Barren Heights to Celebrate 20 Years with Emerald Ball at Woodhaven Country Club Louisville, KY, September 18, 2024 – Barren Heights—a cherished organization dedicated to serving families with special needs children—is thrilled to announce its 20th anniversary celebration—the Emerald Ball. The event will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at Woodhaven Country Club, located […]
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, Tuesday, and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and welcome any visitors who want to stop by to say hi and learn more.
Leave a Legacy at the Lodge
Leave a lasting legacy at Barren Heights! The Lodge is built and has already served over 290 guests and volunteers this summer. More than 70 families have had the opportunity to seek refuge from the heat and rain, play in both the Eckstein Calming Room and Jack’s Playroom, and volunteer families have enjoyed much more […]
2024 Spring Newsletter – Launching into Spring & Summer!
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 2024 Spring Newsletter. The Lodge is almost ready, we have guest AND volunteer openings for summer […]
2023 Annual Report
At the beginning of each year, we celebrate the previous year’s accomplishments and look forward to the year ahead in our Annual Report. In 2023, we hosted 19 weekend retreats, 39 community events, and served 368 families of children with disabilities! Those numbers represent tangible experiences and real families that we were able to impact […]
Thank You, 2023 Grant Sponsors!
Barren Heights is blessed not only by the generosity we receive from our monthly donors, but also through the grant support from charitable organizations and businesses. We cannot thank these organizations enough for believing in the mission and vision of Barren Heights. Their support allows us to continue creating more compassionate communities and making families […]
