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What Can Faith-Based Communities Do?
Syringe Services Resources:
Join a Prevention Coalition in Your Region!
Region 1:
Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel
Contact:
Dara Pond
Youth Services System, Inc.
(304) 233-2045
dpond@ysswv.com
Region 2:
Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Jefferson, Berkeley
Contact:
Paige Mathias
Potomac Highlands Guild
304-257-1155
paigem@potomachighlandsguild.com
Region 3:
Tyler, Pleasants, Wood, Ritchie, Jackson, Wirt, Roane, Calhoun
Contact:
Shelley Mize
Westbrook Health Services
304-927-5200 ext 410
smize@westbrookhealth.com
Region 4:
Monongalia, Preston, Marion, Doddridge, Harrison, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur, Randolph, Braxton
Contact:
Elizabeth Shahan, MSW, LGSW, PSII
West Virginia Prevention Solutions
304-423-5049
Elizabeth@wvpreventionsolutions.org
Region 5:
Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Cabell, Wayne, Mingo, Logan, Lincoln, Boone
Contact:
Kim Shoemake
Prestera Center
304-412-7036
Kimberly.Shoemake@prestera.org
Region 6:
Webster, Pocahontas, Nicholas, Fayette, Greenbrier, Raleigh, Summers, Monroe, Wyoming, Mercer, McDowell
Contact:
Greg Puckett
Community Connections
304-913-4956
greg.puckett@strongcommunities.org