News

• HOE DOWN

  Join us for The Barn at Spring Brook Farm’s 2024 HOE DOWN Fundraising Event in support of The Barn’s mission to enrich the developmental skills and lives of children with disabilities through animal-assisted and nature-based experiences! Presenting Sponsor: $20,000 (only 1 available) • Admission & reserved table for 10 • Name/logo on invitation • Name/logo… Read more »

• A Longtime Supporter Of The Barn Will Be Missed

  Robert D. “Bob” McNeil, one of the Barn’s earliest and most loyal advisors and supporters, passed on April 13 after a decade long bout with cancer. Our Barn family will sorely miss his strong commitment to our mission and his attention to every detail of our organization’s work. Bob’s dedication to the Barn began as… Read more »

• 2024 Annual Appeal-Thank you for your Support!

  We could not do what we do at The Barn at Spring Brook Farm without the support of our community.  Through your generous donations we are able to continue our mission.  This year we hope to exceed our Annual Appeal goal of $35,000.  Your gift of any size will really make a difference.  Our children,… Read more »

• Thank You First Bank Charitable Foundation!

  Thank you so much to First Bank Charitable Foundation for awarding The Barn at Spring Brook Farm with this generous grant, which will go towards providing children with disabilities, life-changing opportunities! Barn representatives, Andrea Marine Abernethy (Executive Director) and Chris Guldin (Facilities Manager) are pictured here receiving the award. Thank you First Bank!

• Thank You First Resource Bank!

  Thank you so much to First Resource Bank and representative Sharon Sharpe for directing some of their Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) funds our way! This generous donation will go toward the wonderful programs we offer to children with disabilities. Barn representatives, Andrea Marine Abernethy (Executive Director), Chris Guldin (Facilities Manager), Raichel Barzilay (Program Manager),… Read more »

• Welcome our Newest Friends, the Nubian Goat Family

  At the start of the new year, The Barn welcomed 5 new friends! Beezus, Ramona, Thyme, Echo and Bay are part of a 3-generation Nubian goat family from Point Lookout Garden and Farm Life, a non-profit located in Wilmington, DE. Point Lookout Garden and Farm Life started in 2009 by the late Phyllis Wyeth, and… Read more »

• Benefit for the Chester County Community Foundation

  Board President, Sharon Cichocki, and Executive Director, Nan Latona, are joined by assorted vegetables from West Chester University of PA on March 28th at the Sweet Charity fundraiser benefiting the Chester County Community Foundation.

• COVID-19 UPDATE – GOING GREEN! 6.26.2020

  Dear Friends, I hope this email finds you and your family safe and well. All of us at The Barn have been very busy the last three months reconfiguring our programs, developing comprehensive protocols to keep our children, families, volunteers and staff safe, and planning for the future amid vast uncertainly. Who could have imagined… Read more »

• State of the Barn – March 23, 2020

  Dear Friends, We are facing a truly unprecedented situation. The global coronavirus pandemic is affecting our families, our businesses, our communities and our way of life. During this time, I wanted to reach out and update you on how we’re dealing with this situation at The Barn. First and foremost, our hearts go out to… Read more »

• First Crew to the Rescue!

   Thank you to the First Crew team who selflessly gave up their Saturday on June 8 to make improvements to The Barn’s exteriors. Just in time for the start of Camp Geronimo, First Crew installed new handrails along the ramps leading to the Tree House and the barn and put new tops and seats on… Read more »