Healthy Communities Initiative
Catholic Charities West Virginia
The WellnessWorks Program incorporates the distribution of nutritious food items and written educational materials for individuals with chronic health conditions. This grant enables Catholic Charities to provide food items for the WellnessWorks food pantries in Randolph and Webster Counties and to expand frozen food storage at the Webster County pantry.
Grant Awarded: $5,700
Catholic Charities West Virginia website
Center Against Violence in Randolph County
The Center Against Violence in Randolph County provides advocacy and legal services, as well as funds for food, rehabilitation services and medical assistance to adult, teen, and child victims of domestic or sexual violence.
Grant Awarded: $12,000
Centers Against Violence in Randolph County website
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church
One of the ongoing mission projects of this UMC located in Buckhannon is the Wednesday Night Dinners. Church staff and volunteers prepare a hot, nutritious, homemade meal for pick or delivery each Wednesday evening for anyone in the community who needs food.
Grant Awarded: $3,500
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church
Lewis County Family Resource Network
This award will provide at least two Try This WV mini-grants for collaborative, community-based health improvement projects in our region.
Grant Awarded: $6,000
Lewis County Family Resource Network website
Lewis County Senior Citizens Center, Inc.
The Lewis County Senior Center provides grab-and-go meals and home-delivered meals for seniors. Due to COVID-19, there have been an increased need for prepared meals.
Grant Awarded: $8,000
Lewis County Senior Citizens Center website
Marshall University Research Corporation
The Marshall Oral Health Team will continue to implement the West Virginia Wisdom Tooth project. They will partner with senior centers to distribute oral health educational materials and preventative oral health products.
Grant Awarded: $12,000
Marshall University Research Corp website
Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council
The Senior Companion Program’s main goal is to make independence a reality for those seniors at risk of losing their independence and becoming socially isolated by providing senior volunteers age 55 and over who provide companionship.
Grant Awarded: $8,000
Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council website
Milan Puskar Health Right
The LIGHT (Living In Good Health Together) program will provide harm reduction services in Upshur County. These services include providing clean syringes and supplies, testing for Hepatitis C and HIV, as well as referrals to treatment and peer recovery coach services.
Grant Awarded: $3,000
Milan Puskar Health Right Website
Mountain CAP
This grant will enable Mountain CAP’s Child Advocacy Center to hire an additional trauma-informed therapist and support their salary and benefits until their services are billable.
Grant Awarded: $9,958
Mountain CAP Child Advocacy Center website
Mountaineer Food Bank
Mountaineer Food Bank will provide Fresh Initiative kids’ markets at schools in Webster and Lewis Counties. The grant will also support the work of a summer intern to research a potential medically-indicated food box program in Upshur County.
Grant Awarded: $10,618.68
Mountaineer Food Bank website
New Vision Renewable Energy
New Vision operates a community center for at-risk youth in the Chestnut Ridge section of Barbour County. This grant will support tele-health services and transportation costs for children who visit the center.
Grant Awarded: $6,450
New Vision Renewable Energy website
Nicholas County Family Resource Network
The Child Advocacy Center in Webster County will provide gas cards and funding for food, clothes, and shoes for families in need who utilize the CAC.
Grant Awarded: $2,000
Nicholas County Family Resource Network website
The Committee on Aging for Randolph County
This grant will enable the senior center to provide congregate, grab-and-go, and home-delivered meals to eligible senior citizens across Randolph County.
Grant Awarded: $10,000
The Committee on Aging for Randolph County website
Tucker County Family Resource Network
FRN home visitation staff in Barbour and Randolph Counties will participate in a health and wellness program.
Grant Awarded: $4,000
Tucker County Family Resource website
Upshur Parish House
This grant provides funding for the Parish House’s annual budget for food for its food pantry in Upshur County.
Grant Awarded: $12,000
Upshur Parish House website
West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition, Inc.
In partnership with Randolph County farmers, the WV Food and Farm Coalition will create farm space at Pickens School and provide entrepreneurial education on agricultural production and sale of the products grown at the schools.
Grant Awarded: $8,967
West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition website
West Virginia Hemophilia Foundation
Consultation services with the West Virginia Oral Health Coalition will develop the capacity of local dentists to provide dental treatment to individuals with hemophilia.
Grant Awarded: $3,500
West Virginia Hemophilia Foundation website
West Virginia Rural Health Association
Training will be provided to five primary care providers in our region to become qualified to screen for Hepatitis C and treat patients with Hepatitis C.
Grant Awarded: $2,500
West Virginia Rural Health Association website
