November 27, 2018
Meet Matt Kalas, Hopewell’s new farm manager, who joined our staff in August. You could say that farming is in his blood.
“I grew up on a dairy farm with 125 cows in North Bloomfield,” said...
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August 23, 2018
As a therapeutic farm community, Hopewell is a working farm complete with livestock, gardens, sugaring and more. Our work crews help residents discover their strengths, experience new roles, learn new skills, gain job readiness and...
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April 16, 2018
Plato once said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Hopewell’s Musical Journey Group allows the residents to venture down this creative path,...
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January 23, 2018
by Langston Wesley and Peggy Barnes Szpatura
In April 2012, Langston Wesley came to Hopewell. Valedictorian of his high school class in Chicago, he had been awarded a scholarship to Stanford University. Episodes of manic behavior...
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October 31, 2017
Community service offers so many wonderful life experiences, not to mention it helps us to feel like we are “giving back.” Here at Hopewell, we respect those moments when we have an opportunity to keep...
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