bringing a lively business to the heart of Kimberton – now known as Kimberton Whole Foods.
Their interest in developing community led them to incorporate a café and many more useful and needed product lines. They sourced locally before it became fashionable, and included Kimberton Hills products from the beginning. To help meet Kimberton Hills' needs, they offered wholesale prices for bulk items, and continue to do so to this day.

As their business expanded, they took it to several area communities, and with those new stores, their vision of wholesome, organic locally sourced (where possible) foods. They collaborate with distributers to create more visibility for good food, and educate their consumers through newsletters, events, and in-store educational materials. They have opened their Kimberton Store for educational and charitable events, and have encouraged good citizenship through their examples, as well. They have led in sustainable areas beyond agriculture -- for instance, in business, ecology, and community building. They can be counted on to help support local charitable, artistic, and educational events, and of course, the efforts to create a more walkable and sustaining community in Kimberton.

Perhaps most people know them most for their incredibly deep work ethic and commitment to doing all they can to meet needs of their customers and community. Luckily they have a family of progeny that has also supported the business and the work it has taken to build and sustain it. They remain people whom one likes to meet when visiting the store-- friendly, interesting, interest-ed, knowledgeable, and deeply committed to living their ideals. They are wonderful people and strong friends of Kimberton Hills, where Terry served on the Board, and a significant power for good in our region.

Terry and Pat, thank you, for all you do in this community and beyond!