WVU Monongalia County Extension Service

09/01/2026

Our FREE Fall Paper Shred Event is coming up on September 19th from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at PACE Enterprises, Inc.

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09/01/2026

🎉 Please help us welcome Devon O’Connell to our team! 🍀💙💛

Devon started today as our new WVU Extension Monongalia County Office Manager, and she is already off to a great start!

We’re so happy to have her joining our Extension family and look forward to working with her. If you’re in the area, please plan to stop by the office, say hello, and help us give Devon a warm welcome! 😊

Welcome to the team, Devon! We’re glad you’re here! 💙💛

08/29/2026

Becca is at the Morgantown Farmers Market this morning with the kids trivia prize wheel and talking about 4-H! Stop by and say hi!

08/27/2026

The CEOS Ridgedale Club overcame the rain this summer to have a lovely indoor picnic.❤️Thanks so much to the Chestnut Mountain Ranch—for providing a wonderful venue, giving us a great school tour, and sheltering us from the storm!

08/26/2026

Magazine Donations Requested

Our 4-H members have requested a magazine refresh for our button maker and we are asking you to consider donating any magazines you may have.

Drop donations off at the WVU Monongalia County Extension Office (Mon County Center, 2nd floor, Mylan Park) during business hours-Monday-Friday; 8:30am-4:30pm

Email [email protected] with any questions. Thank you so much!

08/25/2026

Make your voice count: help shape the future of West Virginia!WVU Extension and the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources work with communities across the state through research, education, and outreach. To ensure our programs address the state’s most important needs, we invite you to complete our needs assessment survey.

Your feedback will help identify priorities, guide future programming, and ensure resources are focused where they can make the greatest impact

Participation is voluntary, confidential, and open to West Virginia residents age 18 and older. The survey takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

Thank you for sharing your perspectives! ➡️ https://tr.ee/iwENI6

08/23/2026

We are so proud of these amazing young people! They make our 4-H and FFA programs in Monongalia County shine! 🍀❤️⭐️👏

The 48th Annual CB FFA Alumni Show and Sale is complete!

We want to send a very big Thank You to all the buyers who showed up to support this group of kids and their projects!

We could not make any of this happen without you all!

What a great group of kids we have in this barn! There is no family like barn family!

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08/22/2026

What a great day at the Monongalia County 4-H & FFA Show and Sale! 🍀🐷🐮🐑🐐

We are so proud of all of our youth who exhibited their livestock projects today! The hard work, dedication, responsibility, and countless hours they have put into caring for their animals were on full display.

Congratulations to each of our exhibitors—you represented Monongalia County 4-H and FFA so well! 💚💛 We are incredibly proud of you and all you accomplished this year!

A huge thank you to the families, volunteers, leaders, buyers, and community members who continue to support our youth and their livestock projects. It truly takes a village! 🍀

08/21/2026

Tomorrow is the day! 🍀🐷🐇 Join us Saturday, August 22, for the Monongalia County 4-H & FFA Show & Sale! 🐑🐐🍀

This is the last opportunity of the summer to come out and support Monongalia County 4-H and FFA youth livestock project exhibitors! 💚 These young people have spent countless hours caring for, preparing, and working with their animals, and we would love to see a great crowd there cheering them on!

📍 Barn at the Battelle District Fairgrounds in Wadestown
🐮 Shows begin at 11:00 a.m.
💰 Sale begins at 6:00 p.m.

Come spend the day with us, watch our members showcase all of their hard work, and stick around for the sale to support our own Monongalia County youth!

We are incredibly proud of these 4-H and FFA members and can't wait to see them in the show ring! 🍀💚 Mon Co Show and Sale

08/20/2026

We enjoyed a fascinating summer evening learning about medicinal plants at the Mylan Park High Tunnel! Thank you to WVU Extension Horticulture Specialist Dr. Lewis Jett and Extension Agent Josh Malencia for providing demonstrations and sharing research-based information about the uses and growing methods for medicinal herbs.