Category: Events

Note: This class has reached capacity. The registration link still works, but all those registering after July 6, 2025 will be placed on a waiting list.

Warren Coalition will offer a free Trauma-Informed Certification Class (Course 1) on August 14, 2025, from 9 am to 3:30 pm at Warren County Community Center.

We all interact with others on a daily basis, and we may be left wondering why we snapped, or why the other person acted so rudely. Sometimes we feel lonely, insecure, or as if we aren’t good enough, but we don’t know from where those feelings originate.

Trauma-Informed Training provides you with a different perspective, allowing you to approach yourself and others from a place of understanding. The class will help you understand the biological science of trauma, the lifelong impacts trauma can have on your mental and physical health, and how to approach others whose trauma history is unknown.

Attendees must be present for the full session to receive a Trauma-Informed Certification. (There will be an on-your-own lunch break of approximately 30 minutes.) This course is offered free of charge to community members and is limited to 20 people. It will be taught in person by Christa Shifflett, Executive Director of the Warren Coalition and will not be recorded.

To complete the required pre-registration, visit bit.ly/ti-aug14 (note the link is case-sensitive) or click the link below.

For more information about Trauma-Informed Training and whether it can help you in your personal and/or professional life, email Christa Shifflett at christa@warrencoalition.org.

This training is presented by Warren Coalition.

FRONT ROYAL, VA—Warren Coalition’s popular event “Celebrate Kids Day” has broken attendance records each of the last two years, and the staff anticipates that this year will continue that trend! This year’s festivities will again be held from 1 pm to 4 pm on Sunday, September 29^th, at the Health & Human Services Complex at 465 W 15^th 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 Book or Cake Walks is an additional $1 per participant. 

Celebrate Kids Day is an annual, much-anticipated event, drawing in more than 200 children of various ages each year. It includes inflatable rides, pony rides, a petting zoo, and face painting, among other games provided by Coalition staff and volunteers. Children can paint a small pumpkin (included in the price of the bracelet) while supplies last. In addition, there will be various games and activities provided by organizations from across Warren County. Nearly 20 agencies and businesses have signed up to participate so far.

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 a water-laden balloon 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 24^th. 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://warrencoalition.org/ckd-pitchburst

For more information, email wc@warrencoalition.org.

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Local students entering grades sixth through eight this fall are invited to a free Pool Party hosted by Warren Coalition! This annual event will be held on Sunday, August 11^th, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm at Claude A. Stokes Community Pool. The Coalition is excited to welcome Young Life back to the Pool Party for added activities and fun.

Although admission to the pool party is free, the Coalition will accept donations of nonperishable food for those in need. This includes pasta, rice, cereal, meat or fish in pouches, and canned vegetables, meats, and fruits.

Supervision is provided; parents are welcome to stay but are not required to do so. This event is open to all students entering grades six through eight, whether they attend public or private school, or are homeschooled.  For more information, email Celeste Brooks at celeste@warrencoalition.org.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library provides a free book every month for registered children from birth through their fifth birthday. The Warren Coalition’s HALO Read program supports the Imagination Library by supplying mailing costs and handling the administrative work in Warren County.

Note: Characters blocked out and/or not listed have already been adopted. The list of characters will be updated once per day and are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.