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Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) has announced Recovery Point Charleston – Women’s Facility as the 2025 Charity in Action Award Honoree. A Luncheon was held on May 16th at Saint John XXIII Pastoral Center in Charleston, West Virginia to present the Charity In Action Award. “Our Charity in Action Award honors charitable persons and groups...
Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) is proud to announce its merger with St. Ursula Food Pantry & Outreach Center in Pursglove, West Virginia. This strategic partnership will allow both organizations to enhance and expand services to individuals and families facing food insecurity in Monongalia County. St. Ursula Food Pantry & Outreach Center, a long-standing and...
Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) is pleased to announce the relocation of its Weirton office to the Community Bread Basket facility. This move strengthens CCWVa’s ability to serve individuals and families in the Northern Panhandle by providing increased access to compassionate care and vital support services. While both organizations remain independent, this shared space will...
Guided by God’s love and our call to serve, Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) is expanding its reach in Huntington with a new initiative to support kinship caregivers. On April 10, 2025, we will officially launch our Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP)—a compassionate, community-based program designed to strengthen families and uplift those stepping into the...
February 15, 2025, began as an average Saturday for Jimmy and Melanie Dover. “It had been raining, but I was just watching tv and didn’t think nothing of it,” said Jimmy. “Then water started coming in. By supper, Melanie was yelling ‘we got to go!’” The Dovers and thousands of other people fled their homes....
Catholic Charities West Virginia is honored to announce the recipient of the 2025 Charity in Action Award: the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley (CFOV). This esteemed award recognizes individuals and organizations whose dedicated commitment to service and partnership profoundly impacts our communities. “Charity is love in action. We seek organizations that truly reflect that...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – On Wednesday, December 11, Catholic Charities West Virginia opened an overnight winter shelter for the homeless at Hazel’s House of Hope, located on Scott Avenue in Morgantown. The shelter, located one floor below the agency’s Grace Shelter, opened ahead of its originally scheduled date of December 15 in response to incoming winter...
On Wednesday, December 11, Catholic Charities West Virginia opened an overnight winter shelter for the homeless at Hazel’s House of Hope, located on Scott Avenue in Morgantown. The shelter, located one floor below the agency’s Grace Shelter, opened ahead of its originally scheduled date of December 15 in response to incoming winter weather. “With a...
Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) held a luncheon on October 14th at The Purple Iris in Martinsburg to present the agency’s 2024 Charity in Action Award to Margarita (Maggie) Garrido-Cortes. “Our Charity in Action Award honors charitable persons and groups for their devotion to the service of others,” said Jeremy Wanless, CCWVa Eastern Regional Director....
Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) has officially opened Grace Shelter, an overnight emergency shelter for adults experiencing homelessness in Morgantown. The shelter, located within Hazel’s House of Hope on Scott Avenue, will now be operated by CCWVa after transitioning from Bartlett Housing Solutions. “This new emergency shelter reflects our mission to serve the most vulnerable...
