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March 30, 2017Future
Apple Ridge Farm summer camp blends nature with academics
February 24, 2017COPPER HILL — Javontae Patrick recalled feeling a mix of trepidation and wonder as a 5-year-old boy, the first time he rode a school bus from Roanoke across Bent Mountain to Apple Ridge Farm. “The route was so long. I didn’t know where we were going. You never would have thought all this was up […]
Apple Ridge Farm to be the site for the first USA E-Base
August 24, 2016The concept for E-Base-USA (Educational Base) developed as a collaboration between James Bray of AkzoNobel and Apple Ridge Farm. After visiting the first E-Base and Antarctica in 2008, James saw the potential to reach thousands of children from all areas of the Roanoke Valley and beyond, by establishing a local E-Base station at Apple Ridge. […]
Caboose Bed and Breakfast lodging complex becoming reality
September 24, 2013Two rusty old railroad cabooses were turned loose on the streets of Roanoke on Monday afternoon, riding atop tractor-trailers and holding up traffic on their way to a new home in Floyd County. The long-dormant cabooses — one a classic red, the other blue — were headed for Apple Ridge Farm in Floyd County, where […]
Announcing Our 2013 Silver Scholarship Program
July 24, 2013This summer, Apple Ridge Farm celebrates 25 years of providing services to over 70,000 children at Academic Summer Camp. In honor of our Silver Anniversary, we are establishing a 2013 Silver Scholarship Program to help pay for children to attend a two week camp session. The cost for each child is $550, and all children […]
Apple Ridge on PBS program “Gems Of The Roanoke Valley”
February 24, 2012Apple Ridge Farm transforms the lives of the community’s underserved children and families through engagement in educational, cultural and outdoor experiences. See more Gems of the Roanoke Valley at blueridgepbs.org