Tickets on sale Wednesday, March 11 at the Dairy Store and online.
Honoring our founder and visionary, Dr. Douglas J. Ayers, whose enduring legacy continues to shape The Lands at Hillside Farms.
Saturday, October 10, 2026, at Hillside's Historic Museum Barn 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Event Overview
In 2026, The Lands at Hillside Farms celebrates 20 years as a nonprofit educational dairy farm dedicated to teaching life choices that are healthy, logical, and sustainable. This milestone anniversary is both a celebration of legacy and a forward-looking investment in the farm's future.The 20th Anniversary Celebration will bring together supporters, community leaders, and friends inside the farm's historic Museum Barn for an evening that honors Hillside's past while ensuring the continuation of its mission for generations to come.
Why 20 Years Matters
Milestone moments invite reflection—and responsibility. Over the past two decades, Hillside Farms has grown from a preserved historic property into a nationally respected nonprofit that blends sustainable agriculture, education, animal welfare, and human well-being. Today, Hillside stands at an important crossroads. Demand for hands-on education, evidence-based Care Farming services, and ethical, locally produced food systems continues to rise, while the costs of maintaining historic infrastructure, caring for animals, and delivering high-quality programming increase each year.Supporting the 20th Anniversary Celebration is not simply about marking time, it's about ensuring that Hillside remains strong, relevant, and resilient for the next 20 years. Your support helps safeguard the farm as a living classroom, a place of healing, and a community anchor rooted in stewardship and compassion.
The Impact of Your Support
Funds raised through this celebration directly support:
Educational programs serving children, families, and lifelong learners• Care Farming and farm-based therapeutic services• High-welfare animal care and responsible land stewardship• Preservation of the historic farm and buildings, many which predate the Civil War.
The Lands at Hillside Farms exists because of the generosity and vision of those who believe in its mission. By supporting the 20th Anniversary Celebration, you are helping write the next chapter of a farm that has served our community with purpose, integrity, and heart for two decades.
We invite you to stand with Hillside Farms, honoring its past and securing its future.
Click the button below to download our sponsorship form.
Exclusive recognition as the 20th Anniversary Presenting Sponsor, including top billing in event materials, verbal recognition during the program, providing remarks during the dinner, prominent signage, social media acknowledgement, and reserved seating for six guests.
Heritage Sponsor - $2,500 (4 Opportunities)
Recognition in event signage and printed materials, verbal acknowledgment, social media acknowledgement, and reserved seating for four guests.
Steward Sponsor - $1,000 (6 Opportunities)
Recognition in the printed program, shared event signage, social media acknowledgement, and reserved seating for two guests.
Community Supporter - $500 (Multiple Opportunities)
Recognition in the printed program and shared signage, social media acknowledgement.
Now in its 18th season, we are excited to offer our most enjoyable and educational experiences ever. Summer Farm Camp combines exercise and activities while keeping education challenging and fun. We look forward to welcoming your child(ren) to Hillside's Summer Farm Camp!
Open for students entering grades 1-8 for the 2025 - 2026 school year.
Green Guides, an educational, therapeutic program for autistic and other at-risk youth throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. Specifically, Green Guides provides for a safe, structured, supportive environment that features nature-based programs and activities related to science, math, history, horticulture, animal husbandry, and sustainable agriculture.
This camp is open to children ages 6 to 14 who have recently experienced the loss of a loved one through illness, accident, homicide or suicide. We also serve children who are in foster care or kinship care due to neglect or abuse as well as children living with family addiction. According to the National Alliance for Grieving Children, those children who suffer a significant loss are at a greater risk for depression, suicide, substance abuse, and poverty.
