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Life in Warren County > Community > Organizations
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Warren County is a community full
of dedicated volunteers and generous benefactors. We have active
groups of Jaycees,
Lions,
Zonta, Rotary, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, Exchange Club,
and other local chapters of national organizations as well as
many locally-chartered groups. Our United Fund has been consistent
in meeting its goals, raising nearly $6 million in the last
ten years. A listing of many community organizations can be
found here.
YMCA
“The Warren County YMCA . . . . building strong kids, strong
families, strong communities.”
The Warren
YMCA operates a 57,000 square foot facility that includes
two-full-size gyms, an indoor swimming pool, teen activity room,
five-station computer lab, child care/pre-school room, babysitting
room, a character club indoor playground, weight room, Nautilus-cardiovascular
center, indoor running/walking track, three racquetball courts,
and a parking lot for 338 vehicles. The facility is just the
means to an end. Its real strength is bringing people together
from all walks of life in pursuit of common goals.
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Child care, aquatics, summer camps, teen leadership, older
adults, youth and adult sports, wellness, and family development
are all important programs that the “Y” offers. The YMCA is
also bursting with youth programs with 70 youth swimmers participating
on the Blue Dolphin swimteam in 2008/2009. Over 700 youth and
adults were signed up for the 2008 Fall soccer outdoor program.
Youth Biddy basketball program has nearly 370 participants
for 2008.
Jefferson DeFrees Family Center
As the former Warren YWCA, the Jefferson
DeFrees Family Center has served Warren County for over
90 years. Today, as the Jefferson DeFrees Family Center, the
Center offers child care services, wellness classes, a Fitness
Center, special programming, community meeting rooms and community
service projects, all from its downtown location at 207 Second
Avenue. 
Providing families with child care is a priority for the JeffersonDeFrees
Family Center. The facility operates 4 classrooms for children
ages 3 through 12 which include  full
day care with preschool time, before and after school care,
no-school day care and summer programs. The Center’s community
service projects include theCASA (Court Appointed Special
Advocate) program, Community Resource Directory, Women are
Wonderful, AskTheJD.com (link) and Project Kidsafe.
Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth and A Bear Affair
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In an effort to bring the community together through the interaction
of adults and kids, Healthy Communities/Healthy Youth organized
the “Bear Affair” project. Placed throughout Warren County are
50 five-foot-tall fiberglass bear sculptures. Each of these
critters has been decorated by a group of adult artists and
volunteers working together with kids of all ages. In order
to claim a bear, HC/HY created an adoption process in which
the parent business or organization must promote at least one
of the forty “key assets” to building a healthier community.
The assets, geared toward developing a caring environment to
foster healthy lifestyles among our youth, include responsibility,
planning and decision-making, and the presence of adult role
models.
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United Fund
“ Helping People Smile Everyday!”
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Since
1924, the United Fund has been bringing smiles to residents
throughout Warren County. Originally founded as the Community
Chest with eight member agencies, our membership has now grown
to twenty-one human service organizations. Even though some
needs have changed over the years, our mission remains the same.....
to provide the many worthwhile services and programs that assist
the elderly... build character in our youth... provide basic
human service needs... offer assistance and comfort in times
of disasters ...to bring smiles to those who need them.
Thanks to endowments through the Community Foundation of Warren
County that cover all campaign and all administrative expenses,
the United Fund can make a claim that few fund raising organizations
can offer...100% of all donations received are distributed to
our partner agencies. This allows our dedicated United Fund
partners to provide those smiles everywhere, and every day,
throughout Warren County.
Because of the generosity of residents and businesses who support
our Annual Torchlight Campaign, the United Fund will continue
to be one of the Warren County Advantages that helps to create
a better quality of life throughout our communities. For more
information, please contact the United Fund office at 814-726-0292
or e-mail us at ufowc@unitedfundofwarrencounty.com.
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