60+ YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE MIGRANT FARMWORKER COMMUNITY OF ORANGE COUNTY NY:
ONE WORLD
The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization (WAFO) is a division of the Warwick Area Migrant Committee (WAMC) that provides educational enrichment and healthcare support services to the migrant farm worker population of Southern Orange County New York year round. We believe all farm workers, their families and children deserve a safe place to stay while the parents work. That children deserve a quality education that enables them to pursue a career of their choosing. And that everyone deserves a chance to live in a safe and welcoming community. We also believe there is dignity in all work no matter how menial or hard the labor may be. As human beings the dignity, respect and well being of our farm workers and their families are vital to our larger community. What we do and how we treat one people impacts how our community is in regards to being a both safe, just, and productive for all who live there. This starts with caring for the children of the community and works its way up to helping the parents and adults in that community to succeed in both their careers and personal lives. We are not giving hand outs– we are helping those who need to get a chance to move up and seek opportunity through their hard work that many take for granted.
BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE
Your thoughtful donation can have a real impact positive in a child’s life and trigger a change that will create meaningful change in not just our community, but the larger world as a whole that will last for generations to come. The children we care for today will become the adults who lead and work in our world tomorrow.
A SMALL GIFT MEANS BIG THINGS
No donation is too small. Every dollar counts. The WAFO responsibility uses your donations and ensures that the money we are gifted goes directly to serve the children in the program.
Latest News & Updates
Generous Donations of Coats & Food Helps WAFO Serve Those In Need
The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization, an Affiliate of Sun River Health, provided winter coats to over 80 children yesterday. We had also received a special donation from the Hudson Valley Food Bank from a program run by the Town of Warwick. In an effort to support families who are struggling to provide enough food for […]
Christmas Store Volunteers & Donations Needed
2025 Christmas Store Event: We are holding our Christmas Store again this year in the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Each year, the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization collects new items to sell at the Christmas Store. These items are sold at a fraction of their cost to raise money for the winter programs. There are many […]
2025 WAFO Dulce Esperanza Field Trip
Glenn and Susan Dickes Sponsor Field Trip to the Turtle Back Zoo for 90 students and their counselors! The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization Dulce Esperanza Summer Program students enjoyed a wonderful field trip to the Turtle Back Zoo on August 6, 2025. Thanks to a generous donation from Glenn and Susan Dickes, the students had […]
Help Needed With College Supplies for One of Our Graduating Students
Over the years both our Dulce Esperanza Summer Program and our After School Program have helped out countless numbers of children within the migrant farmworker community of the Warwick Valley. Going back to our roots as the Mustard Seed Ministry when our predecessor organization, the Warwick Area Migrant Committee, was first established these children and […]
Help The WAFO Get Supplies Needed for the Dulce Esperanza Summer Program
Dear Friends, Please help support the 2025 Dulce Esperanza Summer Enrichment Program this year by ordering supplies from our Amazon Wishlist that allows us to meet the daily needs of caring and educating the children of migrant farmworkers while their parents work the various agricultural operations throughout our area. The Summer Program’s need increases each […]
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