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Glenwood Park Retirement Village

 

GlenWood Park Retirement Village is a continuing care retirement community established in 1968 by the West Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Community and church leaders shared a vision in the late 1950s and early 1960s of a faith-based facility that would serve the aged. Today that vision stands in southern West Virginia as the only church-affiliated continuing care retirement community in the state.

 

Burlington United Methodist Family Services provides community-based services including adoption, foster care, and youth services to people Burlington United<br /> Methodist Family Servicesaround West Virginia. Agency services are provided from Beckley, Burlington, Charleston, Elkins, Fairmont, Grafton, Keyser, Morgantown, and Oakland, MD. The Burlington Campus has three residential treatment homes for youth, and includes a group home for girls and a school on-site.

Virginia Higgins Grant

Virginia Higgins grant funds are designed to encourage United Methodist involvement in Health and Welfare Ministries, especially in the areas of child care, aging, health care, and people with handicapping conditions. Grants are also awarded to organizations, institutions, and programs related to the W.Va. Conference and other units of the general United Methodist Church through residential or non-residential ministries, including, but not limited to, domestic violence, health care and homelessness. Contact Diane Braun (304-684-7842) for more information. Application deadline is April 15, 2011.

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Hunger Grants

Hunger grants are awarded each year and support food pantries and other agencies that help the hungry in our society. Funds may be used to buy food and food-related items (i.e. nutrition education, storage,hunger program development). Funds do not cover administrative costs, salaries, clothing closets, or utility payments for clients. Contact Rev. Carolyn Nettles (304- 269-4184) for an application and more information. Application Deadline is March 25, 2011.