Nitro History & Wars Museum Archive

To establish the “West Virginia Historic Marker Program” in the City of Nitro, highlighting the city’s historic past in the building of Explosives Plant C in 1917-1918

For the purchase of new glassblowing equipment

To support West Virginia Hive’s entrepreneurial assistance efforts in their expanded service area covering 13 counties

To enhance farm-to-school participation among high school agriculture students across West Virginia

To establish a Community Heritage and History Center in Thomas, West Virginia, offering a variety of educational programs tailored for both residents and visitors

For the formative research phase of a statewide Community-Based Stigma Reduction Campaign in West Virginia, to reduce public stigmas against people with substance use disorder

To support small business education and outreach focused on veterans, active military personnel, and military family members by providing entrepreneurship skills training, covering business concepts through to operations

To support Valley School’s child-centered learning model rooted in connection to nature, through the construction of the Paul G. Benedum, Jr. Nature Playground and expanded Trout Program (over two years)

To create a West Virginia Legends educational program, initiate a railroad safety campaign, and construct a workspace for restoration projects

For the Nature on Wheels program, a mobile classroom that will deploy a place-based learning framework to bring sustained and continuous environmental education to students in rural communities