Cabell County Points of Pride

• Cabell County offers the Family Nutrition Program for limited-resource individuals and families. Thelma Thacker, nutrition outreach instructor, offers topics on nutrition, meal preparation and food safety.
  
  
• Agent Rickman collaborates with the Joslin Diabetes Center, St. Mary’s Hospital, churches, libraries, and other health agencies to conduct Dining With Diabetes Cooking Schools that help people manage their diabetes.
  
  
• Cabell County’s Community Educational Outreach Service clubs conduct many community service projects and monthly study topics, and participate in county and state conferences and community development activities.
  
  
• Cabell County is piloting Cardiac Fun for fifth-graders who are at risk for heart disease. St. Mary’s Hospital heart personnel are collaborating with Extension in Cabell, Wayne, and Lincoln counties.
  
  
• Membership in the county’s 4-H and youth programs increased from 250 to 777. Children participate in 17 clubs and 4-H camps led by 151 adult volunteers.
  
  
• The six-week Energy Express summer program has served more than 4,600 meals while inspiring children’s gains in reading fluency and mentors’ commitment to community service.
  
  
• The Veterans’ Oral History Program’s curriculum, which introduces youth to America’s heroes, was developed by Agent Cobb for use in the 2003 4-H camps.
  
  
• More than 750,000 people receive the Agent Marra’s educational messages through TV and radio programs and newspaper articles each week.
  
  
• The WSAZ Home and Garden Show attracted nearly 19,000, with more than 740 adults participating in the county agent’s gardening and landscaping live TV broadcast.
  

WVU Cabell County Extension Office
2726 Howell's Mill Road
P.O. Box 219
Ona, WV 25545
(304) 743-7151
FAX (304) 743-7159

Last modified June 30, 2003
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