Category COVID-19

18 Partners to Aid in Distribution

SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV (October 20, 2020) – The Community Education Group has begun distribution of 2,000 COVID-19 Relief Kits in West Virginia through 18 distribution partners.

CEG’s staff, along with Milan Puskar Health Right and its clients, put together these backpacks on October 19, filling them with reusable masks, hand sanitizer, educational materials, a state resource guide, promotional CEG stickers, and gift cards to Kroger for the purchase of water or other needs.

“When the COVID-19 pandemic hit West Virginia, one of the first things we were told to do was to wash our hands,” said CEG Founder and Executive Director, A. Toni Young. “Some of the clients our distribution partners serve may be experiencing homelessness or not have running water, leaving them particularly vulnerable to transmission. We felt called to do something.”

CEG received partial funding for the contents of these Relief Kits thanks to generous donations from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (www.aidshealth.org), the Community Access National Network (www.tiicann.org), and ViiV Healthcare (www.viivhealthcare.com).

CEG’s distribution partners include the following organizations:

Berkeley County Health Department

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Branches Domestic Violence Shelter

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Cabell-Huntington Coalition for the Homeless

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CASEWV (Bluefield)

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CHANGE, Inc.

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Community Action of South Eastern West Virginia, Inc. (Mercer, Summers, & Monroe Counties)

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Covenant House

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Daymark, Incorporated

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Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council

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Good Samaritan Free Health Care

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Greater Wheeling Coalition for the Homeless, Inc.

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Housing Authority of Mingo County

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Milan Puskar Health Right

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Raleigh County Community Action Association

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Serenity Pointe

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Solutions-Oriented Addiction Response (SOAR)

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Southwestern Community Action Council Community Services Block Grant Program (Huntington, Milton)

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Southwestern Community Action Council, Inc. (Point Pleasant)

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Community Education Group (CEG) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization working to eliminate disparities in health outcomes and improve public health in disadvantaged populations and underserved communities.

#CEGInWV has partnered with 18 organizations across West Virginia to distribute 2,000 COVID-19 Relief Packages.

These packages will include a backpack filled with hand sanitizer, face masks, an educational infographic and resource guide, and a $5 Kroger gift card to purchase water.

The call for supplies was so great, we had to quadruple our initial order of 500 backpacks and 1,000 masks, request an additional 1,500 backpacks and 3,000 masks.

Because of the need for more supplies, we are currently awaiting that second order of backpacks and masks.

Distribution will begin in October 2020.

In just two weeks, we secured an unprecedented 18 distribution partners for our COVID-19 Relief Packages.

You can find a list of our distribution partners, below, as well as links to their respective websites.