The Big Cover up
The Big Cover Up student initiative grant is open to schools in Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, and Mason counties in West Virginia, and Gallia and Lawrence counties in Ohio.
Funded projects provide essential items for other students/children in the winter and historically have centered around ensuring that younger students have access to warm winter coats and clothing. Each project must have a faculty sponsor and the project must be student-led and student-driven.
We support a foundation of safety net services that provide these basic needs:
Food | Clothing | Safe Shelter | Personal Care and Infant Essentials | Healthcare | Medication | Utilities/Rent Assistance
Community Resiliency Funded Programs
- Branches Domestic Violence Shelter — $20,000 — Providing a 22-bed emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence and shelter utility bill costs.
SUCCESS STORY: Woman Regains Confidence
Tri-State Literary Council
Adult learner C.H. enrolled with the Tri-State Literacy Council in March 2023. C.H. was 40 years old and married with adult children at the time of her enrollment. C.H. had left school in the 10th grade. During her school years, C.H.’s learning disability was incorrectly diagnosed as an intellectual disability.
C.H. worked a number of minimum wage jobs over the years before deciding to return to the classroom. C.H. worked in another adult education classroom with little success before enrolling with TSLC. C.H. was initially assessed at a 4th grade equivalency in both reading and math.
Throughout her enrollment, C.H. faced a number of personal tragedies including a medical emergency with her daughter and the death of her father and sister. However, C.H. let nothing stand in her way. She continued to work diligently toward her goal and make reading and math levels gains at every assessment.
C.H. choose to focus on one subject at a time, and in March 2024 she passed the last subject area and received her diploma. C.H. immediately enrolled at Huntington Jr. College in the Medical Assistant program. In June 2024, she stopped by the Learning Center to let us know that she had passed her first semester of school. Her next semester includes Anatomy, she’s nervous but with her determination, motivation, and work ethic, TSLC staff are certain she will succeed.
C.H. is a success story, not only because of her impressive accomplishments, but also because of her attitude. In class, C.H. helped and encouraged other learners, and we are certain she will continue to meet her goals.
