Wayne County CEOS News

With the pandemic and the inability of our CEOS clubs to meet in person, the Wayne County Extension Office is starting a monthly electronic newsletter that will also be mailed to all active CEOS members. This will help our CEOS members stay engaged and up to date on all the latest CEOS news. We will also include in the mailing a CEOS lesson - this month members will receive "West Virginia's Wild & Wonderful State Parks" authored by WVU Extension faculty from Fayette and Wyoming counties. 

If you would like to be added to the CEOS email newsletter, please contact our office at 304-272-6839.

The Wayne County CEOS members are starting up a virtual book club. The book selection is The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 11 at 10 a.m. via Zoom. If you are interested in joining in, please contact our office at 304-272-6839 for more information.

Our Virtual Garden Showcase features several gardens. The first is by Courtney Ballengee of Westmoreland. Her garden photos show that you do not have to have a lot of land to have a vegetable garden. You can use raised beds and existing flower beds to get homegrown produce. Below is a photo of Courtney's raised beds.

Check out the new CEOS signs hung at both entrances into Wayne. We are thrilled to have the Wayne County CEOS program featured to help promote the great work they do throughout the county! CEOS stands for Community Educational Outreach Service and is open to adults interested in service, education and making a difference in the lives of others. Call our office at 304-272-6839 to learn more!

CEOS Garden Club members Nancy Crockett and Trish Harris served at the Wayne Public Library earlier this month. They pulled weeds out of the library's main entrance flower garden so that mulch could be placed down. Service to the community is central to the Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS). To learn more about CEOS, contact our office at 304-272-6839.

The CEOS Garden Club is hosting a Virtual Garden Showcase every Monday starting July 27 on their Facebook page as well as the WVU Wayne County Extension Facebook page. CEOS Garden Club members would love to receive photographs of your vegetables, fruit, flowers - anything about your garden. They would also love to have any questions you may have about your garden. Every Monday through August entries will be showcased and questions answered. Help us showcase the pride of Wayne County by participating in the Virtual Garden Showcase! Email photographs and questions to WVU Wayne County Extension.  

CEOS stands for Community Educational Outreach Service. It is an organization for adults interested in leadership, service and education.

The CEOS Garden Club member Nancy Crockett and her husband Bruce weeded and watered the flower garden at the entrance to Wayne over the weekend. While CEOS members have not had in-person meetings in some time, they are still engaged in meaningful community service projects like this. If you are interested in learning more, contact our office at 304-272-6839.

June 15, 2020

Dear Community and Friends,

The Wayne County Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS) supports an annual 4-H camp scholarship in honor of Charlie Rickman, who served as an Extension Agent in Wayne County for over 30 years and passed away in August 2015. The scholarship is awarded to youth who demonstrate loyalty, commitment and dedication while in engaged in 4-H camp activities and provides a full scholarship to attend a 4-H Camp in 2021. This year's recipients were Alaina Jackson from 4-H Younger Camp on June 18 and Aubrey Ward from 4-H Older Camp on June 26. 

The in-person 2020 4-H Camps were canceled and replaced with camp kits and an online component to provide positive youth development opportunities to youth throughout Wayne County. For more information on the Wayne County CEOS program, please contact the WVU Extension Service Wayne County office at 304-272-6839. 

Our Community Educational Outreach Service (CEOS) program made an investment in Little Free Libraries several years ago. Earlier this year, our CEOS members painted the library located outside the WVU Extension Service Wayne County office to give it a fresh look. The Little Free Library program encourages the public to take a book and leave a book - it is free and open to anyone. If you are interested in learning more about the CEOS program, please contact our office at 304-272-6839.