Highmark Foundation now accepting applications for 2020-2021 School Grant and Awards Program

The Highmark Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2020-2021 School Grant and Awards Program, which will make available a total of $450,000 for schools grades K-12 in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The goal of the program is to create healthier school environments that experience positive, sustainable, and lasting change through comprehensive strategies. “Our schools…

Leadership West Virginia Announces the Class Of 2020

Fifty-six leaders from across the state have accepted invitations to participate in the 2020 Class of Leadership West Virginia (LWV). Class participants were selected from a list of applicants submitted in late 2019. Christopher Applegate, West Virginia Army National Guard (Charleston) Cara Bailey, Marshall University (Huntington) Leslie Bicksler, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (Lewisburg)…

Hearst Foundations helps Marshall Health establish comprehensive system of recovery care for mothers

A two-year, $250,000 health grant from Hearst Foundations will support the development of a comprehensive system of care through the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health for pregnant and parenting women on the road to recovery.    The project will grow family-centered recovery care in Cabell, Kanawha, Jackson and Putnam counties in West Virginia, the four counties currently…