Pendleton County Points of Pride

• Your Pendleton County Extension Service answers questions on food preservation and safety, nutrition, and family life; develops nutrient management plans; provides free soil tests; and identifies pests and plant diseases. Have a problem? Call us!
  
  
• Through 11 community 4-H clubs, 220 youths led by 100 volunteers develop leadership, citizenship, and communication skills. Last year, they completed more than 400 educational projects, and devoted many hours to community service. County camp attracted 135 4-H’ers.
  
  
• This county is a leader in developing marketing strategies for feeder calves. Beef producers cooperatively marketed 2,000 calves through the W.Va. Quality Assurance Feeder Cattle Program.
  
  
• A parenting newsletter is sent home monthly with 390 children in kindergarten through third grade. Some 132 students are involved in a 4-H school enrichment program; the Cloverbud program involves 47 young children. 4-H teen leaders assist after-school program tutors and serve as postsecondary education mentors.
  
  
• Community Educational Outreach Service members hosted the Area Meeting for 162 participants, cosponsored the annual health fairs, and gained leadership experience.
  
  
• Four local 4-H members represented West Virginia in the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Contest in Louisville, Ky.

WVU Pendleton County Extension Office
200 Confederate Road
P. O. Box 96
Franklin, WV 26807-0096
(304) 358-2286
FAX (304) 358-3668

Last modified March 5, 2003
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