Single Parenting Sessions

Eileen Filozof is leading a series of workshops on Single Parenting at our offices on consecutive Fridays at noon, for 6 sessions. Eileen is a member of our advisory council, and has been very supportive of our site, including the Mid Town Family Resource Center and WE CAN program. Please spread the word of this offer, and if you have any questions, you could direct them to Steve, Lisa Weaver, or directly to Eileen.

Day of Caring

We have been in discussion with the United Way and at least one area business about participating in a community Day Of Caring, October 20th -where employees of an area business help out with a specific project at a local non profit organization. Stay tuned for the details as they get developed.

Little Green Stocking music concert kicks off Little Red Stocking season

The Greens will be the featured performers in our second musical "kick off" to the site's Little Red Stocking campaign, the day after Thanksgiving, November 26th at 6 Pence Pub. We thank the Pub for hosting this event, and we hope they will be a big seller of stockings during the holiday season.

Runaway and Homeless Youth Awareness activities

November will bring a number of activities around homelessness awareness. Stay tuned for updates about specifics; but we will be working with others in the community for a week of activities, including a resource fair and 2nd Reality Walk. We are also have a dinner (the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week) for folks connected to our TLP program, and inviting legislators and other stakeholders.

Lights On Afterschool Day

October 21st is a national day of recognizing after school programs. Here at CHS-Parkersburg we will be participating in this day with a famly night at the Mid Town Family Resource Center, and an invitation to many local supporters and stakeholders to join us in acknowledging the importance of after school program to families. The evening will include a meal for the families and a few remarks and presentations. See Lisa Weaver for details.

John Prine Tribute - this Saturday

The Transitional Living Program at the Parkersburg CHS site will be the beneficiary of the 8th annual John Prine tribute this Saturday at 9 pm at 6 Pence Pub in Parkersburg. This event is local musicians playing sets of songs celebrating the music of John Prine. This is the final event in the 2010 Americana Music Tribute Series, after a successful run of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan and Neil Young tributes. Lisa has been running a 50-50 drawing in the time leading up to the tribute show Saturday, and already has over $150 raised. During the event (and still in the time leading up to the event) we are selling raffle tickets to see John Prine himself in concert in Columbus Ohio on October 23rd. These tickets are $5. The Tribute show at 6 Pence promises to be a fun evening of music and a few door prizes and contests. I have accumulated a fun collection of prizes. Come out and support the TLP program.

WE CAN golf tournament

Ashley organized a fund raising golf tournament with a friend involved with the Parkersburg Catholic baseball team, to split the proceeds of a benefit golf scramble. This was held yesterday at Worthington Golf Course; it went off fantastic for a first time event, and we will have the total raised in a day or two after figuring out the costs, etc. There were 20 teams and 17 sponsors, and everything went off without a hitch. Thanks to Ashley for spearheading this new event in our fund raising arsenal- and promoting the WE CAN program to some new supporters in the community. The weather was perfect, the golfers were happy, and the relationship with Worthington Golf Club seemed strong for future events. Thanks to a number of friends and staff who helped volunteer out on the course throughout the event. Look for a follow up post about the proceeds total.