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Office Information

WVU Extension Service
Kanawha County Office
4700 MacCorkle Avenue SE
Suite 101
Charleston, WV 25304

Phone: 304-768-1202/3/4
Fax: 304-768-6914
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00-4:00
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Kanawha County Hosts - Family Fun Fridays at the Capitol Market


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WVU Extension Service provides programs in 4-H Youth Development, Families and Health, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Community, Economic and Workforce Development with support from West Virginia University faculty and staff. WVU also maintains a historic special-mission campus at WVU Jackson’s Mill Center for Lifelong Learning and State 4-H Camp, near Weston, West Virginia.

Join us for Family Fun Days at Capitol Market
Plan to join us this summer for Family Fun Fridays at the Capitol Market

Join WVU Kanawha County Extension at Charleston’s Capitol Market for food and fun. Sample fresh foods prepared by Kerri Wade, Families and Health Extension Agent, from produce available at the market. Kids can join in the fun with kids activities by Sherry Swint, 4-H Extension Agent, and Ken Lindsay, 4-H program assistant. Get your garden questions answered by John Porter, Agriculture Extension Agent. Meet some dedicated Kanawha County Master Gardeners and participate in a short survey to help the extension service better serve county farmers and the public. Check out the full schedule and photo highlights by clicking on the “Kanawha County Hosts Family Fun Fridays” button above.

Contacting the Office by Phone

Due to a switch in phone systems to improve service, the WVU Kanawha County Extension Office will be using a temporary phone number for incoming calls until the original number is ported over to the new system. Automatic forwarding may take effect within a few days; you may find it faster, however, to directly dial the temporary number, which is (260) 443-7178. This will be the direct line to the extension office until further notice. We anticipate a change back to the regular phone number with in a few weeks. Calls made to the (304) 768-1202 phone number will receive a message directing them to dial the new 260 number.

Welcome Our New 4-H Agent…..Sherry Swint

Sherry

Jan. 26 was the first day on the job for Sherry Swint, WVU Extension agent working with 4-H Youth Development programs in Kanawha County. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Baylor University in 1990 and a master’s degree in public administration from WVU in 1994. She is working on a post-baccalaureate certification in teaching at Marshall University. For the last three-plus years, Sherry has been coordinator of the Project FLOW Service-Learning project for Volunteer West Virginia (the W.Va. Commission for National and Community Service). Earlier, she was executive director of the West Virginia Specialty Foods Cooperative, program manager of the Center for Economic Options, and training specialist with the National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities at WVU. In the community, Sherry is a read-aloud volunteer, serves on the grant committee at Holz Elementary School, and is a Girl Scout leader.

Master Gardeners of the Year

The Kanawha County Master Gardener Association and WVU Extension Service would like to congratulate Sandra Squire and Jackie Hallinan for being chosen as the Kanawha County Master Gardeners of the Year. Squire and Hallinan were recognized in an awards ceremony at the WV Master Gardner Conference in April.

Outstanding 4-H Leader

WVU Kanawha County Extension and the Kanawha County 4-H Leaders would like to congratulate Mark Bright for being selected as the 2009 Outstanding 4-H Leader during the November 17 4-H Awards and Recognition Night.