Volunteer Work Party Weekend 2020

Want to help out Knoll Farm? Looking for an alternative way to celebrate community and the 4th of July? Do you enjoy working outside with great people? Please join us for Knoll Farm’s annual volunteer work party, re-designed this year to celebrate interdependence!

We need you, and hopefully you need Knoll Farm.  On this special weekend that is also our nation’s birthday, let’s celebrate differently by lending a hand and working alongside one another (safely distancing) and by being in service to one another.

Due to the pandemic, we are delaying the opening of all of our programs to July 1. It’s been a long winter and spring, and we’ll need your strength, your friendship, and your sense of community to help the farm rebound and get ready to serve all the people far and wide who love and need Knoll Farm.  Help us in this extraordinary year to get ready and to welcome back joy.

This year we’ll focus on improving our hiking trail system that starts at the refuge village and winds through beautiful woods and rocky outcropping beyond the mountain yurt through more than 400-acres of terrain that is beloved by our alumni as well as our Mad River valley community. Expect to meet great people, have fun, work hard, be well fed and enjoy the farm through work and giving back.

We take seriously your health, our health, and the health of this land.  You must meet VT’s department of public health guidelines for quarantining.  

Here is a look at the weekend’s schedule:

Please note: If you are not able to join us for the entire day on Friday please plan to arrive by noon for lunch or no later than 5:00 PM Friday evening, and plan to stay through Sunday afternoon  so that we can maximize the experience of learning and working together.

Friday, July 3rd

8:00     Breakfast in the barn

9:00     Trail work begins in the woods

12:00   Lunch back in the barn

1:00     Return to trail work in the forest above the farm.

5:00     Break for the day, music and dinner

6:00     Dinner in the barn followed by evening fires and fun.

Saturday, July 4th

8:00                 Breakfast in the barn

9:00                 Trail work begins in the woods

12:00               Lunch back in the barn

1:00                 Return to trail work in the forest above the farm.

5:00                 Break for the day, music and dinner

6:00                 Dinner in the barn followed by evening fires and Sauna.

Sunday, July 5th

8:00                Breakfast in the barn

9:00                 Trail work begins in the woods

12:00               Lunch back in the barn

1:00                 Thanking the land ceremony.

2:00                 Weekend concludes

No cost – All meals are included.  Please register below.  We will provide a list of suggested gear to everyone who has registered for the weekend.