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Martinsburg Civitan Club celebrates 60 Years
December 3, 2024
The Martinsburg Civilian Club recently celebrated 60 years. They invited Berkeley County Meals on Wheels, Dianne Waldron, executive director to give a presentation about our 53 year old program. The club collected a huge donation for snow kit inventory for Meals on Wheels.
DAR Meets Meals on Wheels
October 14, 2024
Pack Horse Ford Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) welcomed Meals on Wheels for the chapter’s meeting on Oct, 12, at the Shepherdstown Public Library.
Whalton awards final grants as EWVCF bids him farewell
Apr 21, 2024
Friends, colleagues and associates gathered Tuesday afternoon at the Martinsburg Roundhouse to say a final thank you to Michael Whalton, as he officially stepped down as executive director of the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF). The first presentation went to Meals on Wheels of Berkeley County, while the next was presented to the Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle. Berkeley Senior Services also received a check, as did CCAP/Loaves and Fishes. Representatives from each of these organizations were in awe of the unexpected grants. >>READ IT HERE<<
Meals on Wheels to host open house as it seeks volunteer drivers
Apr 21, 2024
Each day of the week, over 150 volunteers for Berkeley County Meals on Wheels provide hundreds of homebound residents throughout the county with a hot meal.
In response to a growing need for volunteer drivers, the organization will host an open house from 11 a.m.-noon Wednesday from at its facility at 116 E. King St. in downtown Martinsburg. >>READ IT HERE<<
VOC-AG Students Spearhead Garden Project to Benefit Local Organizations
March 31st, 2024
Hedgesville High School Vocational Agriculture (VOC-AG) students held a special media event for the opening of a new outdoor garden, a 1.5-acre area that will be used to grow several varieties of root vegetables to benefit the Martinsburg Union Rescue Mission and Berkeley County Meals on Wheels. >>READ IT HERE<<
Making A Difference
March 1, 2024 - The Journal
For the fifth year in a row, the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle (UWEP) is kicking off its annual Unity Campaign. >>READ IT HERE<<
Senior Care Nonprofits Recieve $31,000 in Grants
January 10th, 2024
In late 2023, the Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation (EWVCF) awarded $31,000 in grants from the Kings Daughters Senior Citizens Charitable Fund. Six organizations received grants to boost their programs providing care to the elderly living in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan countie >>READ IT HERE<<
Meals on Wheels receives donation
January 1st, 2024
Dianne Waldron, executive director of Berkeley County Meals on Wheels, receives a check from Chazz Printz, volunteer driver for Meals on Wheels. The donation comes from the Bowles Rice Foundation. >>READ IT HERE<<
Eastern Panhandle Talk with Rob & Dave
Mar 5, 2020 - WRNR
Watch Dianne Waldron, Jim Reed, and Frank Ceravalo on "Eastern Panhandle Talk with Rob and Dave", getting the word out about our upcoming Golf Tournament Fundraiser on May 27th! MOW segment begins at mark 1:36:48 >>WATCH IT HERE<<
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At the Clorox open house on 2/15/20, we met Michael Holly (Clorox VP) and had a surprise meet-up with Governor Jim Justice!
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(Photos - top: Dianne Waldron, MOW Program Manager; and Michael Holly, Clorox VP of Product Supply.
bottom, L-R: Marshall Spiker, MOW Board President; Dianne Waldron, MOW Program Manager; Jim Justice, Governor of WV)