The safety backpacks are filled with a variety of items to help keep farmworkers safe from the elements, visible to passing cars, and hydrated, to name a few. ( Photo courtesy the Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization) WAFO launches safety backpacks for farmworkers initiative Spring is around the corner, and with that comes the busy farm season. Farmworkers will be out in the fields in the next... Home 12 Feb 2024 | 04:02
Pictured from left to right: Mimi Fader, president of the Shared Ministries of Hope Board; Kathy Brieger, WAFO Director, with children who attend the summer camp; Dulce Esperanza; and Laura Shanahan, drector The Warwick Hope Chest. Provided photo. Warwick. The Hope Chest presents $5,000 to Warwick Area Farmworker Organization The Warwick Hope Chest recently presented a $5,000 donation to Dulce Esperanza, The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization’s... Local News 07 Aug 2023 | 03:57
A check for $5863.57 was presented by Vision Board President Mimi Fader to Kathy Brieger, Executive Director of the WAFO. Two ministries that lost their locations donate to Warwick Area Farmworker Organization When two ministries of Vision Community Church lost the site where they operated, a decision was made to pass $5,863.57 from... Home 15 Aug 2022 | 12:21
Warwick Area Farmworker Organization volunteers deliver packages to farmworker families for the holidays. Warwick Area Warwick. Peppers, tamales and turkeys for farmworker festivities Each year for more than 60 years, the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization/WAFO (formerly the Warwick Area Migrant Committee)... Local News 18 Dec 2021 | 01:57
