Picture This: Harvest the Vision
Parkersburg resident Zakiya Powell, 8, reacts as sister Amiya Powell, 14, catches a tower of blocks about to topple as they enjoy an oversized game of Jenga during the Harvest the Vision event Sunday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Parkersburg resident Ari Ward, 5, talks to Jonathan Defibaugh, with the Wood-Washington-Wirt Interstate Planning Commission during the Harvest the Vision event Sunday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Sheri Bond, with the Health Plan, speaks with Parkersburg resident Mary Huskey during the Harvest the Vision event Sunday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg. The Health Plan is a managed care organization serving Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program recipients in West Virginia. Bond said she wanted to remind people on Medicaid to update their information with the state Department of Health and Human Resources to make sure they’re still eligible. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
People at Sunday’s Harvest the Vision event were invited to write down areas where improvement is needed in the community. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Multiple organizations set up at Sunday’s Harvest the Vision event at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg to share information about their services with the community. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Parkersburg resident Zakiya Powell, 8, reacts as sister Amiya Powell, 14, catches a tower of blocks about to topple as they enjoy an oversized game of Jenga during the Harvest the Vision event Sunday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Parkersburg resident Ari Ward, 5, talks to Jonathan Defibaugh, with the Wood-Washington-Wirt Interstate Planning Commission during the Harvest the Vision event Sunday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Sheri Bond, with the Health Plan, speaks with Parkersburg resident Mary Huskey during the Harvest the Vision event Sunday afternoon at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg. The Health Plan is a managed care organization serving Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program recipients in West Virginia. Bond said she wanted to remind people on Medicaid to update their information with the state Department of Health and Human Resources to make sure they’re still eligible. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
People at Sunday’s Harvest the Vision event were invited to write down areas where improvement is needed in the community. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Multiple organizations set up at Sunday’s Harvest the Vision event at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg to share information about their services with the community. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
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PARKERSBURG -- Nearly 20 organizations and agencies gathered at the Boys & Girls Club of Parkersburg Sunday afternoon for a Harvest the Vision event.
Organized by the nonprofit District 4 Community Action; the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, which advocates for conservation of the state's waterways; and Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, a nonprofit Pittsburgh law firm, the event was intended as a way for people to learn what resources are available in the community while also looking at ways to improve it. It included food, games and live music, as well as different groups discussing their services.
"The goal of today is to help the community create their shared vision for the City of Parkersburg," said Meagan Niebler, with Fair Shake.
Up next is an ambassador program aimed at helping people determine where they want the community to go and how to get there, Niebler said. People interested can call 412-664-5811 for more information.