Behind every face is a story.

My name is Alexia Cruz. I’m a current Springhouse student, and I give monthly to Springhouse because it offers a learning experience that no other school could give me. I enjoy all the different learning opportunities we get at Springhouse. The internships give us a lot of experience and are very diverse. They give us a chance to learn something new. During my internship at FISH (Floyd Initiati...

Twelve years ago, a small group of people in Floyd County started something they couldn't quite name yet: a community built around the belief that when you support what is most alive in a person, it grows, and that growth ripples out, affecting others and the world around them. That is still what Springhouse is today. Not simply a program. Not a model. A living community that requires tending, ...

You can dance in a hurricane. But only if you are standing in the eye. ~ Brandi Carlile Dear Springhouse community,This month, the metaphor I chose to speak to the mysteries of this life, and the power they have to ground us in our lives, is a hurricane.A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with a rare, but very treatable, cutaneous lymphoma. As I drove 40 minutes to and from the radiation cen...