GREENBRIER COUNTY W.Va. (WVDN) – The Greenbrier County CEOS Fall Leadership meeting was held on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Rhema Christian Center in Fairlea, the first rainy day in many weeks.
Morning refreshments were served from 9:30 to 10 a.m. President Linda Spencer welcomed everyone and led the Pledge of Allegiance. She thanked those who had helped decorate and prepare for the event.
Lynn Humphreys from the Progressive Club led the devotions.
Doris Ann Taylor, wearing her Belle costume, presented a slide show of the four events she had attended as the belle representing Monroe County. She was one of twenty-eight belles to attend the West Virginia State Folk Festival in Glenville June 21-23.
Nominations for the 2025 county belle will be taken in November.
Spencer then called the meeting to order. Due to the absence of the secretary, Patty Gray called roll and Mary Dameron, WVU Extension secretary, read the minutes from the July meeting.
Lucy Bell gave the treasurer’s report. A total of $593 had been donated to Wellspring in Rainelle.
Officers will be installed at the November meeting. Lauraann Tiller, Williamsburg Club, agreed to serve as Vice-President and Patty Gray, Progressive Club, as secretary. Linda Spencer will continue as president with Lucy Bell as treasurer.
A brainstorming session was held on plans for 2025 programs and activities. The theme will be “Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing.” Club presidents and others interested are invited to the planning meeting on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m. at the Greenbrier Extension office.
Fall Fun Day will be held on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Rupert Community Building. The program will be making a winter craft. Members were asked to bring a breakfast item, a potluck dish, and food for the Wellspring Pantry. Clubs were asked to bring two door prizes.
Guest speaker Amy Hubbard gave a very informative program on “WV Helping Hands: What It Is and What It Is Not.” She was accompanied by Lisa Carter, who will be in charge of the meals served in the commercial kitchen.
Hubbard is the owner of Little Learners Educational Day Care across from the Greenbrier Valley CAMC Hospital after working for 25 years at the Boys Home in Covington, Virginia.
She began WV Helping Hands in January of 2021. It was created out of concern for the growing number of children and adults in local communities who are displaced and struggling for their basic needs.
Since forming, WV Helping Hands acquired the historic Greenbrier General Hospital in Ronceverte. It is a 32,000-square-foot building that has previously served as a hospital, nursing school, senior living facility and preschool.
WV Helping Hands will provide a safe secure facility with thirty-six efficiency apartments, a commercial kitchen and dining area, laundry facilities, a computer lab, meeting rooms and an office available for referral services and staff.
It will provide a safe nurturing environment, a HUD-funded program to provide housing for individuals and families experiencing housing crisis, an adult education and job training program to help people get back to work and move toward independence, and a support program with connection to other resources.
It is NOT a homeless shelter or a halfway house nor a drug rehab or a drop-off for neighboring communities.
It is designated for Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers and Pocahontas counties.
The CEOS ladies asked about how they could help. Donating linens, towels, washcloths, personal hygiene items, clothing such as hospital scrubs for a professional closet, volunteering and communicating the goals of WV Helping Hands would be appreciated.
For further information, contact Amy Hubbard at 304-520-7249 or visit the WV Helping Hands Facebook page.
Door prizes were won by lucky attendees. Thirty ladies enjoyed the catered lunch provided by Lisa Carter.
