John Connell Joins Laraway Board of Trustees

             John Connell is a farmer, boatbuilder, recanter, sailor and adventuresome wanderer.  He considers himself a teacher at heart.
            “I believe deeply in the potential of the human spirit and the exciting capacity of all youth,” Connell says.
             Connell works for the Northeast Organic Farming Association while managing a youth hostel on his small farm in Underhill Center.  He also teaches small boat and canoe building and restoration.
            “I’m very happy to be back with the Laraway community as a board member,” Connell says.  “I came to know Laraway as School Director in the 1990s.  Laraway reaches out to all kids in a genuine caring manner.  This nurturing center is a place where kids can stretch, learn and grow.  This holding of Laraway is not soft.  It is firm, trusting and steady.”