Meet the Community On A Mission
The James P Harrington Organization is a nurturing and inclusive community of wellness, healing, and transformation. We deliver alternative holistic programs and resources that are accessible and equitable to all for better community well-being.
Working Community Philosophy
No matter where you are in your journey to healing and wellness, purpose is essential to feeling whole. JPH is a purpose driven community.
We believe the best way to move through life's challenges is to keep moving forward. Our community provides small volunteer jobs and opportunities to contribute in every area of what we do. We also provide long term volunteer and team positions to provide a purpose when seeking to shift, heal or break patterns. In short, we believe you can process emotions with a paint brush in your hand, a garden to plant or a project to do for the community. Staying busy, and giving back with a collective purpose is key to moving through life's challenges.
What We Value
JPH is grounded in the belief that every community needs a center where families can come together to heal, connect, and grow. We value compassion, equity, and accessibility, ensuring that well-being and holistic care are available to all. As a family organization, we know that lasting change happens when families work side by side, supporting one another through challenges and celebrating transformation together. Guided by collaboration, stewardship of our land, and a holistic approach that honors mind, body, and spirit, we create spaces where individuals and families can turn pain into strength and build healthier, more connected communities.
Access to Programs
Programs are not reserved for a few. They are accessible to all, with equity at the heart of every offering. Each experience invites individuals and families to step into community, grow together, and strengthen their wellbeing.
Step In, Lift Up
A strong community depends on its members thriving. When people show up, whether attending programs or volunteering alongside others, they bring their wellbeing into the shared space, supporting those who may be struggling and helping the entire community flourish. Every act of participation matters and strengthens the bonds that keep us all connected
Together, We Make It Happen
Running a vibrant events center is a community effort. Whether helping run the center, attending events, or supporting our mission through event rentals, every contribution helps fund our shared vision. Through hard work and collaboration, we come together to sustain the programs and opportunities that strengthen our community.
Engage & Connect
Every person in our community is part of a larger network. Everyone knows someone, and the stronger our connections, the more we can help unwind resources that are often difficult to access. A well-connected network not only supports those in need but also strengthens our ability to sustain and grow our mission. Together we can do more.
Connect with Meaning
Belonging to our community comes with no dues or fees. JPH asks only that you come authentically as you are, respect differences and the community, help and support when you can, and work on yourself to become the best version of yourself. No conflict, just a shared commitment to growth, contribution, and thriving together.
Purpose
Engaging in the volunteer workforce through shared purpose creates more than productivity, it builds lasting connection. When people unite around meaning, they contribute not only their skills but their spirit. This shared purpose is a vital ingredient in strengthening bonds, fostering wellbeing, and sustaining community
Teams: Lighting the Way
The JPH project is guided by a dynamic bank of business professionals who lend their expertise in strategy, communications, finance, and organizational growth, ensuring that our vision is both innovative and sustainable.
Alongside this professional backbone, we are powered by hundreds of community members including healthcare and mental health practitioners, wellness professionals, educators, creatives, families, and neighbors all who contribute their time, skills, and heart to bring our programs to life. This unique blend of professional insight and grassroots energy allows JPH to thrive as a community-driven center where collaboration fuels healing, well-being, and transformation.
Teams - Lighting the Way
The JPH project is guided by a dynamic bank of business professionals who lend their expertise in strategy, communications, finance, and organizational growth, ensuring that our vision is both innovative and sustainable. Alongside this professional backbone, we are powered by hundreds of community members—healthcare and mental health practitioners, wellness professionals, educators, creatives, families, and neighbors—who contribute their time, skills, and heart to bring our programs to life. This unique blend of professional insight and grassroots energy allows JPH to thrive as a community-driven center where collaboration fuels healing, well-being, and transformation.
Hear From Our Community
"I feel like I have worked through some trauma as well as made valuable connections with people in our community. Listening to other perspectives and stories helps you on your own journey. I didn't know I needed people until I found these people and I hope others can be open to experiencing this love and support."
Hear From Our Community
"Even at 18 years into sobriety/recovery, JPH is supporting me and guiding me in ways that I have never had in sobriety or that I even thought possible. They have helped me to face some scary and sad things from my life that I didn’t even realize I needed help with. They saw what I needed before I even knew I needed it. JPH has made an incredible impact on my life."
Hear From Our Community
"Hope is to find a place, a sanctuary like JPH, where one is held deeply, safely and with unconditional love, using so many modalities, that true healing can occur.
I have experienced places inside myself shift, let go, release while attending the programs here at Ferry Hill. I am very grateful. Finding a place like JPH at Ferry Hill is a blessing. Taking the step to come, attend the programs, allow the help they so freely offer, is huge. I am so glad I am quieting my mind, that mind that believed stories like “I can do it myself, and I am fine….etc.”, and am allowing my soul to keep bringing me back."
Inkind Support
In-kind gifts of professional services, particularly in construction, play a vital role in our revitalization projects. By lending your expertise, you help transform our property into a space where programs flourish, community connection grows, and holistic wellbeing is supported for everyone.