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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
For the fifth year, the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization (WAFO) will be driving a campaign to fund 300 safety backpacks. These backpacks provide safety for farmworkers as they bike or walk along unlit roads with no shoulders. They leave for work before the sun rises and after sunset, so these reflective back packs make them […]
The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization (WAFO) is offering a free program in partnership with our partners Sun River Health, Warwick Cares, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention that will address the critical issue of mental health in the farming community. Farmers face unique challenges, with suicide rates three and a half times higher than […]
The Christmas season is close at hand and Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization will be running a special store for farmworker families. Families are invited to the Christmas store that has only new items that are priced at a fraction of their cost. The funds that are raised by the Christmas Store are used for the […]
WAFO and Sun River Health are excited to host the art exhibition, “Colores de mi tierra” by the Oaxacan artist, Eduardo Guzman Valverde at the Alamo Community Center in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. The exhibition will be held at 890 Pulaski Hwy in Goshen NY (directions can be found here), on Sunday, October 6th […]
The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization will hold this year’s 2024 Annual WAFO Kermes Fundraiser on Sunday; August 11, 2024 between 12 pm and 4 pm. This annual event traditionally is held near the end of the WAFO Dulce Esperanza Summer Enrichment Program and is a way for the parents of the children in the Summer […]
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