Our Mission
To improve health and promote wellness in Culpeper, Madison, and Orange counties.
The Foundation works to achieve its mission by:
- providing health and fitness programming and services
- ensuring the availability of high quality medical care for low-income, uninsured adults, and
- providing mission related grants to local nonprofits
The Culpeper Wellness Foundation operates Culpeper Sport & Fitness, Powell Wellness Center and the Free Clinic of Culpeper.
The Foundation holds a unique role in the community as a provider of services, a grantmaker and a partner in the pursuit of building healthier communities.
Free Clinic of Culpeper
The Free Clinic of Culpeper provides confidential medical care and prescription medications for Culpeper county adults who do not have health insurance or the means to pay for healthcare.
Powell Wellness Center
Powell Wellness Center (PWC), recognized in 2018 as Certified Medical Fitness Facility of the Year, is one of only two Medical Fitness Association-certified facilities in Virginia. A volunteer Medical Advisory Board guides staff in the development and delivery of medically-integrated fitness programs that help children and adults improve their physical and emotional well-being through health education, regular exercise and increased physical activity. Powell offers a variety of group exercise classes and aquatic programs, including swim lessons for all ages.
Culpeper Sport & Fitness
Culpeper Sport & Fitness offers indoor racquet sports, high intensity interval training (HIIT), group exercise classes, sports performance training and access to cardio and strength equipment. CSF is the area’s most youth-focused fitness center, offering tennis, Taekwondo, tumbling, boot camp, and team training for kids, and program support to youth-focused community organizations and schools.
News & Events
Tai chi in the park
Experience the wellness-supporting practice of tai chi! Join Powell Wellness tai chi and yoga instructor Thunder Lane for a tai chi class at Yowell Meadow Park in Culpeper on Saturday, April 24 at 9:00 am. This class is free and open to the public.
Culpeper ranks No. 41 healthiest locality in Virginia
The annual County Health Rankings report includes rankings for the Foundation’s service area of Culpeper, Madison and Orange counties. This article includes comments from Foundation president Shari Landry on ongoing collaborative efforts to address local public health challenges.
PRDC transition; Culpeper Wellness Foundation will manage Orange dental clinic
From the Orange County Review: …The Piedmont Regional Dental Clinic has transferred its assets into the care of the Culpeper Wellness Foundation, a non profit organization whose stated mission is to “improve health and promote wellness in Culpeper, Madison and Orange counties.”