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Upcoming Events of Interest to Greenbrier County
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Jun 20
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Older Member's Conference is statewide 4-H camp held annually at WVU Jackson's Mill. Campers develop leadership skills through facilitating camp activities, increase civic... -
Jun 20
The Junior Firefighter Camp provides classroom and practical training to further participants’ knowledge, skills, and abilities in firefighting and emergency operations for... -
Jun 29
In collaboration with WVU Extension, the Greenbrier Valley Conventions and Visitors Bureau invites you to a farm crawl on June 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This experience...
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Greenbrier County in the News
West Virginia youths win statewide competition to make hometowns ‘cooler’
West Virginia youths feel pretty passionate about their communities. And they are improving their hometowns by developing ideas and opportunities to make their communities even “cooler.”
Part of the National Cooperative Extension System
All universities engage in research and teaching, but the nation’s more than 100 land-grant colleges and universities including WVU, have another critical mission: Extension. Extension means reaching out, and along with teaching and research land-grant institutions extend their resources, solving public needs with college or university resources through local programs. With more than 3,000 county offices in the USA, the National Cooperative Extension System is the local front door for many citizens to their state land-grant institutions.
Putting Knowledge to Work!
The West Virginia University Extension works to provide solutions in your community through key programs and resources, including agriculture and natural resources; 4-H and youth development; food and nutrition; health and wellness; financial planning; and home gardening. These research-based programs and services are available to all Greenbrier County residents thanks to the tremendous support of our community members, local organizations, volunteers and local partners, including the Board of Education and County Commission.
Greenbrier County Highlights
- Enhanced the focus and outreach of youth programming to include special interests, such as after-school, STEM and virtual activities. Distributed 3,000 Camp in a Bag activities to 1st through 10th grade youths during the summer.
- Served nearly 547 youths through virtual camping, in- and after-school programming, livestock and agricultural opportunities, and Energy Express.
- Worked with hog producers in the Midwest who had nowhere to go with their finished hogs due to shutdowns in the processing industry. Through the COVID-19 Market Hog Project, Extension agents marketed 450 butcher-ready hogs to 160 families supplying approximately 88,000 pounds of pork to Greenbrier Valley residents. This helped hog producers and ensured families had meat during an uncertain time.
- Partnered with Monroe County on the Ham, Bacon and Egg Program serving 94 youths, aided in securing approximately $45,885 through a virtual sale and aided in recruiting 49 buyers.
- Selected to participate in the FARMacy program (one of 10 counties), which supplied 30 diabetic patients with $16,000 worth of fresh vegetables over a 15-week period. Funded through a Walmart grant with all $16,000 used to purchase produce from local farmers.