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
Volunteers Needed: WAFO Food Pantry
Volunteers Needed: The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization food pantry needs volunteers who are able to assist with pick up of the food orders each week. If you are interested, please contact Kathy Brieger via email at kbrieger@sunriver.org.
WAFO 2023 Year In Review
The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization recently held its 2023 End of the Year Review during our first WAFO Board meeting of 2024 last month in January at the Country Dream in Warwick, NY. The WAFO Board and its Executive Director, Kathy Brieger, would like to share with you the “2023 Year in Review” presentation shown […]
WAFO Safety Backpacks for Farmworkers Spring Project
Spring is around the corner and with that comes the busy farm season. Farmworkers will be out in the fields in the next two months, planting crops and getting the ground ready for this season. Extended workdays for farmworkers includes walking and biking along Pulaski Highway and some of the back roads. The safety issues […]
Mental Health for the Farming Community
The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization is offering a special program on mental health for the Farming Community. The program will be held on February 18th from 1-3 pm, at the Alamo Community Center. This important issue has been raised Farmers are three and a half times more likely to die by suicide than the general […]
2023 Annual WAFO Christmas Shop Fundraiser
Every year for close to a decade the Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization has hosted a Christmas Store for families and individuals in our various programs to purchase gifts at below cost. The brand new items are provided through donations and purchased if necessary by the WAFO ahead of time. Over 130 families were served last […]
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