Saturday, May 6, 2023 | Country Acres • Page 1
Country Acres Saturday, May 6, 2023
Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment
Volume 10, Edition 06
PHOTOS BY JAN LEFEBVRE
Amanda Meyer shows a rug crafted on site while she gives a tour April 28 at Camphill Village near Sauk Centre. Meyer, who is the community outreach specialist for the village, said each rug sold has pinned to it the name of the Camphill resident who wove it.
Home with heart Camphill Village celebrates the individual within community BY JAN LEFEBVRE | STAFF WRITER
SAUK CENTRE – The noon meal April 28 at Camphill Village Minnesota was held in the community dining room, which is decorated in colorful artworks created by those living and working there. Three days a week, the residents of Camphill, a farm community nestled halfway between Sauk Centre and Long Prairie,
(Above)Tomi Kovacs (left) and Bill Briggs gather in the library April 28 at Camphill Village near Sauk Centre. Both work and live at the village, which offers a sustainable farm and artisan facilities for its residents.
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come together to eat as one group. The other meals take place within the eight homes dotting the rolling hills of the farm where adults with disabilities live as a family with house leaders, volunteers and staff members from all over the world.
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(Left) David Tack and Mike Jennissen sit on the piano bench April 28 in their home at Camphill Village near Sauk Centre. Both have lived at the village most of their adult lives.
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