Hope Springs Farm | Adult Day Program | Developmental Disabilities | Autism | Special Needs | Central Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | Hershey | Dauphin | Cumberland

FAMILY STORIES | YOU CAN CHANGE A LIFE | VOLUNTEER

STAFF SPOTLIGHT

At Hope Springs Farm, our staff always shine, but sometimes we like to put the spotlight on them!
Here are some staff members that really stand out!

Colby Zimmerman

Colby is a master of working with the Alpacas.

Colby is from Millersburg PA and attended Millersburg High School (2009), and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (2014); with a BS in Biology.
He likes brewing beer, mead and wine, gardening, canning, cooking and baking, and hiking.
When asked why he likes this work he says...
"I enjoy being outside as much as possible. I really like working with the Growers and the animals. I have built strong relationships with the Growers over the last two years and really enjoy their personalities. It's great to be able to lead these individuals to complete meaningful activities and help them to achieve a sense of accomplishment."

PAR, The Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability has released their new video (at left) about the statewide crisis for Direct Support Professionals. Being a DSP and serving our Growers is a wonderful and rewarding experience. We need everyone's support to advocate for the State to increase rates so we can build a better stable workforce to improve the quality of life for all adults who have an Intellectual or Developmental Disability or Autism. Visit the site FixtheDSPCrisis.com and support these valuable Professionals.

If you or someone you know is interested in joining our Team here at Hope Springs Farm,
contact us at 717-298-1845, or email us at administrator@hopespringsfarm.org

FAMILY STORIES

STORY

"Our family would like to let you know what you do means so much to us."

TESTIMONIAL

"You are all like family to me."

THANK YOU

Thank You Marshall Family for all you do to help make our Farm program a huge success!

YOU CAN CHANGE A LIFE

We are here to ensure all our adults have a meaningful day and improve their life in some way. You can be a part of that; you can help us change a life!

We need lots of things here at the Farm. If you would like to donate something download our list. You can do your own fundraiser with your friends and raise the funds to get one of the items. Contact Jim to set up your very own Peer-to-Peer fundraising site.

Contact Jim Gainer at Hope Springs Farm

VOLUNTEER

We also need volunteers to help out around the Farm. You can work with the Growers during the day, or you can help keep up with all the farm chores on the weekends.

Volunteer Today!

We would like to thank the BOND Group from the First United Methodist Church of Hershey for their community service Saturday April 8, 2017. It was a beautiful day and the children and adults helped out all over the Farm. After we took a tour of the Farm we started cleaning up rocks and stones that ended up in the yard from the snow plows. Then we cleaned up some of the cut garden beds and cleaned out the flower beds around the Farm house. After the work was done we had a great time playing with the animals. The goats were very happy to have some playmates, and one of the alpaca even sat down with them to get petted and hugs. We also got to pet the horses and pigs. Thank you for all your help! You can see more pictures at our Shutterfly Family Share site or our Youtube channel.

If you have a group that would enjoy volunteering their time to help out at Hope Springs Farm, please give us a call at 717-298-1845. We always need extra help!