Fairs, Festivals, & Community Events

For more complete WV state listings,  please visit West Virginia Association of Fairs and Festivals.
 (website: wvaff.com)

Parkersburg Fair and Festival information can be found at Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau
(website: www.greaterparkersburg.org)

For more complete OH state listings, please visit Ohio Fair Managers Association
 (website: www.ohiofairs.org)

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              Adult, Infant & Child Support
              First Aid
              Red Cross Instructor Training
              Babysitting Training
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These courses offered courtesy of the Services to Armed Forces Grant honoring those and their family members who have served our country.
Contact:  Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter
American Red Cross
220 8th Street
Parkersburg, WV 26101
(304) 485-7311

The Challenged Athletes of West Virginia, in partnership with The Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley, will be hosting the first "Lose the Training Wheels" adaptive bicycling camp held in West Virgiia. The mission of the "Lose the Training Wheels" is to teach individuals with diabilities to ride a conventional two-wheel bicycle and become lifelong independent riders. The Camp will be held June 7th - 11th at the Parkersburg YMCA and is open to children ages 8 and up with a disability and a desire to independently ride a 2-wheel bicycle with family and friends. Approximately 45 volunteers are needed for the week of camp. Volunteers are asked to work one 75-minute session per day (or more) for the week of camp and ask that the same volunteer work with the same child all week. The Volunteer Action Center of the Mid-Ohio Valley will be handling registration for the event. For a volunteer packet contact Wendy Tuck at wendytuck@juno.com or Mary Rader at maryrader@mail2.netassoc.net or call the Volunteer Action Center at 304-424-3457.

Essentially Yours - a project of the Vocies of Triump Gospel Community Choir. Essentially Yours will provide essential home good items to those who once experienced homelessness but have now acquired a dwelling. Items will be given at no charge to these individuals based on referrals from local community service agencies.
Essentially Yours is working in cooperation with the Salvation Army, United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley, Westbrook Health Serices, and other organizations to ensure that they help meet the needs of those individuals who need assistance.
Volunteers are needed to greet clients; process applications, enter data into a data base; and collect, sort, and distribute items. Contact Chris Penn at 304-834-2107 for additional information.
Essentially Yours' office is located inside the Salvation Army's Office Building located at 534 Fifth Street, Parkersburg, WV.
They will be open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and they play to begin accepting clients and distributing items on Tuesday, May 4th.

11th Annual Very Spectacular Arts Festival will be held on Thursday, May 27th and Friday, May 28th at WVU at Parkersburg.
The Festival is co-sponsored by Artsbridge and WVU-P and is based on the national model which was created in 1974 by Jean kennedy Smith in affiliation wth the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. to give children with disabilities the opportunities to experience live arts.
The Festival features hands-on involvement of Kindergarten thru 12th grade students with a variety of artists, craftsmen and musicians exhibiting their skills.
The program is for special education students from Calhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and Wood Counties in West Virginia, and Washington and Morgan Counties in Ohio.  Volunteers needs for artist assistants, helpers to set-up on Thursday evening and clean-up on Friday afternoon, but greeters, sign-in clerks, stage manager assistants, communications for inside and outside traffic coordination and persons to assist with moving heavy items (tables, chairs, etc.). Artists are needed and art supplies will be provided.
Artists for the Art Stops should contact Ruby Ruppel at 304-422-5152 or e-mail rural@suddenlink.net.
For general volunteering or additional information, contact Ronald Jalbert at 304-485-7068 or e-mail jalbertrl@msn.com.
Jackie Purkey is responsible for student registration and any special education teacher outside Wood County wanting to attend should contact her at 304-295-5703.

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