Author: Kay@WARRENCOALITION.ORG

  • Rooted in Kindness Campaign

    Rooted in Kindness Campaign

    The Warren Coalition is teaming up with Northwestern Community Services Board Prevention and Wellness Services to focus on positive messaging related to kindness during the month of January, to bring light and inspiration during a time in which there is often high rates of Seasonal Depression and excessive stress and anxiety due to the colder, darker months and COVID-19. The goal of this campaign is to provide inspiration, education, and motivation without minimizing the feelings or complex reality that many face.

    The foundation of the campaign is the “tree” which takes on multiple different aspects that can be related to life and the obstacles we face, but how we can continue to grow. The goals of the campaign are to deliver the following through positive messaging:

    • To raise awareness about the stigma that surrounds mental health
    • To encourage community members to create healthy routines, connect with others, and find the positive despite the current struggles we all face
    • To foster connection and resilience in our communities by emphasizing kindness

    During each week of the campaign, there will be a call to-action with tips, activities, and education to promote kindness in our communities. There are various ways to engage in the campaign, including social media engagement. To keep up to date with the campaign, follow @LordfairfaxYRA on all social media platforms for infographics, photos, and quotes. Please feel free to share their posts and include their hashtag #NWRootedinkindess.

    Get involved. Be creative. Implement #NWRootedinKindess into your everyday work this month. Find ways to connect while educating the community about being kind to self and others.

    In addition, yard signs with messages of kindness have been purchased as part of this effort. Interested in displaying a FREE yard sign? Within Warren County, contact the Warren Coalition at wc@warrencoalition.org or call Celeste at 540-660-336. Outside Warren County, email youthresourcealliance@gmail.com.

    See a sign? Take a picture and be sure to tag @lordfairfaxyra and use the hashtag #NWRootedinKindess

  • Giving Day Donations Hit a Record High

    Giving Day Donations Hit a Record High

    Giving Day was November 30, 2021. An anonymous donor provided a $7,500 matching gift challenge this year. When we began our first comprehensive Giving Day campaign, we knew it would be difficult to reach this ambitious goal.

    That anonymous gift provided the catalyst to propel the Coalition to its highest-ever total for Giving Day: we raised approximately $6,000 for Giving Day, a record and quite remarkable for our first Giving Day campaign! Thanks to the matching gift, our total for Giving Day was approximately $12,000. (Numbers are estimated as we wait for the last few days of mail to clear.)

    Thank you to the following businesses who helped us make significant strides towards our goal:

    Warren County Parks and Recreation
    Aire Serv Heating and Air Conditioning
    Beth Waller, Realtor, Keller Williams Realty
    Family Preservation Services
    Bret Hrbek, Edward Jones
    Scott Cabazolo, Natural Results Chiropratics

    And thank you to everyone who contributed to our Giving Day effort. You have made a difference in your community!

  • Health Video Contest Running Now

    Health Video Contest Running Now

    Warren County youth ages 11-14 are invited to participate in this year’s Health Video Contest running now through January 14th! Youth can submit a video 30 seconds or less about any of the following topics:

    • Getting Quality Sleep
    • Eating Healthy
    • Exercising Regularly
    • Drinking Water
    upload video

    Email ryan@warrencoalition.org for more info.

  • Red Ribbon Week 2021 Poster Prize Winners

    The Warren Coalition teamed up with Warren County Middle School to promote drug and bullying prevention education during Red Ribbon Week October 23-31. In addition to playing Jeopardy with Warren Coalition staff, Warren County Middle School students were invited to design posters to share why they choose to be drug-free or to encourage other students to choose to be drug-free. More than 25 students submitted a poster to compete for prizes provided by Warren Coalition. The students saw all of the slides and were able to vote using Google Forms. The poster submissions were all kept anonymous, so that students were voting for the slides rather than their friends. Amy Lelito, the Technology Integration Coach at Warren County Middle School, tallied the results and announced the winners:

    • 1st Place: Sophia Coons
    • 2nd Place: Abby Plosch
    • 3rd Place: Matthew Carter

    Each of the three students received a $25 Amazon gift card.

  • Red Ribbon Week 2021

    During Red Ribbon Week, Warren Coalition staff visited both Skyline and Warren County Middle Schools to play “Red Ribbon Week Jeopardy.” In this version, participants got the opportunity to answer questions individually, and possibly win a prize corresponding to the value of the question.

    While the 6th, 7th and 8th graders each had their own unique personalities, they were all similar in their drive to win. The classes could be initially shy, but each class started to open up and get into the game. At the end of the week, with many prizes gone and many correct answers given–along with many explanations!–we hope the kiddos had as good of a time as we did, and hopefully learned something along the way. While Red Ribbon Week comes to an end, the mission of raising awareness never ends. So, we will take “Raising Awareness” for 500 and keep the game going!