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 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
Grant news: serving COVID-19 emergency health needs; 2020 Healthy Living Grants suspended
The Foundation is focusing available grant resources in its service area of Culpeper, Orange and Madison counties on critical health and wellness needs related to the pandemic. The Foundation’s annual Healthy Living Grants program will be suspended until further notice.
Temporary closure of Powell Wellness Center and Culpeper Sport and Fitness
The board of directors for the Culpeper Wellness Foundation, which operates Powell Wellness Center and Culpeper Sport & Fitness, has voted to close the two centers temporarily effective March 16, 2020 in support of the larger COVID-19 mitigation effort.
Community Health Needs Town Hall
Community Health Needs Assessment town hall on March 30 invites area residents to share their perspectives on local health needs and priorities.