Alternatives to Americorps Service
Has your Americorps service program been cut or canceled? Or were you planning to apply to join Americorps but now reconsidering after recent developments? If you still want to serve, learn, and develop hands-on skills, consider joining the service program here in the Plowshare Farm lifesharing community!
Serve for a year… gain insights for a lifetime!
The Plowshare Farm lifesharing community in Greenfield, NH offers a yearlong service and learning opportunity in sharing life with others, including people with developmental disabilities, and sustainable community living. We are currently accepting applicants to join us in August 2025 (beginning August 24th, 2025 and running to early August 2026).
We are seeking people with:
hearts wide enough to include others in 'home'
hands and feet ready to support others in activities of daily life and to be a part of a sustainability-oriented community
and heads ripe for new learning
As a service volunteer you will:
Live in and provide assistance with daily needs in one of our lifesharing homes where people with a wide range of abilities, including people with disabilities, live together in an inclusive community-based setting. This includes sharing general household activities, supporting others in the household in activities of daily living, and sharing in social time together.
Participate in 2-3 areas of volunteer service during the day, depending on the community's current need and personal interest, such as wool and fiber arts, woodworking, baking, and biodynamic gardening.
Learn about the traditional trades of the New England region (woodwork, pottery, metalwork, wax, wool, baking and more).
Be part of a community that is striving toward ecological sustainability (energy production and heating, growing our own vegetables, getting milk and eggs from our own animals, tapping maple trees for syrup, etc).
For more information about year of service opportunities, please send an email to service@plowsharefarm.org sharing about your skills/interests and what excites you about the possibility of joining our community and experiencing life at Plowshare.