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Youth in the Warwick Valley
Give Back, Join In, Get Involved — there are so many ways to become part of the Warwick Valley community.
Our cherished youth flourish in these clubs and activities that are offered in our communities. Join in, donate your time, energy, or resources.
The Warwick Wildcats Youth Football and Cheerleading is a league of coaches, HS volunteers, board members, concession workers, parents, and athletes coming together to make a memorable experience for youth ages 6-14, grades 1-8.
Greenwood Lake’s Troop 121 is part of the "Rockland district" "Hudson Valley Council" and has been sponsored by the "Greenwood Lake Elks BPOE Lodge 2067" since 1983. The Troop accepts ages 11 and up and meets on Thursdays from 7 – 8:30 pm at the GWL Elks Lodge. As much as possible Troop 121 runs a boy-run troop providing leadership experience for the scouts. The Troop goes camping approximately once a month and attends most council-supported Camporees and Freezorees. Troop 121 also has a great history of providing service to the community and has completed many eagle projects to improve the village and surrounding community.
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Contact: Karen Minns Committee Chair kminns_1@yahoo.com
Greenwood Lake’s Girl Scouts aim to empower girls and to help teach values such as honesty, fairness, courage, compassion, character, sisterhood, confidence, and through activities including camping, community service, learning first aid, and earning badges by acquiring practical skills. Girl Scouts’ achievements are recognized through rank advancement and by various special awards such as the Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards. Membership is organized according to grade, with activities designed for each level.
For more information, please contact: Mabel Greslik amhk@optonline.net
Another fun-filled season is upon us for K-9th grade girls, and the Greenwood Lake Girl’s Softball is ready for you! The season runs from April through June. Register for any of the 4 Divisions: T-Ball Ages 4-6; Minor Juniors Ages 7-9; Major Juniors Ages 10-12; Seniors Ages 13-17, or at the Village Hall Mon-Fri 8 am to 4 pm.
Contacts: Kelli Kelm 845-222-3286 or Matt Buckley 845-987-4530
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For players 15-30, the Greenwood Lake Hard Ball league is for all kids and adults who aren’t able to afford to play in a league, who may have been cut from another league, or who aren’t fully physically able (too old or too young, etc.). We are here to get kids off the streets and give them something to do on a Sunday.
Contacts: Commissioners Joe Pinto & Tom Macleay gwlhardball@yahoo.com
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Attention all Baseball Players, sign up now for Greenwood Lake Little League baseball. Registration for the Greenwood Lake Little League 2023 Spring Season is open from December 6th, 2022 thru February 15th, 2023. Like Babe Ruth said, “Baseball is, was, and always will be the best game in the world to me,” so don’t miss out!
Established in 1976, the Greenwood Lake Soccer Club, a member of the East Hudson Youth Soccer League, is a not-for-profit organization with a current enrollment of approximately 150 players and young adults and includes a 10-month recreation season. The vision of the Club is to provide a positive environment for the development of our youth, build soccer skills and ability, character, self-esteem, and a love of the game.
The Warwick Roller Hockey Club is a professional sports club. Games are played at Warwick Town Park, across from the Disc Golf course. The group invites interested players to drop by and check it out! To see upcoming games and get in touch, go to the Warwick Roller Hockey FaceBook page.
Facebook: Warwick Roller Hockey Club
Field Location: 117 Union Corners, Warwick NY 10990
Four Seasons Kids is a children’s clothing outreach program started in conjunction with St. Stephen the First Martyr Church in Warwick, New York. The mission of Four Seasons Kids is to help needy children in Warwick Township by soliciting, collecting, cleaning, and distributing new and like new clothing four times a year, once per season.
Each season’s bag will contain 5 to 6 outfits appropriate for that upcoming season in terms of time of year, temperature, holidays and special events. The schedule of distributions are as follows:
SPRING CLOTHING: distributed in February/March
SUMMER CLOTHING: distributed in May/June
FALL CLOTHING: distributed in August/September
WINTER CLOTHING: distributed in November/December
The Warwick Soccer Club, a member of the East Hudson Youth Soccer League, is a not-for-profit organization with a seasonal enrollment of 800-900 kids and young adults. Warwick Soccer’s mission is to promote the ideas of Sportsmanship, Responsibility, Community Pride, and Physical Fitness, without discrimination, to boys and girls of all abilities. To provide a supervised and safe environment, free of adult ambition, to learn the fundamentals of soccer. To encourage children’s participation in soccer as an exciting, satisfying and rewarding social activity.
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Field Location: 117 Union Corners, Warwick NY 10990
Craig Shields, president email: cshields@warwicksoccer.com
Winslow Therapeutic Riding Center is a non-profit organization 501(c)(3) accredited by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, International founded by Virginia G. Mazza and Virginia H. Martin. The center is devoted to individuals with disabilities residing in the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas in northern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Winslow offers therapeutic riding lessons and an adult day program that are dedicated to participants who face many different challenges. Winslow offers traditional riding lessons, a youth leadership program, additional youth programs that teach responsibility and teamwork through a variety of activities, and a teen volunteer program that works on small fundraising events in addition to many other projects around our facility.
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1433 State Route 17A, Warwick, NY 10990
845-986-6686; email: info@winslow.org
Since 1955, Warwick Little League has been providing a safe, instructional, and fun sports environment to play baseball and softball. Chartered under the umbrella of Little League International, Inc, and part of Little League District 19, we continue this tradition and share in the mission of providing baseball and softball programs to more than 400 boys and girls every season!! WLL is a non-profit, charitable organization. Our non-profit organization operates as an all-volunteer program.
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Veterans Memorial Park Drive, Warwick, NY 10990
email: warwicklittleleague1@gmail.com
The Warwick Skatepark Initiative (WSI) is a community skatepark advocacy and fundraising group, formed in 2019 to build an upgraded skatepark in Veterans Memorial Park in the Village of Warwick. This new concrete park will replace the popular, but aging, current skatepark. WSI’s goal is to work together with the individuals, families, and businesses of Warwick to raise the money needed to build a premier facility, with access to needed amenities, providing a more exciting, challenging, improved park experience for children, teens, and adults who enjoy skateboarding, biking and scooting.
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Veterans Memorial Park, Warwick, NY 10990
email: warwickskatepark@gmail.com
Beautiful People is a non-profit organization that provides adaptive sports for children and young adults with disabilities. Their mission is to bridge children and adults, and their families, with the broader community through adaptive sports programs. Seasons of baseball, soccer, and basketball are offered to participants with developmental and physical challenges. Athletes are aided to the extent needed by mainstream teen and adults volunteers to enjoy the benefits of team sports.
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28 Church Street, 2A Warwick, NY 10990
845-986-5944; email: info@beautiful-people.us
A non-profit corporation dedicated to building a concrete skatepark in the village of Greenwood Lake, NY, in memory of Dale Hirrel. We’re getting so close we can taste the concrete! Thank you to all of our supporters who have donated so far, and please help us spread the word. A few more large donations or corporate sponsorships and Greenwood Lake will have a first-class concrete skatepark!
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email: info@gwlskatepark.com
Join the private Facebook page for the Florida NY Girl Scouts in Service Unit 229 so you can find out and share events among all of our troop families at all age levels in the Florida school district.
call: 845-258-9676
email: awerner106@gmail.com
Join Florida’s Boy Scout Troop 4044 and give your youth in the fifth grade through high school the traditional scouting experience through service, community engagement, and leadership development.
call: 845-651-4298
email: ossentju@optonline.net
Join Florida’s Cub Scout Pack 4044 and give your kids a fun, hands-on learning and achievement that puts them in the middle of the action and prepares them for today – and for life.
call: 845-551-7035
email: pack4044@hotmail.com
Get all the sign-up information for Florida, NY’s Youth Soccer League on the website.
Practice and Game Locations
Jarocki Park – Edward J. Lempka Dr., Florida, NY 10921
JFK Memorial Park – Bridge St., Florida, NY 10921
37 Hill View Dr., Florida, NY 10921
email: floridanysoccerclub@gmail.com
Get all the sign-up information for Florida, NY’s Little League baseball and softball teams at the website, Facebook page, or email.
408 Round Hill Road, Florida, NY 10921
call: (845) 325-3615
The SS Seward Institute School District Parent Teacher Student Association will work side-by-side with members to provide a memorable school year and make a difference. Your membership can change a life.
Want to become more involved? Join the Facebook group or go to the website for more information.
email: sssiptsa@gmail.com
53 North Main St., Florida, NY 10921
Founded in 1897, the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is a network of 4 million families, students, educators, and community leaders working at the school building, district, state, and national levels to improve education, health, and safety conditions for our children. The PTA’s mission is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.
Want to become more involved? The Golden Hill PTA is a great way to get started. For more information and to become a member of the Golden Hill PTA, please contact goldenhillptany@gmail.com.
PTA meeting dates and times are listed on the FUFSD school calendar, and new members are always welcome.
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478 Round Hill Road, Florida, NY 10921