Peacehaven

01/17/2026

This week, the February issue of Our State Magazine landed in mailboxes across North Carolina.
We recommend reading it cover to cover…
yet if you start on page 158, you’ll quickly find a familiar story.

Peacehaven is honored to be featured in the February issue, beautifully written by our friend Jeri Rowe.
It’s a reminder that belonging isn’t an abstract idea.
It’s a place.
And it’s possible.

As this story reaches hundreds of thousands across our state (and beyond) we’re hopeful it finds those who are still searching for connection. For community. For home.

At Peacehaven, we believe that belonging has a place, and it’s here, for people of all abilities. Pick up your copy, enjoy it, and share it with a friend, and another, and another…

Thank you, Our State, for helping us tell that story.
Let’s be different together.

01/15/2026

🌱 We’re Hiring at Peacehaven 🌱
As Peacehaven grows, so does our table—and we’re looking for big-hearted, roll-up-your-sleeves kind of folks to join us. We’re currently hiring Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) to support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) at home, in the community, and through our RISE & SHINE day programs.

This is meaningful, hands-on work done side-by-side with others—rooted in trust, dignity, and the belief that everyone belongs.

If you’re looking for work that matters, we’d love for you to pull up a chair.

👉 View open positions and apply here:
https://www.peacehavenfarm.org/job-opportunities/

01/14/2026

Some places don’t just store things. They hold stories.

Recently, the Peacehaven team and Core Members toured Replacements, Ltd., a place where care is practiced at scale and nothing meaningful is treated as disposable. Every shelf, every system echoed the same truth: what mattered once, still matters.

As we walked together—laughing, lingering, noticing, we felt a familiar pull.
This is part of our work, too.

Thank you for a wonderful day!

01/05/2026

What a way to step into 2026. 💚
The entrance to the barn, a bit of chalk, and Adam’s art reminding us that creativity shows up when you least expect it. At Peacehaven, the new year doesn’t arrive with fireworks so much as small signs of belonging, creativity, and community left along the way. If this is how the year greets us, we’re ready to follow where it leads.

12/30/2025

2025 was a year of doing.
Of planting and building, laughing and learning, dreaming and then making it real.

Thank you for walking this path with us...
the best is still ahead. 💚

12/29/2025

At Peacehaven, the best moments are small ones—someone trying something new, sharing a story, feeling seen.

We’re hiring a Direct Support Professional (DSP) in the Greensboro area to walk alongside adults with I/DD in homes, the community, and our RISE & SHINE program. It’s less about tasks and more about showing up with trust, compassion, and a belief in people’s potential.

If you’re someone who listens first and leads with heart, we’d love to meet you. 💛

👉 Email us for more information: Brandon.Singerman@peacehavenfarm.org

12/28/2025

Our VERY popular felted snowmen may be sold out online but, friends like those at Esteamed Coffee still have them in stock. 💚

Our friends at Peacehaven Farm () are ready for chilly weather with these felted snowmen. Pick up your favorite at Esteamed Coffee before they leave shelves at the end of the week!

12/23/2025

This season, we’re grateful for stories like Andrew’s. 💚
In this short holiday message, Andrew's dad Steve reflects on his son’s journey through our RISE & SHINE programs and the joy that comes when a person is met not with limits, but with possibility.

As we look ahead to expanding programs, opening our Community Center, and building a future rooted in belonging, we’re thankful for every person who walks this path with us.

🎥 Watch. Reflect. And if you’re moved, consider supporting the work ahead. DONATE: https://bit.ly/4pbcNyV

12/23/2025

This season, we’re grateful for stories like Andrew’s. 💚
In this short holiday message, Andrew's dad Steve reflects on his son’s journey through RISE/SHINE—and the joy that comes when a young person is met not with limits, but with possibility.

As we look ahead to expanding programs, opening our Community Center, and building a future rooted in belonging, we’re thankful for every person who walks this path with us.

🎥 Watch. Reflect. And if you’re moved, consider supporting the work ahead.

12/22/2025

We want to share an important update that may affect how you choose to make time-sensitive gifts—especially as we approach the end of the year.

The USPS has just clarified a new postmarking rule, effective December 24, 2025. Going forward, the date printed on most envelopes will reflect when your mail is processed at a regional sorting facility, not the day you drop it in the mailbox or at your local post office. This means a gift mailed on December 31 could receive a January postmark if it isn’t processed right away—potentially impacting its eligibility as a charitable contribution for the current tax year.

What this means for you (and your generosity):
• Dropping a check in a mailbox—even on time—no longer guarantees a same-day postmark.
• Mail dropped on weekends, holidays, or late in the day may be postmarked later.
• Many tax and charitable deadlines rely on the postmark date, not the mailing date.

How to ensure your gift is credited properly:
• Visit a post office counter and request a manual (local) postmark (free).
• Ask for a Certificate of Mailing, Certified Mail, or Registered Mail, which provides a dated receipt.
• Or, for simplicity and peace of mind, consider giving online, which provides immediate confirmation: https://bit.ly/4pbcNyV

We share this not to complicate generosity—but to protect it. Your support fuels belonging, opportunity, and dignity at Peacehaven and beyond, and we want every gift to count exactly as you intend.

If you have questions or want help choosing the best way to give before year-end, our Advancement team is always here for you.

With gratitude,
Cory Phillips
Director of Advancement
cory.phillips@peacehavenfarm.org

12/19/2025

The barn was bursting yesterday - Hallmark movie energy with just enough chaos to keep it honest.

Peacehaven’s annual Secret Santa brought together the team, Core Members, and the RISE/SHINE cohort for lunch, holiday games, and a gift exchange that reminded us: no one gives like people who know each other well… or just well enough to be hilarious. And then there was Jeopardy… where confidence was high, answers were wrong, and a few friendships were briefly tested (and survived).

The photos barely capture it; the laughter, the cheering, and those quiet, connective moments that sneak in between bites of lunch and disputed answers-in-the-form-of-questions.

Huge, heartfelt thanks to our own Dana Roseboro for orchestration yet another celebration that brought us together AND reminded us why we gather in the first place. At Peacehaven, joy isn’t scheduled… it just shows up, sometimes with an ugly, holiday sweater 🤣

Different together. Especially at Secret Santa. 💚🎁🎄

12/19/2025

We’re celebrating more wonderful news: The Edward M. Armfield Sr. Foundation has awarded Peacehaven’s campaign a $45,000 grant to help support the development of our future Community Center. 

This gift is more than a number, it’s a vote of confidence in a vision where people of all abilities can gather, learn, grow, and belong. The Community Center is the next big “yes” on our 89-acre farm: a place built with accessibility in mind from the ground up, where our early friends, families, and fans help lead the way and the wider community gathers around our ever-increasing table.

To the Edward M. Armfield Sr. Foundation: thank you for partnering with Peacehaven and helping bring this promise to life. We’re deeply grateful—and we can’t wait to share what this investment makes possible. 

🌱 Want to be part of what’s growing? Follow along as we build, and consider making a gift to Different Together to help carry this momentum forward.