High Spirit Community Farm fulfills an essential need for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing meaningful work, a dignified home and a rich social and cultural life. To that end High Spirit:
- Provides and supports life sharing homes where our community members live as part of a nuclear family
- Directs a land-based program, open to all in the region, offering on the job training in agricultural work and sustainable practices
- Expects our members to be responsible, participatory, considerate citizens of the HS community and the larger world Trains young volunteers to provide care to disabled peers and inspires them to be leaders as respectful, inclusive and conscientious adults
- Serves as a catalyst for Massachusetts to move from institutional care to a model which nurtures the well-being of individuals, the community and the environment
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