CORE’s A Special Place Ceremony Honors Region’s Organ, Tissue and Cornea Donors and Their Families
The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) hosted its 27th annual A Special Place ceremony on Sunday, bringing together the families of the 577 organ, 2,347 tissue and 1,505 cornea donors from western Pennsylvania and West Virginia who saved 1,453 lives and healed or restored sight to more than 150,000 others in 2019 and […]
Jenkins Fenstermaker Attorneys Recognized by Best Laywers®
Twelve lawyers from Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC were included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. First published in 1981, Best Lawyers is renowned and respected for its reliable and thorough publications of legal expertise. Since it’s first publication in 1983, Best Lawyers has earned the reputation for being a source of the […]
Country Roads Angel Network Invests $175,000 in Endolumik, Inc.
A Morgantown medical device company whose innovation improves bariatric surgery procedures has secured a $175,000 angel investment from the Country Roads Angel Network (CRAN), the state’s only accredited angel investment network. Endolumik, Inc. was founded in May 2020 by Mara McFadden, chief executive officer, and Dr. Nova Szoka, inventor of the surgical device. McFadden has […]
Pallottine Foundation of Huntington Awards More Than $1.5 Million
The Pallottine Foundation of Huntington has awarded six nonprofit organizations in the Tri-State with grants totaling over $1.5 million through its annual Core Priorities Initiative. The initiative supports projects that address food insecurity, mental and behavioral health, substance use disorder, and tobacco use prevention and cessation in the Foundation’s 20-county focus area. “These organizations have […]
West Virginia Celebrates National Voter Registration Day September 28
National Voter Registration Day will be observed throughout West Virginia on Tuesday, September 28th. According to WV Secretary of State Mac Warner, National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is a nonpartisan civic holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of September. The purpose of NVRD is to create attention and interest in not only voter registration but also […]
West Virginia Breast Health Initiative Misty Bennett’s Seeds of Hope $40,000
West Virginia Breast Health Initiative, Inc. (WVBHI) is proud to announce that the Misty Bennett’s Seeds of Hope Fund is a recipient of a $40,000.00 Grant from the Highmark West Virginia Charitable Fund for Health. The purpose of the grant is to help fulfill WVBHI’s mission by providing support for breast cancer detection services including […]
