July News and Announcements
Summer Camp started on Monday and we are in full swing. I am enjoying my time with the kids so much. I will keep this short because I want to get back out there!! Witnessing the kids and teachers enjoying summer, making precious friendships, and being held by this land is pure gold.
The third COHAR concert on Tuesday night was amazing! Sending gratitude and appreciation to Terry Jonoure and Angelica Sanchez for your moving performance and to Continuum Culture and Arts for partnering wih us on this project. Folks, these COHAR concerts are rare gems and we encourage you to keep your eyes and ears out for more world class live music at The Center. These concerts will be happeing more!!
Our pizza night to benefit The Center at Orchard Hill is on July 25. We need some volunteers to help out.
We have a goal of raising $10,000 by the end of the August to support our Center Renovation Fund campaign to give some love to our beautiful building and grounds. We appreciate your donation in any amount to support our renovations. So far we have raised $1,400. Make a donation today to help us reach our goal!
There is still room in our Teen Programs!
This is our second year of offering camp weeks for teens. Our teachers, Sammy Burhoe and Meg Lyczak create magic for this age group and really allow for connection and creativity to emerge from the group dynamics they create.
A note from Sammy: “This summer, we hope to provide a safe and exploratory place for teens to land. Our camp is a context in which young folk begin to lead, play and innovate with support and skills from kind and cool adults. We dream of once again co-creating an experience that will energize, inspire and provide rest to our genius teens.
A special addition to our programming this year is a weekend long immersion in the Community Village Ceremonial Fire led by indigenous elders, Finding Your Center, August 3 - 7. The teens will be held by Meg, Sammy, and Andrea. There is also still room in Connect and Create, July 3 - 6.
If your 11 - 14 year old loves to be creative with clothing, sign up for Refashioning and Upcycling Art Studio, July 10 - 14, led by Petra and Andrea. We will create an art studio atmosphere and a supportive creative community to explore our personal aesthetic as designers, dressers, and creative visionaries!
We have a long time Counselor in Training program led by Eleanor as well. Please reach out to her if your teen is interested in this option.
Summer Day Camps for 5 - 12 yrs
There is still room in our Farm and Forest Adventurers (ages 8 - 12) the week of July 24. Other weeks have filled up, but please do register for any of the weeks to let us know you are interested and we will place your child on a waiting list.
If your 11 - 14 year old loves to be creative with clothing, sign up for Refashioning and Upcycling Art Studio, July 10 - 14 for 11 - 14 year olds, led by Petra and Andrea. We will create an art studio atmosphere and a supportive creative community to explore our personal aesthetic as designers, dressers, and creative visionaries!
We hope your child can come be with us this summer! Click here to register.
Continuum Culture and Arts
COHAR stands for Continuum Orchard Hill Artist Residency. This is a joint project between Continuum Culture and Arts and The Center at Orchard Hill. We are bringing artists to this rural place to experience our unique community and to work in the quiet of this farm on their current projects. We are also bringing world class and international artists for unique performance experiences as well.
Check out the COHAR partnership page of our website to see what we have been up to with this project.
Enjoying Soup and Sound with Continuum Arts and Culture
On Going Programs
Yoga Saturdays 9:00 - 10:15 am
Quaker Meeting Sundays 9:30 - 10:30 am
Shapenote Sing 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 6:30 pm
Orisha Dance Thrusdays 6:30 pm
The Community Resiliency Project
The Community Garden project was born last Spring. The group and ideas are growing to include more ways to connect. We will be growing storage crops again this year to share with each other and to donate. We are inspired to start a seed saving and herb garden on the grounds around The Center. We are also dreaming of other ways to share food and be together, possibly a food order and a seed order club. We would love for you to be involved! Email Andrea if you are interested in becoming a part of this group.
Looking Forward:
Pizza Night to Benefit The Center:
Tuesday July 25, 2023
Thank you so much to Orchard Hill Breadworks for their amazing support of local non-profit organizations and for creating the hub of community that is Pizza Night! Don’t forget to register early for your pizza!
Community Village: The Power of Ceremony, August 3 - 7, 2023
Community Village will be back in August to host the sacred fire event, held and guided by indigenous elders. They are in the planning stages for this event. Visit their website to learn more and register if you are interested in participating.
The Center will be hosting youth programming during the event for the children of participants.
A special addition to our teen programming this year is a weekend long immersion for 13 - 17 year old people in the Community Village Ceremonial Fire, Finding Your Center, August 4 - 7.
Preschool Cooperative seeks teachers for 2023/2024 school year
Hello! We are a small parent coop based at the Center at Orchard Hill. We are seeking two teachers for a group of 7-10 three to five year olds for three mornings a week. This is a unique opportunity to work in a strong community at a place with a long history in early childhood education and a deep connection to the land. Ideal candidates have experience with this age group and developmentally appropriate activities, are collaborative and interested in nature based, and/or waldorf education and excited to lead an easy going program for local kids. Interested persons should email or call Laurel Iselin at mtinlaurel@gmail.com 603 313 4218 for more information