Life in Camphill Village Copake
Camphill Village is an integrated community where we connect with one another through meaningful work, enriching spiritual life, and supportive relationships. We are unfolding our potential together through the practice of social therapy, in which we nurture the gifts of our peers while meeting their needs through life’s different stages.
There are more than 20 lifesharing households in Camphill Village. These are shared by individuals with and without developmental differences, including house leaders and their families, volunteers, and students of the Camphill Academy. These housemates of all ages and abilities live as extended families—experiencing milestones and challenges together, enjoying wholesome meals, and sharing responsibilities within the household.
We spend our mornings and afternoons working in our therapeutic craft studios, houses, and practicing biodynamic agriculture. Evenings and weekends are dedicated to creative pursuits and visiting with friends; we might enjoy a week baking cookies and sourdough breads in our Bakery before relaxing on a Saturday afternoon in our busy Coffee Shop. Some will spend evenings practicing a new piece of music before performing alongside fellow musicians in our Village Bell Ensemble concert.
Our weekly activities provide structure and balance, but life in Camphill Village follows the natural rhythms of the seasons. Chilly winter mornings spent cradling mugs of hot mint tea from our gardens melt away into long sunsets by the swim pond. And through these seasonal shifts, we gather for our many holidays and spiritual festivals.
Many of our celebrations are held outdoors, as our scenic valley landscape provides us with space to grow food, as well as gather. Our land enables us to stroll and chat with friends, ride our bicycles in a safe environment, and to decompress peacefully at the end of a fulfilling day.
Camphill Village Copake is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, and we thank our donors and other generous supporters for helping us to make Camphill Village the special place that it is. Learn about the different ways you can support the adults with developmental differences who make their home at Camphill Village here.
Medical and Therapeutic Care
In addition to off-site care, the Medical Office here in Camphill Village is staffed with nurses and doctors. Our caring medical staff practice integrated medicine—combining homeopathic and mainstream medical care and remedies.
We offer on-site dental care, vision care, physical therapy, and mental health counseling, as well as a wide array of supportive therapies including massage, eurythmy, painting, music, and movement—all of which are utilized enthusiastically by our community members of all abilities.
Camphill has reminded me that life is a gift to be shared. The staff in the medical office, the house leaders, and the villagers give testimony to the power of community; and it is clear that Camphill cares.
🌚 We thank our Finance Office for throwing our community a *stellar* ice cream social during the eclipse yesterday. We all gathered at the top of Brookledge Garden with our special glasses, noticed the shifts in our environment, reminisced about previous eclipse experiences, and alerted each other when clouds moved away from the main spectacle. Many thanks to Crescent Creamery in Pittsfields, MA for so generously donating our delicious ice cream!🌚
🌚 We thank our Finance Office for throwing our community a *stellar* ice cream social during the eclipse yesterday. We all gathered at the top of Brookledge Garden with our special glasses, noticed the shifts in our environment, reminisced about previous eclipse experiences, and alerted each other when clouds moved away from the main spectacle. Many thanks to Crescent Creamery in Pittsfields, MA for so generously donating our delicious ice cream!🌚
Camphill Village Copake welcomes residential volunteers from all over the world! Join our wonderful community and learn more about your gifts while supporting your peers of all abilities! Link in bio!
Camphill Village Copake welcomes residential volunteers from all over the world! Join our wonderful community and learn more about your gifts while supporting your peers of all abilities! Link in bio!
Yesterday`s afternoon Palm Sunday activities began with an informative and thought-provoking talk by Rev. Peter Skaller from the Christian Community. He encouraged us to ask, "Am I my brother`s keeper?" We followed our gathering with a sunny walk to places in Camphill Village that are planned for future construction, where we sang and recited blessings upon the land.
Yesterday`s afternoon Palm Sunday activities began with an informative and thought-provoking talk by Rev. Peter Skaller from the Christian Community. He encouraged us to ask, "Am I my brother`s keeper?" We followed our gathering with a sunny walk to places in Camphill Village that are planned for future construction, where we sang and recited blessings upon the land.
The sun is shining, and temps are in the high 60s today! While some garden beds in our community are being turned for the first time this season, our vegetable gardeners were already on the third cut from this prolific spinach bed!
The sun is shining, and temps are in the high 60s today! While some garden beds in our community are being turned for the first time this season, our vegetable gardeners were already on the third cut from this prolific spinach bed!
🎟️ TICKET LINK IN BIO 🎟️ Join us April 27 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington for a special performance.
CAMPHILL VILLAGE PRESENTS MUSIC IN PRAISE OF DIGNITY AND CARE: A CONCERT IN SUPPORT OF CAMPHILL VILLAGE
Saturday, April 27 at 4:00 pm
$25 Advance Order Tickets
$35 Reserved
$45 Preferred
$75 Premium
An assembly of world-class musicians will perform Music in Praise of Dignity and Care in honor of Camphill Village Copake’s decades of care and integration among people with developmental differences. Camphill Village welcomes Eugene Drucker, violinist and founder of the famed Emerson String Quartet; Krista Bennion-Feeney, principal violinist of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Gili Melamed-Lev, pianist; Dana Kelley, violist from the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; cellist Roberta Cooper; and John Feeney, member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, on the double-bass.
This wonderful concert will also feature a performance by the locally loved and talented Triform Bell Choir led by Akiko Suesada. This will be a rare opportunity to attend a concert by these extraordinary musicians within the same program, as well as to recognize the four Camphill communities of Columbia County: Camphill Village Copake, Camphill Ghent, Camphill Hudson, and Triform Camphill Community. Sales from this performance will benefit Camphill Village Copake’s work as a welcoming and integrated community where people of all abilities thrive together.
🎟️ TICKET LINK IN BIO 🎟️ Join us April 27 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington for a special performance.
CAMPHILL VILLAGE PRESENTS MUSIC IN PRAISE OF DIGNITY AND CARE: A CONCERT IN SUPPORT OF CAMPHILL VILLAGE
Saturday, April 27 at 4:00 pm
$25 Advance Order Tickets
$35 Reserved
$45 Preferred
$75 Premium
An assembly of world-class musicians will perform Music in Praise of Dignity and Care in honor of Camphill Village Copake’s decades of care and integration among people with developmental differences. Camphill Village welcomes Eugene Drucker, violinist and founder of the famed Emerson String Quartet; Krista Bennion-Feeney, principal violinist of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Gili Melamed-Lev, pianist; Dana Kelley, violist from the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; cellist Roberta Cooper; and John Feeney, member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, on the double-bass.
This wonderful concert will also feature a performance by the locally loved and talented Triform Bell Choir led by Akiko Suesada. This will be a rare opportunity to attend a concert by these extraordinary musicians within the same program, as well as to recognize the four Camphill communities of Columbia County: Camphill Village Copake, Camphill Ghent, Camphill Hudson, and Triform Camphill Community. Sales from this performance will benefit Camphill Village Copake’s work as a welcoming and integrated community where people of all abilities thrive together.
Maple sap collection is such a special part of the season, and last week marked our first sap run of the year. It was a balmy 50 degrees out, and the Village was all abuzz with excitement over longer afternoons and the promise of fresh maple syrup around the corner! We’ll continue these special Village-wide collection days until our sugar maples cease flowing 🥞🍁
Maple sap collection is such a special part of the season, and last week marked our first sap run of the year. It was a balmy 50 degrees out, and the Village was all abuzz with excitement over longer afternoons and the promise of fresh maple syrup around the corner! We’ll continue these special Village-wide collection days until our sugar maples cease flowing 🥞🍁
🏡 Residential volunteers come from all over the world to experience an incredible six months or more living and working with people of all abilities in beautiful Camphill Village. Learn new skills 🪚, dine on fresh food grown on our property 🐄🍅, enjoy a busy social life 👯♂️, and more. Link in bio!
🏡 Residential volunteers come from all over the world to experience an incredible six months or more living and working with people of all abilities in beautiful Camphill Village. Learn new skills 🪚, dine on fresh food grown on our property 🐄🍅, enjoy a busy social life 👯♂️, and more. Link in bio!
Today is Candlemas, and we’re looking forward to gathering this evening as a community to celebrate the increased daylight and our intentions to direct our conserved energy into our many projects and relationships. Happy Candlemas Day 🕯️
Today is Candlemas, and we’re looking forward to gathering this evening as a community to celebrate the increased daylight and our intentions to direct our conserved energy into our many projects and relationships. Happy Candlemas Day 🕯️
