Catholic Charities West Virginia
WellnessWorks Program incorporates the distribution of nutritionally sound food items and written educational materials for individuals with chronic health conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, and high cholesterol.
Grant Awarded: $10,000
Funding Priority: Health & Wellness
Catholic Charities West Virginia website
Central West Virginia Center for Pregnancy Care
Education for pregnant moms including parenting, fetal development/gestational diabetes, baby development, nutrition, career development, exercise, and self-improvement classes.
Grant Awarded: $5,000
Funding Priority: Lifestyle Education
Central West Virginia Center for Pregnancy Care website
Committee for Aging for Randolph County
Meals for seniors, ages 60 and over, throughout Randolph County from nutrition sites at Randolph County Senior Center in Elkins and satellite locations throughout the county.
Grant Awarded: $5,000
Funding Priority: Health & Wellness
Committee for Aging for Randolph County website
Healthy Bodies Healthy Spirits
Training program for 20 people from at least 10 churches to facilitate two healthy living workshops in their communities – Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) and Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP).
Grant Awarded: $10,000
Funding Priority: Leadership Development, Lifestyle Education
Highland Community Builders
The Wellness Collaborative Healthy Home Program provides services to low-income, senior renters to help address chronic disease management with the goal of minimizing falls, nutritional risks, lowering Medicaid costs, reducing hospital visits, and enabling seniors to remain in their homes.
Grant Awarded: $5,860
Funding Priority: Leadership Development
Highland Community Builders website
Marshall University Research Corporation
Oral Health Care and Assessment and Coordination Project, providing an oral health kit for each of the five Foundation counties, including toothbrushes, fluoride mouth rinse, and educational materials and services for children in the county elementary schools
Grant Awarded: $9,500
Funding Priority: Health & Wellness, Lifestyle Education
Marshall University Research Corporation website
Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council
Mileage reimbursement for volunteers making home visits to seniors requiring assistance with home and personal care duties.
Grant Awarded: $2,000
Funding Priority: Health & Wellness
Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council website
Mountain CAP of WV Child Advocacy Center
Community education on the prevention of child abuse through evidence-informed, child sexual abuse prevention training for children and adults.
Grant Awarded: $4,654
Funding Priority: Lifestyle Education
Mountain CAP of WV Child Advocacy Center website
Randolph County Child Advocacy Center (CAC)
Training, development, and supervision of Center staff The Center, which provides a safe, child-friendly facility where child protection, criminal justice, and child treatment professionals work together to investigate abuse, hold offenders accountable, and help children heal.
Grant Awarded: $7,500
Funding Priority: Leadership Development
Randolph County Child Advocacy Center (CAC) website
Try This West Virginia
Mini-grants for five community teams to implement a sustainable CDC-approved (Center for Disease Control) health lifestyle strategy.
Grant Awarded: $10,000
Funding Priority: Health & Wellness
Try This West Virginia website
Upshur County Family Resource Network
Annual community baby shower and quarterly family educational nights, sharing educational information on childhood immunizations, dangers of smoking & drug use, and parenting skills.
Grant Awarded: $2,000
Funding Priority: Lifestyle Education, Health & Wellness
Upshur County Family Resource Network website
Webster County Family Resource Network
Healthy Ways = Healthy Days Program: Five-week series of classes that will cover food safety, sanitation practices, food preservation, healthy food choices, shopping, and healthy food preparation.
Grant Awarded: $4,500
Funding Priority: Lifestyle Education, Health & Wellness
Webster County Family Resource Network website
West Virginia VOAD
Flood Relief for Webster County.
Grant Awarded: $19,370
Funding Priority: Health & Wellness
West Virginia VOAD website
