Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 08:29
Camphill Village Kimberton Hills
P.O. Box 1045, Kimberton, PA 19442
www.camphillkimberton.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: January 17, 2012
Contact: Bernadette Kovaleski • 610-935-8660 •
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Kimberton Hills Thrift Shop Grand Opening
On Saturday, February 11 at noon, Camphill Village Kimberton Hills will celebrate the grand opening of the Kimberton Hills Thrift Shop. The shop will be selling good-quality natural fiber clothing, books and toys, kitchen and household items, and more.
Following the official Grand Opening, the Kimberton Hills Thrift Shop, located in the space adjacent to the Camphill Café, will be open Wednesdays-Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Camphill Café, which is also open for lunch during Thrift Shop hours, serves locally-grown, organic food, including soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts.
Donations for the thrift shop are welcomed, and may be delivered to the side door of the Kepler Building at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills. Please bring donated items – natural fiber clothing, books, toys and household goods -- during business hours, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Proceeds from both the Kimberton Hills Thrift Shop and the Camphill Café help support Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, a non-profit community that lives and works with adults with developmental disabilities.
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Camphill Village Kimberton Hills is located at 1601 Pughtown Road, Kimberton, Pa.
The mission at Camphill Kimberton is to encourage individuals, especially those with special needs, to discover and fulfill their developmental and creative potential within a farming and handcrafting community. In valuing persons of all abilities, Kimberton Hills seeks to foster a living and working environment that is sustainable, productive and beautiful. Residents and volunteers uniquely contribute to the community through meaningful vocations such as gardening, dairy farming, and working in the café, bakery and craft workshops. As the community cares for one another, it also nurtures and improves the land by practicing biodynamic and organic agriculture and raising environmental awareness.
For more information about Kimberton Hills, visit www.camphillkimberton.org.
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Written by Administrator
Thursday, 12 January 2012 08:53
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: January 11, 2012
Contact: Bernadette Kovaleski • 610-935-8660 •
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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.
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The mission at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, located in Kimberton, Pa., is to encourage individuals, especially those with special needs, to discover and fulfill their greatest developmental and creative potential within a farming and handcrafting community. In valuing persons of all abilities, Kimberton Hills seeks to foster a living and working environment that is sustainable, productive and beautiful. Residents and volunteers uniquely contribute to the community through meaningful vocations such as gardening, dairy farming, and working in the café, bakery and handicraft workshops. As the community cares for one another, it also nurtures and improves the land by practicing biodynamic agriculture and raising environmental awareness.
For more information, visit www.camphillkimberton.org.
