NGA Finds New Home, Seeks Summer Interns

Contributed by Myrna Lapres, NGA Board of Directors

After looking for several years, NextGen Academy (NGA) has found a new location for its home base and training site. It is a wonderful 42 acre farm in Ione, CA, situated only 25 minutes from site of their affiliate, NextGen Trainings (NGT), and about 90 minutes from the Bay Area. With a small house and a large steel shop, it is an excellent place to start anew and there’s plenty of room to run and grow.

There are about 200 fruit and nut trees on the site and ample irrigation water is provided by the county for a nominal fee. Along with continuing its full-year training and summer camps, NGA plans to develop a true organic farm, practicing the same model of care invested in raising young people to raising plants and animals. As a training organization, this hands-on organic farming experience will be a valuable addition to the NGA curriculum.

Since 2006, NextGen Academy (NGA) has been impacting the lives of young people in Seattle, Washington, Northern California and internationally. With the mission to challenge and empower the next generation to create lives of authenticity, abundance, and altruism, NGA Founder Jeff Adshead began putting his vision into reality of empowering youth to experience their true potential and live their highest ideal. Together with his wife, Satomi, Jeff has enabled the program to grow to include international service projects in which participants volunteer alongside local communities in 11 countries across southern and eastern Africa.

In 2010, Eric and Colette Bobrycki joined the Adsheads and NextGen Trainings (NGT) was born as an affiliate of NextGen Academy with the vision, Driven By Purpose. Fueled By Passion. Achieving Our Potential. NGT offers a number of workshops for students, young adults and families year-round.

The recent NGA Board of Directors retreat included a visit to the new training center. It was an awesome moment to see the vision and dedication of Jeff and Satomi Adshead and their fellow collaborators, Eric and Colette Bobrycki, moving forward with the establishment of this new location. The NextGen Academy was created to inspire and develop a new generation of leaders that not only have a vision but are equipped to work together to make that vision happen.

NGA is looking for interns to help them prepare and beautify their new home this summer. If you’re interested in doing a summer internship at the new site, you can find more details here. Applications for the upcoming NGA year and NGT workshops are also available on their website. The deadline for the full-year program application is July 1, 2016, so apply soon!