Wyoming County Points of Pride

• The “One-Room Schoolhouse Project,” funded by a grant from the WVU-Kellogg Expanding Community Partnerships Program, allowed two community centers in Wyoming County to use technology as a rural revitalization tool.
  
  
• The Community Design Team worked with a group of Mullens citizens to formulate future downtown development plans.
  
  
• 4-H and the Youth Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) involves 938 youths and 50 adult volunteers.
  
  
• Adult EFNEP provided nutrition education to 25 families.
  
  
• The 78 Community Educational Outreach Service members conduct many community service programs.
  
  
• Baileysville, Glen Rogers, and Pineville were hosts for 120 youths during Energy Express, a six-week reading and nutrition program. Fifteen mentors, three Vista volunteers, three site coordinators, and a multitude of community volunteers helped children increase their reading skills during the summer.
  
  
• The Wyoming County Board of Education and Extension conducted a career education program for 212 eighth-graders. Six high school sophomores were trained as postsecondary peer mentors at WV CARES (Career Academy Resource Enhancement Symposium).

WVU Wyoming County Extension Office
Courthouse Annex - Banks Street
P.O. Box 160
Pineville, WV 24874-0160
(304) 732-8000, Ext 213
FAX (304) 732-9659

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