Parkersburg Area Community Foundation raises $505 thousand from Give Local MOV

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation finished their recent “Give Local MOV” fundraiser.

The organization put up $505 thousand in this campaign. Beating their mark of $460 thousand in 2020.

They also saw an increase in the different organizations that took part, as 60 different partners came to donate in large amounts. Some even as far out as Texas and Rhode Island.

Officials say that this increase in generosity is something much-needed after everything that has gone on during 2020.

“Even during a difficult time and during a pandemic, our community is still a charitable bunch. And they want to help our region better itself, and try to get through this difficult time,” says PACF’s Development and Communications Officer, Julie Posey.

In other ways of the community foundation giving back, they have released their Spring Community Action Grants Program. All of these non-profits are receiving this assistance as a part of the foundation’s help for community needs.

PACF’s grant awards this spring total $275,879.

The spring 2021 Parkersburg Area Community Foundation & Regional Affiliates grant recipients are:

Belpre Performing Arts Boosters - $5,650 for band instrument replacement
Boys and Girls Club of Washington County - $16,000 for gymnasium renovations
Cairo Volunteer Fire Department - $7,500 for personal protective equipment for firefighters
Calhoun County Livestock Program - $1,000 for facility upgrades
Camden Clark Foundation - $23,000 to replace chemotherapy treatment chairs with new medical-grade chairs
Children of Promise in Action - $5,000 for facility updates and to provide recreational services for Ritchie County youth
Children’s Home Society - $15,500 for the Transitional Living Program to provide support services to youth who are experiencing homelessness
Circles Campaign of the Mid-Ohio Valley - $8,000 for operating support
Colonial House - $800 to purchase an outdoor storage shed
Consumer Credit Counseling Services - $5,000 to support a financial literacy program for individuals in active recovery from substance use disorders
East Wood Volunteer Fire Department - $6,460 to replace outdated equipment
Ely Chapman Education Foundation - $6,000 for STEAM activities during the Sensational Summer Camp
Harrisville Volunteer Fire Department - $8,975 to purchase a mobile radio repeater and emergency pagers
Little Kanawha Area Development Corporation - $2,000 to purchase equipment for a mobile business support project
Mid-Ohio Valley Fellowship Home - $10,000 for office and facility renovations
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center - $7,858 to replace and update seating and blood draw chairs in the laboratory department
Nazareth Farm - $10,250 to support the costs of a new truck and supply barn
Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association - $9,000 to refurbish windows for the Oil and Gas Museum
Parents and Friends of the Hearing Impaired - $3,150 to provide hearing aids to low income individuals with hearing impairments
Parkersburg Art Center - $9,000 to install fire suppression system
Recovery Point - $15,000 to support upgrades and increase capacity at the Parkersburg facility
Ritchie County Family Resource Network - $8,000 to establish a food pantry
Ritchie County High School - $1,200 to support teacher professional development
Roane County Committee on Aging - $6,800 to assist with roof replacement for Amma Senior Center
TEAM for West Virginia Children - $5,000 for the “Our Babies: Safe and Sound” to provide education about infant safe sleep and abusive head trauma prevention
The Doddridge County Starting Points Center - $7,500 to expand the emergency food pantry
The Education Alliance - $10,336 to provide training and resources for AmeriCorps mentors to integrate mental health best practices into mentoring program
University of Charleston - $5,000 to produce a documentary on Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett
Upper West Fork CAP - $2,325 for parking lot upgrade
Voices for Children Foundation/CASA - $11,000 for operating support
Washington County Career Center - $15,000 to purchase an Anatomage machine for instruction in medical courses
Washington United Methodist Church - $1,400 to support the food pantry
West Virginia Central Bee Keepers - $2,000 to support efforts to increase the bee population
West Virginia Health Right - $6,500 to support the mobile dental unit’s services in Roane County
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra – Parkersburg - $1,000 to support the upcoming “diverse and successful symphonies” series
Williamstown Middle/High School - $7,000 to replace band equipment
Wirt County Committee on Aging - $10,000 for kitchen remodeling and upgrades
WV Extension Family Nutrition Program - $6,250 to provide produce markets at Wood County schools
WVU Foundation- Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program - $5,250 to provide assessments and equipment to children in the Parkersburg area with vision impairments

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