Dismas Family Farm

ACTIVITIES: Work alongside agency staff and volunteers to create welcoming home for farm residents. Help maintain program milieu, supporting vocational and program efforts at the farm. Support, welcome, and orient volunteers providing outside services, including, but not limited to: meal provision, education, recovery services, and special project assistance. Transport residents to doctor appointments, job interviews, legal appointments and NA/AA meetings in the community. Help to plan, coordinate and implement house activities. Help coordinate special activities at the farm, including weekly farmers’ markets, a summer CSA program, an annual barn dance, and a fall festival. Provide needed administrative support to agency staff to ensure success of fundraising efforts. Work closely with agency staff to fulfill and promote the agency mission and help capitalize on further opportunities for growth. Recent graduates receive a stipend, health benefits, and free room and board, in return for a year of service.

CONTACT:
Colleen Hilferty ’96 and Dave McMahon ‘96
508-799-9389

COMMITMENT: 1 year

OVERVIEW: Fellows live on a 35 acre organic farm where former offenders also live as they put their lives back together. Dismas Family Farm is a 12- bed, vocational farm for recently released prisoners. Fellows live in solidarity with the residents of the Dismas Family Farm and help coordinate daily activities at the farm.