Barren Heights has served families of children with disabilities for 19 years through FREE family retreats and inclusive community events. We often see surprised faces when we explain how everything we do is absolutely free to our families. Free meals. Free private cabin stay. Free entertainment. Free opportunities to build community. No parent or child […]
Community Center
About the Community Center
A community can be defined as a group of individuals who are connected together by one or more attributes. It is a population united by a familiar thread to advocate and support one another. The Barren Heights Community Center is just that! This is a place where you belong; a place where your family is loved, accepted, welcome, and safe.
Our Community Center is all about building more compassionate communities in the Louisville area. It is a place for our entire community to connect – that includes guests, volunteers, and donors! It is for families who have attended a retreat weekend and want to continue building relationships, families who are hesitant or unable to attend a retreat weekend, and families who are looking for opportunities to serve others!
Programming
While our retreats provide a time of rejuvenation and reset, they are just the beginning. Our Community Center is where we see our vision of creating more compassionate communities for families who have children with disabilities truly come to life. We focus on forming deep, lasting relationships with faith, fun, food, and fellowship! We have seen marriages healed, hope restored, and families changed after getting connected.
We host a wide variety of men’s, women’s, couples, and family events that include activities such as nutrition counseling, mom’s night out, sensory-friendly Christmas and Easter parties, ice cream socials, movie nights, church services, group outings throughout the city, and more! The center also doubles as our administrative offices. We are open Mondays through Thursdays from 9am to 3pm and welcome any visitors who want to stop by to say hi and learn more.
Fundraising Pizza Party for Our 2023 Spring Campaign
Balloons. Giveaways. Pizza. Good cause. BE THERE. Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023 Time: 5–8 p.m. Location: 13317 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY 40223 Order Mode: In-restaurant, Blaze Pizza App, blazepizza.com Online Promo Code: 1065A Download Our Fundraising Flyer for Dine-In Help Barren Heights end our Spring Campaign (May 8–18) in a “blaze” by purchasing some yummy pizza […]
2023 Spring Newsletter is Here!
Spring has sprung, summer is just around the corner, and we are ready to launch into our busy season here at Barren Heights! Check out all the good stuff going on around our Retreat and Community Centers in our 2023 Spring Newsletter. We’ve got a new look for our playground, a volunteer calendar that is […]
Sweatshirt Fundraiser a Cozy Success!
Sweatshirt Fundraiser Total In 2023, we will launch a capital campaign to raise funds for a MUCH needed multipurpose building at our Retreat Center in Scottsville, KY that we are calling The Lodge. To help kick things off strong (and because so many people loved our staff sweatshirts from last year), we hosted a fundraiser […]
A Winter in Pictures – 2023 Winter Newsletter
It’s cold outside! Cozy up with a warm drink, and look through our Winter Newsletter! It’s icy out there, folks! While you’re hanging out inside trying to shake off the chill, have a look at what we’ve been doing this past winter as well as what’s ahead for Barren Heights this year. There’s a bit […]
