About ZENO MOUNTAIN FARM
What We Do
Zeno Mountain Farm is an organization that runs camps for people with and without disabilities. Everyone works together so all can experience a life full of creativity, adventure, fun and community.
Typically, each camp has a theme that helps to focus and unify the group. The themes include but are not limited to filmmaking, theatre, high challenge sports, music, adventure travel and art.
Annual camps are the catalyst for lifelong friendships. Our homes are in Vermont, Los Angeles, Florida, Guatemala, and where ever else we come together.
We gather year after year to create a world unlike any other. We always tell people who want to know what camp is all about to "just come visit!"
The Community
People of all ages and abilities are part of Zeno Mountain Farm including people with Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, law degrees, Autism, a love of art, teaching certificates, Cognitive Delay, carpentry skills, Williams Syndrome, a willingness to dance in public and Spina Bifida.
At camp we get the chance to do activities that would otherwise be impossible without assistance. We get the opportunity to experience and discover the creative and adventurous side of our lives and ourselves.
Our Story
Our group and philosophy grew out of a summer camp on Martha’s Vineyard. Camp was the highlight of everyone’s year but it always ended too quickly. We wanted more camp! So in 1993, we started getting together at different times and locations throughout the year. It was not long before these reunions took shape and became organized into camps of their own. From 1995-2007, our group participated in starting camps in Mississippi, California, Mexico, Guatemala, Florida, and Nantucket. It was exciting to realize that Camp could exist in other places and at other times besides the summer. We had discovered the joy of taking camp on the road and the adventures that traveling together could bring. We also found it cool to share the idea of camp in new areas and with new people.
The LA based camp, Cheshire became a main camp and it’s own non-profit in 2003. Cheshire hosted a film making camp, a sports camp, and a music camp. We became more focused on specific projects, and were able to bring people together who shared interest and talents in these specific areas. Musicians, actors, athletes or simply people who wanted to be musicians, actors or athletes came to the camps.
In the fall of 2008, we started looking for a new site where we could host larger camps on the east coast. We wanted a permanent, home base that would be owned by the non profit. After searching all over New England, we landed on Zeno Road in Lincoln, Vermont. We began building in October 2008, in preparation for the first camp known as Zeno, to be held the following Summer.
We named the parent organization Zeno Mountain Farm - after the road on which the property sits. ZMF absorbed the Cheshire camps and continues to run them all. In addition, ZMF hosts ski camps in Vermont, Kikotimaal in Guatemala and the sports camp in Florida.
Contact Us
By snail mail:
950 Zeno Road
Lincoln Vt 05443
By phone: 802.453.4663
by email:
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