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 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 drugs 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 three 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, B-Board® balance classes and team training for kids, and program support to youth-focused community organizations and schools.
News & Events
Fall 2019 and Winter 2020 swim lesson registration
The following classes will be offered in Powell Wellness Center’s indoor warm water pool in fall 2019 and winter 2020: Parent & Child (ages 6 months – 3 years), Preschool Aquatics (ages 3-5 years), and Learn to Swim (ages 6 – 13 years).
read morePilates Reformer Demo Day September 5, 2019
Certified Pilates instructor Alyssa Dalrymple will host a demo day at Powell Wellness Center on September 5, 2019 for anyone interested in learning about the many benefits that Pilate Reformer can offer. The Pilates Reformer is an exercise machine that uses springs, leverage and body weight as resistance as you target specific muscle groups. The demo day is free and open to the public.
read moreCommunity Suicide Prevention Conference
This conference on suicide prevention is free and open to community members. Please pre-register.
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