Greetings from the Rotary Club of Warren County! Warren County is a special place located at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Shenandoah River and Mile Post 0.0 of the Skyline Drive, the Gateway to Shenandoah National Park!
Our club is made up of a diverse group of folks that have one thing in common, making our club, community, and world a better place! Our club was established 20 years ago as a spinoff from the Rotary Club of Front Royal. The Town of Front Royal is the county seat of Warren County and the Rotary Club of Front Royal celebrates 100 Years of service this year! We enjoy a fantastic working relationship with their club and collaborate with them and other area clubs on projects that create lasting impact in our community.
A great example of the power of Rotary is a collaborative grant project that we are working on this year. The Northern Virginia 4H center is located in Warren County and serves a significant portion of the Northwestern area of Virginia providing camping/outdoors/agrarian experiences to the youth of this region. It is a beautiful place with amazing staff and the facilities are wonderful but they require some maintenance. The Rotary Club of Warren County has partnered with Rotary Clubs of Front Royal, Winchester, and Fredrick County on a District Grant to fund improvements to the Fairfax Shelter at the 4H center. These improvements consist of replacement of the roof and correction of the drainage around the shelter. This structure is one of the more heavily used pieces of infrastructure at the center and the improvements have been sorely needed for quite some time.
This is just one example of what the people of Rotary accomplish in our area! From providing goods and food to our less fortunate population, giving scholarships to our youth, and assisting other nonprofit organizations, we work hard to do good in the world. We also have some fun along the way!
Come check out a meeting on the 1st or 3rd Wednesday of the month. We meet at the fellowship hall of the First Baptist Church in Front Royal at 7 am. Yes, it’s early, but we are people of action!
Kahle