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The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates (PACF) announces the availability of vocational/technical scholarships for students from throughout the Foundation’s service area of Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, and Wood counties in West Virginia, and Washington County, Ohio. The PACF manages more than 190 scholarship funds. Through the PACF’s Consolidated Scholarship Read More…
The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates (PACF) is accepting scholarship applications for the S. William and Martha R. Goff Permanent Educational Fund. To be eligible an applicant must have attended high school in Wood County, WV (at least two years) and must be entering or currently in medical school. Selection is based on merit and need. The Read More…
Those of us who live here know that Calhoun County is filled with gems, and it’s wonderful to see a few of them recognized! To commemorate its 60th anniversary, the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation and Regional Affiliates sought from the public those special people who are the “hidden gems” of our region who personify the Read More…
Organizations working for the betterment of Calhoun, Gilmer, and Wirt counties recently received grant support from the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation (PACF) and its Little Kanawha Area Community Foundation (LKACF) affiliate. More than $48,000 was awarded through the Foundations’ fall Community Action Grants Program. The fall 2022 grant recipients include: “We are pleased to be Read More…
Alice Holmes, Founder and President of the Grantsville Conservatory of Music and Fine Arts, received a grant from the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation (PACF) in the amount of $7,150.00 for the purchase of instruments and a recording studio on Tuesday, December 6. Richard Lowe of Wirt County, representing the Little Kanawha Area Foundation, presented the Read More…
