University Healthcare Celebrates National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week is April 6 – 12, 2014. In recognition of the support that volunteers, auxilians and chaplains provide to hospital staff, patients, families, and the community, the University Healthcare executive team hosted luncheons to honor members of the Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center volunteer organizations. On Monday, the Berkeley Medical Center […]
Empty Bowls Projected to Exceed One Million Meals Donated
This year’s Empty Bowls event is expected to exceed one million meals raised for Facing Hunger Foodbank (formerly Huntington Area Food Bank) since Huntington’s version of the national initiative began in 2003. “We knew we were close to — if not over — that total last year,” said Diana Van Horn, director of the Cridlin […]
Marshall University to Host 7th Annual Scottish Rite Spring Dinner to Raise Money for Children with Speech Disorders
Since 2002, the Scottish Rite Program has provided comprehensive services to children with communication disorders, without regard to creed, race or a family’s ability to pay. The 7th annual Scottish Rite Spring Dinner will take place at 7 p.m., Monday, April 7, in the Don Morris Room in the Marshall University Memorial Student Center on […]
International Bowhunters Organization Spring National Competition at Pipestem Resort State Park April 11-13, 2014
Pipestem Resort State Park, the International Bowhunters Organization (IBO), and Backwoods Bowhunters of Princeton, WV, are teaming to conduct the IBO Spring National Competition the weekend of April 11-13, 2014. This event is expected to draw approximately 600-800 competitors, and spectators are welcome. “Pipestem, like nearly every West Virginia state park, does not charge an […]
Cabell Huntington Hospital Senior Services and Huntington Mall Host Senior Lifestyle and Health Event April 11
Anyone 50 and older is invited to the Huntington Mall Center Court Friday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to take charge of their health with free screenings provided by Cabell Huntington Hospital at the mall’s Senior Lifestyle Event. Health professionals from Cabell Huntington Hospital, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Marshall University Joan C. […]
Contractors Association Awards Top Scholarships to Two WVU Tech Students
West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) students Haylie Ballard and Tanner Boster were awarded Contractors Association of West Virginia (CAWV) Scholarships during the 35th Annual West Virginia Construction and Design Exposition in Charleston. First-place scholarship winner and WVU Tech junior civil engineering student Ballard is an active member of the American Society of […]