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The United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia Inc. awarded a $12,500 grant to the House of the Carpenter Inc. in Wheeling to help with construction costs of its new youth center.
The youth center will provide space for existing house ministries, as well as safe place for neighborhood youth and their families. A groundbreaking ceremony for the project will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Wheeling Island facility.
In an unrelated project, the United Methodist Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to the West Virginia Council of Churches to help establish and support six community re-entry councils for ex-offenders across the state. The councils address re-entry and other community issues such as housing, employment, behavioral health, substance use disorders, family services, positive youth development, benefits and food assistance.
The United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia, established in 1974, manages more than $100 million for United Methodist causes in West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland.