Partners from business, foundations, government, nonprofit agencies and labor have committed, in a signed covenant, to seeking solutions to McDowell’s complex problems. Each partner has agreed to provide services, money, products and/or expertise to lift McDowell County’s schools, students and their families.
Featured partner: Share My Lesson
Share My Lesson is a free digital collection of lesson plans and resources for educators. It is designed to help reduce the hours educators spend developing countless lesson plans and provides a platform where users can collaborate and resources on various topics and subjects appropriate for all grade levels. The user-friendly site boasts more than 312,000 resources and all content can be downloaded free of charge. As a Reconnecting McDowell partner, Share My Lesson launched a resource collection specifically designed for McDowell County educators, parents and guardians. Visit the McDowell County resources at sharemylesson.com/mcdowell.
American Federation of Teachers
Gayle Manchin
Alliance for Excellent Education
Arch Coal
AT&T
Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love
Building America Community Development Enterprise
Catholic Charities West Virginia
Children’s Home Society of West Virginia
Christian Community Development Association
Cisco Systems Inc
City of Welch, West Virginia
Coalition for Community Schools
College Board
Communications Workers of America
Concord University
Council of the Southern Mountains
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Education Alliance
Edvantia
Edwards Educational Services
Epsilen
FACES
Frontier Communications
Globaloria
Grace Bible Church
Harvard University – Advanced Leadership Initiative
Highland Community Builders
Highmark West Virginia Inc.
Hon. Clif Moore
Hope Community Development Corporation
Human Resource Development & Employment Inc.
Human Resource Development Foundation
Huntington Area Food Bank
IBM Corp
Imagination Library
Improve Your Offer, Inc.
Joe Ford, May or Iaeger
KaBOOM
Kellogg Company
Marshall University’s June Harless Center for Rural Educational Research & Development
McDowell County Board of Education
McDowell County Commission
McDowell County Commission on Aging
McDowell County Economic Development Authority
McDowell County Juvenile Drug Court
McDowell County Redevelopment Authority
Mountaineer ChallenNGe Academy
New River Community and Technical College
Ohio-West Virginia State YMCA
OMB, Office of Information & Regulatory
Patriot Coal Corp.
Pioneer Community Bank
Preston Scheffenacker Properties
Rahall Appalachian Transportation Institute
Reba Honaker, Mayor of Welch
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health
Robert C. Byrd Institute
Save the Children – U.S. Programs
SEIU 1199
Share My Lesson
Share Our Strength
Shentel Communications
Silver Lining
South Central AFL-CIO
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
Stop the Hurt, Inc.
Tug River Health Association
United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 400
United Mine Workers of America
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
U.S. Dept. of Education
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin
Vera Institute of Justice
Verizon
Vh1 Save the Music
Wastewater Treatment Coalition of McDowell
West Virginia AFL-CIO
West Virginia Association of Student Councils
West Virginia Board of Education
West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services
West Virginia Center for Professional Development
West Virginia Children’s Home Society
West Virginia Council for Community and Technical Education
West Virginia Del. Mary Poling
West Virginia Dept. of Commerce
West Virginia Dept. of Education
West Virginia Dept. of Education and the Arts
West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources
West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia GEAR UP
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
West Virginia Homeland Security
West Virginia Housing Development Fund
West Virginia National Guard
West Virginia PTA
West Virginia School Boards Association
West Virginia Schools Service Personnel Association
West Virginia Sen. Robert Plymale
West Virginia State Police
West Virginia Supreme Court
West Virginia University
West Virginia University School of Journalism
Widmeyer Communications
World Wide Workshop Foundation
WV FREE
Youth Enrichment Services