Have you been wondering what we've been up to this spring? Well, let us tell you, we've been busy! Check out all the good stuff going on around Barren Heights in our 2026 Spring Newsletter, and please be in prayer for what this new season will bring to Barren Heights! Inside This …
Chick-fil-A Spirit Night for Our 2026 Spring Campaign
Date: Monday, May 18th Time: 4–8 p.m. Location: Chick-fil-A St. Matthews Address: 5001 Shelbyville Rd., Louisville, KY 40207 Order Mode: must use the Chick-fil-A app Promo Code: BH2026 Help Barren Heights celebrate the last day of our 2026 Spring Campaign, and take the whole family for …
New Barn Basement Renovation Project
At Barren Heights, we hold to four main tenets when it comes to serving our families: to ensure families always feel loved, accepted, welcomed, and safe. We live out these tenets in multiple ways—from making our Retreat Center and events fully accessible, to offering allergy-friendly and special …
2026 Spring Campaign – Refreshing Special Needs Families One Retreat at a Time
Barren Heights has served families of children with disabilities for over 20 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 …
Catch Up with Barren Heights – 2026 Winter Newsletter
At lot has happened at Barren Heights over the past few months, so let us catch you up with our Winter Newsletter! We've had so many exciting things happening around here this winter! We've announced both a new Executive Director and our new Programming Coordinator. We've also launched our …
Thank You, 2025 Grant Sponsors!
Barren Heights is blessed not only by the generosity we receive from our monthly donors but also through 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 …
2025 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 2025, we hosted 20 weekend retreats, 21 community events, and served 445 families of children with disabilities! Those numbers represent tangible experiences …
Welcome Our New Executive Director, Ace Hubbard!
We are pleased to announce that the new Executive Director of Barren Heights is Ace Hubbard! We are so excited to have Ace in this new role, and we can't wait for the Barren Heights community get to know her. Her heart and joy for the mission is evident and will be an incredible asset as we work …
2026 Specialty Retreats Are Here
Our specialty retreats are the overnight getaway you've been craving after a gray winter indoors. PS They're free to families of children with disabilites! Learn more and complete the applications at the links below to attend. All retreats are hosted at our Barren Heights Retreat Center in …
Become a Barren Heights Booster!
If you’re an active fan, advocate, supporter and promoter of something or someone, you're a booster. Go team! A booster provides support, like a kid’s booster seat, a follow-up dose of medicine, or a booster rocket that launches the Space Shuttle. All of these boosters assist, encourage, or improve …
