Warren Coalition’s popular event “Celebrate Kids Day” has grown in attendance every year, and the community has responded! Thanks to generous donations and robust participation from local organizations, this year’s event promises to be the biggest (and hopefully the best) yet!
Celebrate Kids Day 2025 will be held from 1 pm to 4 pm on Sunday, September 28th, at the Health & Human Services Complex at 465 W 15th Street. The cost for a bracelet that provides unlimited access to all activities is $1 per child (no cost for parents). Participation in one of the Sports or Cake Walks is an additional $1 per participant.
Celebrate Kids Day broke attendance records again last year, drawing in over 300 children. The popularity of the festival is undoubtedly the fact that it includes all the activities kids love. This year’s inflatable rides, sponsored by Giles B. Cook American Legion Post 53 and Northwestern Community Services Board, will feature a moon bounce with slide, an obstacle course, a football target throw, a climbing wall, and racing orbs! There will also be a petting zoo (sponsored by City National Bank), and face painting.
Coalition staff and volunteers will host games with amazing prizes sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Front Royal. Instead of winning small prizes at each game, children will receive tickets and can use those tickets to go “shopping” at the prize tent, where there will be a variety of board games and toys to choose from.
One of the activities the event is known for is the opportunity for children to paint a small pumpkin (included in the price of the bracelet and sponsored by Front Royal Dental Care) while supplies last. In addition, there will be various games and activities provided by organizations from across Warren County, including a large bowling mat from Royal Family Bowling. More than 20 agencies and businesses have signed up to participate so far! A DJ sponsored by Rotary Club of Northern Shenandoah Valley will be accompanying demonstrations presented by students at Jig ‘n’ Jive, All Star Legacy, and Mountain View Music.
In addition to the sponsors already mentioned, Wells Fargo Advisor George Karnes, Rotary Club of Warren County, Front Royal/Warren County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #33, and Front Royal Elks Lodge No. 2382 have chipped in funds to help make this event possible, covering non-sponsored costs such as the pony rides, face painting, and promotions.
Refreshments will be available for purchase. Unity Masonic Lodge No. 146 will be grilling the hot dogs and hamburgers.
In conjunction with the event, the Coalition hosts a fundraiser featuring the Pitch Burst, a machine similar to a dunking booth, except that it drops an 11-inch balloon full of water on top of the “volunteer.” Community members have been challenged to raise $500 each to earn the “honor” of sitting in the Pitch Burst on the 28th. To see who has accepted this challenge, and/or make a gift to ensure that they get to sit in the “cold” seat, visit https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-to-peer/pitch-burst–2025.
For more information, email wc@warrencoalition.org.
Warren Coalition, celebrating 30 years of service to Warren County, is a nonprofit agency established in 1994 to help fill the gaps in health care and substance abuse awareness to the community. The Coalition began under the guidance of Warren Memorial Hospital as an outreach project, but it has since grown and was incorporated in 2001. The office is currently located in the Warren County Community Center. Their mission is to make Warren County a safe, healthy, and drug free community through many programs and in collaboration with 15+ member agencies.
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