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ORGANIZATION: Hidden Villa (Organic Farm and Wilderness Area)
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Hidden Villa is a nonprofit organization that uses its 1,600 acre organic farm and wilderness preserve to provide learning opportunities about the environment and social justice. We were started in 1924 by Frank & Josephine Duveneck and they helped to start the following:
1933 - Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter (plague on Hidden Villa Creek Trail)
1937 - First Youth Hostel on the West Coast
1945 - First Multiracial Summer Camp in the United States
1960 - Turned family property into the nonprofit and donated rights of land
1970 - Environmental Education Program on 1st Earth Day
1991 - Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program
We are looking for a few volunteers that can dedicate between 1 to 20 hours every month to help us maintain our 8 miles of hiking trails. These trails are used by staff, volunteers, visitors, and students that come on their field trips to learn about the environment.
Our Trail Maintenance Philosophy is specific and training will be required. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming an integral part of our community at volunteers@hiddenvilla.org.
Thank you!
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About Hidden Villa (Organic Farm and Wilderness Area)
Location:
26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, US
Mission Statement
We foster educational experiences that build connections and inspire a deeper appreciation and respect for nature, food, and one another.
Description
Hidden Villa is a nonprofit educational organization that uses its organic farm, wilderness, and community to teach and provide opportunities to learn about the environment and social justice. Hidden Villa stretches over 1600 acres of open space in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Hidden Villa was founded by Frank and Josephine Duveneck, who purchased the land in 1924 and offered it as a gathering place for discussion, reflection, and incubation of social reform. Over the following decades, the Duvenecks established the first Hostel on the Pacific Coast (1937), the first multiracial summer camp (1945), and Hidden Villa's Environmental Education Program (1970). The Trust for Hidden Villa was established as a nonprofit in 1960.
Every year 30,000 people participate in one of our formal programs. An additional 20,000 visitors come to our preserve annually to explore our farm and gardens or to hike on our eight miles of trails. Our constituents cover a wide spectrum of age, physical ability, geography, ethnicity, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and our organic farm, rustic barns, newer sustainable structures and pristine riparian, woodland and chaparral wilderness provide opportunities to experience the beauty of our environment on a first hand basis.
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WHEN
WHERE
26870 Moody RoadLos Altos Hills, CA 94022
DATE POSTED
August 23, 2016
SKILLS
- Outdoor Recreation
- Environmental Education
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Between 1 - 20 hours per month
- Needs to be able to work alone and according to trail maintenance philosphy