News

• It was a Fun-Filled Day at Summer Splash!

  We had blast at our annual summer socialization event on July 13th. We loved seeing new and returning families enjoying the festivities. Summer Splash was packed full of fun activities like face painting, a music station, a photo booth, and of course water games.  As always, a big thank you to all of the excellent… Read more »

• Congratulations to Vice President Heather Carlino!

  Heather Carlino has been recognized as a 2019 Healthcare Hero by Mainline Today. “By day, Heather Carlino is a clinical lecturer at Penn’s pediatric acute care nurse practitioner program. Her other passion is Spring Brook Farm, a West Chester-based nonprofit that provides animal therapy and other activities for kids ages 6-12 with autism, cerebral palsy,… 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 »

• Miss Piggy featured on The View

  Our dear Miss Piggy was recently featured in an interview with abc’s The View co-host, Sara Haines.  Please check out her performance!  It was such an honor for The Barn to be showcased this way.

• Susan Elko, Board President, Honored by the CCFWG

  The Barn at Spring Brook Farm’s Board President and cherished friend, Susan Elko, was honored on May 4th with the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Kitchen Table Award. CCFWG established the Kitchen Table Award in 2011 to honor a Chester County woman who has made substantive contributions through service and/or philanthropy to improve… Read more »

• The Barn is featured on PHL17’s IN FOCUS: Autism Awareness

  Make sure you check out Emily McClure, our Executive Director, and Dr. Page Buck from West Chester University as they share the work of The Barn on PHL17’s April 21st edition of IN FOCUS: Autism Awareness. The Eagles organization is in the spotlight for their Eagles Autism Challenge taking place on Saturday, May 19th at Lincoln… Read more »

• The Barn featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer

  New research is finding animals may help kids on the autism spectrum relate to other people Sabrina Opstbaum wasn’t expecting miracles when she started taking her daughter Reegan to the Barn at Spring Brook Farm, an animal-assisted intervention program for special needs children in West Chester. Like many kids on the autism spectrum, Reegan didn’t seem… Read more »

• The Barn in The Philadelphia Inquirer

  At The Barn, farm animals give kids with disabilities a boost October 21, 2016 —  Mary Clayton watched her daughter, Alannah, 10, stride confidently through the Barn at Spring Brook Farm and head to the pasture to walk her favorite miniature horse, Dreamer, while telling the filly about the week that had passed since her… Read more »

• The Barn in The Daily Local News!

  POCOPSON >> Two years ago, the Barn at Spring Brook Farm, a facility that provides animal-assisted activities for children with disabilities, was all set to close. Codes officers found violations at the facility that would cost upward of $100,000 after a neighbor complained of noise… Read more here!