Camphill Association of North America is a group of life sharing communities for people of various ages with intellectual disabilities to live, work, learn, and play alongside resident volunteers like you. Hundreds of residents call our beautiful communities home.
Camphill communities are home to people of multiple generations, spending intentional time together and taking life at a slower pace. Here, we focus on the important things: we farm together, cook and bake, share meals, create crafts, play, and go to school. Members of our communities are kind, beautiful souls who savor life and form close friendships with one another.
During your time as a volunteer, you will be an important member of the community. On any given day, you may help guide residents with household activities and vocational training, assist teachers in afternoon coursework in music, arts, movement, drama, participate in farm work, or contribute to the many special events that make Camphill such a vibrant, joyful community.
We welcome your interest in our communities!
Our Communities:
The Camphill School
Glenmoore, PA
Camphill School is a boarding school in the beautiful countryside, and the only Waldorf School in North America that serves children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The nearby Transition Program at Beaver Farm is a vocational training program and biodynamic farm where students learn artisan crafts, land work, cooking, and more.
Camphill Village USA
Copake, NY
Camphill Village USA is a unique village community of 250 people on 615 acres of wooded hills, gardens and pastures. Adults with developmental differences share a full life together with volunteers, caring for the earth and working for the renewal of social, economic and cultural life.
Camphill Village Minnesota
Sauk Centre, MN
Camphill Village Minnesota is an agricultural community on 525 acres of rolling hills, sparkling waterways, and prairies. The 45 residents lead lives woven into the rhythms of nature. They are are committed to growing wholesome, sustainable food, including a variety of vegetables and fruits, healing flowers, and herbs. In the Harvest Kitchen, the bountiful harvest is canned, fermented, juiced, frozen and dried. On the biodynamic farm they raise beef and dairy cows and laying hens. They enjoy baking, weaving, woodworking, movement arts, and more.
Camphill Village Kimberton Hills
Kimberton, PA
Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is an agricultural and handcrafting community 45 minutes outside Philadelphia where 110 people, including adults with developmental disabilities, engage each other’s unique abilities.
Triform Camphill Community
Hudson, NY
Triform Camphill Community, located in the beautiful wooded Hudson River Valley, supports young adults with special needs on their paths to greater independence through educational, vocational, social and life skills training programs in a nurturing community.
Heartbeet Lifesharing
Hardwick, VT
Heartbeet is a vibrant lifesharing community of 50 people that includes adults with developmental disabilities and interweaves the social and agricultural realms for the healing and renewing of our society and the earth.
Camphill Communities California
Soquel, CA
Camphill Communities California, an intentional community of 50 people, including adults with developmental disabilities, is located on six acres of gardens, orchards, and trails in the beautiful Monterey Bay area.
Camphill Ghent
Chatham, NY
Camphill Ghent is a vibrant residential community for elders that offers a meaningful quality of life and a rich, active social program designed to support residents in maintaining their independence and joy of living.
Plowshare Farm
Greenfield, NH
At Plowshare, 50 people with a wide range of capabilities live and work side by side to build a caring, inclusive, and sustainable community that forges opportunities for each member to reach for their full potential.
Cascadia Society
North Vancouver, BC
The Cascadia Society is an integrated lifesharing community where each person is recognized, valued, and supported and shares educational, work and therapeutic experiences in the urban setting of Vancouver’s North Shore.
Glenora Farm
Duncan, BC
The gorgeous Glenora Farm creates an environment of creative and personal fulfillment where those who are in need of special care, and those who provide it, relate to each other as companions, rather than as professionals and clients.
Take it from our staff:
Camphill has definitely expanded my skills far beyond just farming. I got to learn how to lead a group of volunteers, how to best explain a task, how to keep people motivated and how to meet people where they are at.
Volunteer, 2018, Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, PA
They are here for the students and make sure the child is the first priority by giving all staff the support they need to do a great job and learn a lot! At first it’s a huge adjustment, but after a couple months you feel like family and everyone jokes around and cares about one another. This is unlike any other place I have ever worked!
Volunteer, 2018, The Camphill School, PA
Benefits & Activities:
- Rewarding work
- Access to community spaces (ex: sauna, gym, art studios)
- Monthly stipend
- Assistance with student loan payments
- Holidays and Vacation time
- Group activities and outings
- Lifelong friendships
- Basic health insurance is provided
Meals: Freshly prepared, mostly organic, tasty meals 3x daily
Housing: Comfortable, furnished private rooms
Seasons: Year-round
Positions: Camphill positions are volunteer-based. Year-long volunteers receive free room and board, as well as a stipend and assistance with student loan payments.
- Live-in Volunteers (1-year commitment)
Apply: Jobs at Camphill Association of North America
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