Rebuild Horn Farm
Together with your support, we are rebuilding!
On the night of October 25th, lightning struck the Horn Farm Center’s historic farmhouse, damaging it by fire. Since then, we’ve been hard at work – recovering our operations, carrying out our mission, and planning to rebuild.
We have raised over $900,000 to repair, renovate, and redesign our farmhouse. With $200,000 to go, Horn Farm Center is building a new Education Center that will serve our community for generations to come.
Coming Soon: Construction Begins Spring 2025
Growing Our Capacity to Serve Our Community
Offer
More Programs
Each Year
From 115 Seasonal Programs to 230 Programs Year-Round
The new education center at the Horn Farm will provide a comfortable learning space for year-round programming – doubling the total number of programs that we can offer each year. With a newly renovated classroom space, we will host more than 230 programs annually, increasing generated income from 35% to 50% of our total income.
Serve New
Audiences
Grow & Diversify Who We Serve – Especially Youth
After rebuilding, the Horn Farm Center will offer new program topics and provide regular youth programming for the first time. From fiber arts to local ecology lectures, the new learning space will draw new and diverse audiences to our region. Today, 98% of our educational programs serve adults. With adequate facilities, we aim to grow our youth programing to account for 50% of our total program offerings.
Educate More
People
From 845 Participants to More than 1600 Each Year
The new education center will increase our capacity to educate more people about regenerative agriculture, local ecology, and sustainable living. Currently, our average class size is 15 students. The new classroom will accommodate larger groups, up to 35 students in each class. Ultimately, we will educate more people at the Horn Farm – from 845 to more than 1,600 program participants each year.
Rebuild Timeline:
- Fall & Winter 2024 – Permitting & Fundraising Campaign
- Spring 2025 – primary construction activities
- Fall 2025 – Finishing & occupancy; celebration event
The final design goals include:
- Large Classroom Space, Restroom & Kitchenette Downstairs
- Office Spaces, Restroom, & Storage Upstairs
- An Energy & Water Efficient Building
- Site Improvements including an enhanced outdoor classroom area on the north porch of the building
The Rebuild Project is Supported by:
- Powder Mill Foundation
- J. William Warehime Foundation
- York County Community Foundation including the Sustainable Energy Fund
- Berks County Community Foundation MetEd Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund
- The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation
- York County Land Bank Authority
- The David Hogg Family Foundation
- Kinsley Construction & Kinsley Education Center
- Energy Opportunities
- FirstEnergy
- Commonwealth Fire Protection
- ShipleyEnergy
- York Water Company
- Charlene Senglaub & Wendy Colby
- The Garden Club of York
- Eastern York High School’s National Honors Society
- The Rotary Club of York
- York Rotary Charitable Endowment Fund
- Friends, volunteers, and donors like you!
We are currently seeking financial support for this project.
If you are interested in investing in the future of the Horn Farm Center by contributing to the Building Fund, please contact Executive Director, Alexis Campbell at executivedirector@hornfarmcenter.org.
Different Ways to Give
1) Donate or Pledge:
If you love Horn Farm Center, and you have the ability to make a pledge or give to this extraordinary need, your support will unlock an ecosystem of possibility – helping our region thrive as a center for regenerative agriculture and locally-based living.
There are different ways you can donate. You can make a one time donation – as large as possible – stretching to meet our need. What might be easier is to make a pledge to pay monthly, so that it adds up over eight months (between now and August, 2025).
2) Connect Us:
If you are connected to a company or other organization that makes donations, or sponsorships, please consider introducing us.
3) Combine Efforts:
If you have friends who share your values, you can gather them together and pool for a larger contribution to help us raise this new community education center.
If you have questions, we’re happy to talk to you. Please help us in this unusual time of great need. So much becomes possible if we can bridge this gap!
We’re enormously proud of our team, collaborators, and donors for keeping our values front and center to guide the design process.
A special thanks to our design contractors Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects, Lewis Contractors, Quarry View Building Group, and 7group for embracing and leading the project. We’re grateful for their patience, expertise, and commitment to their craft.
