The Village of Ames

10/31/2021

When individuals or families go through hardship, like someone being injured or getting sick, there is often times not any support available to them because we live in such a fractured and impersonal society.

When you are part of a village, there are friends and neighbors there to help, because they value you and understand that in order for a society to thrive, all its citizens need to be cared for and about.

My own family is going through a very difficult time right now, and it has only reminded us of a need for a change in the way things work.

You shouldn't lose everything because someone is sick or injured. We need a village!

10/16/2021

I have not been utilizing this page, but I am hoping to grow it. We are officially Village Grove Community Group, a registered non-profit.

Our goal is still to get kids outdoors more, but we also wish to focus on teaching conservation and we are in the very beginning stages of organizing an eco-village in or near Ames, Iowa, that will feature a food forest as well as a rescued farm animal sanctuary.

If you'd like to get involved, please email the page at [email protected], or send me a pm. We have some exciting things coming up, including Christmas family photo shoots, a Christmas lights contest, and we will be selling pies and cookies for the holidays.

What is an ecovillage? It is an intentional, traditional, or urban community using local participatory design to regenerate social and natural environments.