This tech mogul's newest venture aims to help the young generation discover their passion in life and, most importantly, offer them the essential tools to do it and live their dreams.
Sheltered in a cozy corner of Plymouth, a town in Massachusetts, is where The Farmhouse can be found, a "10-acre oceanfront changemaker retreat" that Paul Krasinski called his passion project.
Yet, there is more to it than its breathtaking location and establishment. The Farmhouse is built to "empower young people to lead transformational change in all communities around the world." It is a radical, youth-driven movement that will allow the young generation to discover their true passion in life, fight and conquer their self-doubts, and possess core life skills that will enable them to raise a new society that will willingly and naturally prioritize serving the people and animals around them, and giving back to the environment over their self-interest.
Changing the world one youth at a time
"Until now, there really hasn't been a place where people who are struggling to find their path could go and interact with others just like them. The Farmhouse is this place," Krasinski proudly shared.
The tech mogul donated more than $2 million to The Farmhouse Retreat Inc., the nonprofit side of the venture, to get the project started and running following the acquisition of Epicenter Experience, the software company he co-founded in 2015.
He further told People that The Farmhouse places opportunities in young people's hands so that they can grow personally and professionally, and this is done through interactive programming and face-to-face interactions.
Krasinski explained that he and his brother John, the Hollywood actor, grew up in Newton City, Massachusetts, around 50 miles north of his passion project. Their father, Ronald, was zealous about the powerful impact of building personal connections and face-to-face interactions. Thus, he made that as an inspiration and is incorporating their father's philosophy into The Farmhouse.
He ensured that it would be a "cool and functional" space, especially since their target audience is the young ones. But more than making it cool, he wants it to be a "safe space" for these people to grow and learn, most of all, where they can be comfortable, where there is no judgment.
Giving kids opportunities
The nonprofit has already implemented programs and partnered with notable groups and organizations like the Mental Health Declassified, the Boys and Girls Club of Plymouth, St. Louis Life, and Bethesda House.
It is also currently working with the Plymouth South High School, offering students outdoor education programs focused on gardening and agriculture, solar energy, animals, and the like.
Patty Fry, principal of Plymouth South High School, shared that Krasinski's vision is aligned with what she wants her students to have. She stated that what they are doing is very important as providing high school-age students opportunities gets them connected, and that is what's missing with schools and education these days.
Ben Eaton, the 26-year-old co-founder of Sojourner Media and who was tapped by Krasinski to teach video and audio production and editing classes in the retreat, declared that he is glad to have the opportunity to share his knowledge and skills with other co-creatives that have chosen to learn out of a traditional setting.
He shared that the idea of college was tough on him because it was pushed on him all the time, and he is relieved that the young generations can have programs like what he is teaching, where they can come and learn skills that they can utilize to start their own business. Doing what one loves the most every day because it is their work and where one can build their career is always a good idea.
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