An astounding question of radical flooded the Raymond E. Santmyers Youth Center connected Sunday, September 25, 2022, keeping the volunteers and Warren Coalition unit members engaged during the archetypal Celebrate Kids Day held since 2019.
The children who attended enjoyed pony rides, look painting, and a petting zoo, on with assorted inflatable rides, including a elephantine slide, a satellite bounce, an obstacle course, and a T-ball challenge. In addition, 200 children painted a pumpkin. Inside the building, children and their parents discovered assorted games and activities, wherever they won prizes from the Warren Coalition arsenic good arsenic the agencies who hosted tables: Department of Social Services, Warren County Health Department, Boy Scouts, Phoenix Project, St. Luke’s Community Clinic, Mountainview Music, and Samuels Public Library.
Kids besides threw balls astatine the transportation burst, breaking 11-inch h2o balloons implicit six cheerful volunteers: WZRV DJ Randy Woodward, Captain Crystal Cline of Front Royal Police Department (FRPD), FRPD Police Chief Kahle Magalis, Jen Avery of Jenspiration, LLC, George McIntyre of the Apple House, and Warren County Sheriff Mark Butler. Each idiosyncratic was challenged to rise $500 to gain the “honor” of sitting successful the transportation burst. The apical fundraiser was Jennifer Avery!
Though a passing tempest halted activities briefly, it did not subdue the assemblage gathered. Some simply headed wrong to partake successful the activities there, immoderate stayed nether the pavilion and finished up their look coating and pumpkin painting, and immoderate adjacent went location to hold retired the tempest and past returned.
Organizer and Warren Coalition Executive Director Christa Shifflett estimated that astir 675 radical attended the event. “This is the archetypal clip we’ve ever tally retired of pumpkins!” she exclaimed. Several agencies ran retired of materials/prizes, and adjacent the nutrient and drinks came adjacent to moving out.
The Coalition took a leap of religion this year, lowering the terms of the lawsuit from $5 per kid to conscionable $1 per kid earlier soliciting sponsors. This was done successful designation of difficulties galore families are facing successful today’s world. Fortunately, further sponsors stepped up to guarantee that the costs of the lawsuit were covered, including: Front Royal Dental Care, Marilyn King of Avery Hess Realty, Michelle Napier of CBM Mortgage, Cool Tech Heating & Air, Code Jamboree, Front Royal Elks Lodge #2382, Fraternal Order of Police Front Royal-Warren County Lodge #33, Limeton United Methodist Church and Warren County Parks and Recreation (WCPR). WCPR is besides 1 of the Coalition’s yearly “Elite Sponsors,” on with Aire Serv, Family Preservation Services, and Beth Waller, Keller Williams Realty Solutions & What Matters Now.
“I americium profoundly grateful to each of our astonishing volunteers—especially those who sat successful the Pitch Burst!—and my fantastic unit for making this lawsuit a success,” said Christa. “And of people we are thankful for our sponsors for making the lawsuit possible. Having the enactment of the assemblage to enactment connected an lawsuit similar this means everything. We couldn’t bash it connected our own.” Christa besides expressed appreciation to “Card My Yard” for the last-minute promotional signage they provided implicit the weekend, which helped to gully a batch of attention.
Warren Coalition is simply a nonprofit bureau established successful 1994 to assistance capable the gaps successful wellness attraction and substance maltreatment consciousness to the community. The Coalition began nether the guidance of Warren Memorial Hospital arsenic an outreach project, but it has since grown and was incorporated successful 2001. The bureau is presently located successful the Warren County Community Center. Their ngo is to marque Warren County a safe, healthy, and cause escaped assemblage done galore programs and successful collaboration with 15+ subordinate agencies.
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