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FISHER, W.Va. – The Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Foundation held the annual farm-to-table dinner at the Misty Mountain Event Barn on June 28—garnering $27,000 in support from attendees through the evening’s activities to support students and scholarships at Eastern. The farm-to-table dinner celebrates the unique traditions surrounding food and agriculture in West Virginia, from the production and preparation to the stories surrounding it. This event also highlights the story of the local producers, the land, the food, and the culture of the…
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Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Foundation helped to support students exhibiting egg products for the Ham, Bacon, and Egg Auctions in the Potomac Highlands Region, including Mineral, Tri-County, and Hampshire counties in March. Eastern’s Foundation was excited to be able to support several students including Elijah Rexrode of Mineral County FFA who exhibited eggs that were purchased for $200; Kelsey Clark of Grant County FFA who exhibited eggs that were purchased for $350; Malachi Holliday of Moorefield FFA in Hardy County who exhibited…
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Moorefield, W.Va. – Millions of nonprofits, fundraisers, and hundreds locally, relied on AmazonSmile to provide a source of unrestricted revenue. The company recently announced the closure of AmazonSmile as of February 20, 2023. To offset the unfortunate loss of donations the shutdown will cause, Eastern WVCTC Foundation is now working with iGive.com, the originator of the shop-for-good model, which actually offers shoppers up to 26% in donations back to their chosen nonprofit, compared to AmazonSmile’s .05%. To further assist nonprofits, iGive announced an additional $5…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – The bright green of the benches at the front and patio entrances of Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College were a perfect complement to the seasonal hues of russet, orange, and gold that surrounded the campus on Oct. 20 during a dedication ceremony on the college’s front walk that honored and memorialized the names on the benches. The Bench Campaign is a project of the community college’s Foundation, which seeks support to purchase benches for the college campus to replace a…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Following a career working with a variety of nonprofit organizations in roles that focused on meeting needs for individuals and communities, Jennifer Rexroad is now applying those skills to higher education in the Potomac Highlands as Title III advancement services specialist at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College. The advancement services specialist is a newly created position funded by the college’s federal Title III – Strengthening Institutions Program grant, and Rexroad believes that one of her primary tasks is building relationships…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) named Robert Burns, director of Eastern Workforce Opportunity Regional Center and Services (WORCS), to participate in the Fall 2022 Cohort of READY Nonprofits,
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Fundraising event raised money for scholarships and featured local agricultural products MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – The Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Foundation held its Farm to Table dinner at the end of June, and the event featured a variety of the region’s agricultural products and producers, while also raising money to support students at the community college. The dinner is the college foundation’s largest fundraising event each year. Rob Burns, director of nonprofits at Eastern, said preliminary figures indicate this year’s Farm to Table…
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The Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Foundation has received a $20,000 grant from the Clearway Community Benefit Fund to establish a scholarship fund to support students enrolled in the wind energy technology program at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College. The Clearway Community Benefit Fund was created by Clearway Energy Group to support charitable projects and programs in the communities surrounding the Black Rock wind farm near Elk Garden, which began operations earlier this year. The community fund is managed by the US Wind…
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