Rivers to Ridges Heritage Trail, Inc. Archive

To build recreational opportunities which increase tourism, improve communities, and encourage business development around the Lower Kanawha River Outdoor Recreation Trail

To provide a career preparation program for current and former foster youth (over two years)

To develop and launch a postsecondary transition program and comprehensive support services to individuals with intellectual disabilities in the 13 counties Pierpont serves in North Central West Virginia

To work with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Children and Families, in implementing a relative/kinship practice model to set performance expectations

For Center for Excellence in Education’s Teacher Enrichment Program to provide professional development workshops, connections to a national STEM network, and classroom resources to middle and high school teachers in underserved rural and urban districts

For implementation of an outdoor recreation economic development strategy for the Upper Kanawha Valley (over three years)

To expand regional activities promoting the creative economy in the Appalachian Forest Heritage Area and surrounding counties to grow tourism and improve communities (over two years)

To provide foster children in West Virginia with a LovePack reusable backpack filled with mental and emotional health tools, abuse prevention items, and foster specific resources

To develop a West Virginia Breastfeeding Institute to promote breastfeeding as a public health priority and improve the health and well-being of West Virginians (over two years)

To develop Lewis County Community Foundation Fund as an affiliate of the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation