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Hope Springs Farm Posts Update music therapy, community volunteering, crafts, and cooking, came to a halt. Volunteers and furloughed staff continued to care for the animals and plants. Volunteer staff also helped repaint and clean out buildings used for the day program activities. Adults with disabilities may have underlying conditions that could complicate the symptoms of COVID-19. The farm offered families the opportunity to visit the farm, using social distancing precautions, for growers to see the animals they had been caring for. See Hope Springs Farm pg 2 Hope Springs Farm in Hershey has remained closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and began weekly Zoom parties for its growers. Elizabethtown College students Lauren Skorupski (left) and Kellen Skorupski posted pictures of the farm’s animals as part of the weekly Zoom parties for growers.
Hope Springs Farm, 201 Trail Road, Hershey, had to close during the COVID-19 pandemic. The farm hosts a day program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, who are referred to as “growers.” On March 17, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services - Office of Developmental Programs (DHS/ODP) instructed all-day programs and prevocational programs in Pennsylvania to close until further notice. The stay-at-home order was issued on March 20. All programming for growers, including
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