At Hoffer Farm, every moment is an opportunity to connect with the land, with others, and with purpose. As we grow into a vibrant community hub for all generations, your support helps bring our mission to life. From caring for animals and cultivating healthy food, to building new creative spaces and offering hands-on learning, we’re planting seeds of impact every day.
Rooted in Legacy
Growing Toward the Future
Why Your Gift Matters
Hoffer Farm is a mission in motion. Built on the legacy of Edna Hoffer, our farmstead has been reimagined as a vibrant community hub where learning, healing, and connection happen every day.
What Your Gift Supports
Your generosity fuels the hands-on programs, spaces, and experiences that make Hoffer Farm a place where all generations can learn, grow, and connect.
With your support, you’ll help:
- Provide daily care for alpacas, goats, sheep, and chickens who bring joy and therapeutic value to Pleasant View residents and local students
- Sustain our hydroponic growing systems and expand access to fresh, nutritious produce
- Cultivate orchards, gardens, and fields of berries, flowers, and crops—feeding residents, supporting wildlife, and supplying local food banks
- Provide Pleasant View’s personal care and skilled nursing residents with access to on-site hydroponic towers so they can enjoy farming without leaving home
- Extend the growing season with new greenhouses that foster seedling development and year-round harvesting
Together, we’re cultivating community from the ground up.
2025 Giving Opportunities
In 2025, Hoffer Farm will take bold new steps toward long-term sustainability and impact. You can make a general gift or designate your contribution to one of the following priority needs:
- High Tunnel Conversion into Greenhouse – $5,000
- Two High Tunnels (Year-Round Growing) – $7,000 each
- Shipping Container Cold Storage – $5,200
- Hydroponic Towers (for resident use on campus) – $500 each
Ways to Give
Every gift makes an impact, and there are several easy ways to contribute:
✓ One-Time Donations: Make a tax-deductible gift today.
✓ Recurring Contributions: Sustain our work with monthly support.
✓ Tribute Gifts: Honor a loved one with a donation in their name.
✓ Corporate Matching: Double your impact through your employer’s match program.
✓ In-Kind Gifts & Partnerships: Reach out to explore equipment, service, or event sponsorship opportunities.
Your Gift Will Help Hoffer Farm Grow!
To learn more about giving opportunities, planned giving, or naming opportunities at Hoffer Farm, please contact:
Mindy Fetherman, Development Director
Email: mfetherman@pvcommunities.org
Phone: 717.664.6266
Make checks payable to: Pleasant View Communities
Mailing Address:
Pleasant View Communities
Development Office
544 N Penryn Rd
Manheim, PA 17545
Transparency You Can Trust
Hoffer Farm is a proud initiative of Pleasant View Communities, a nonprofit organization committed to purposeful living. Every dollar is stewarded carefully to expand access, enrich programming, and ensure long-term sustainability.
The official registration and financial information of Pleasant View Retirement Community may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State’s Bureau of Charitable Organizations by calling 1.800.732.0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.