Bright Futures - Barbour County

06/06/2025

🚨🚨New Date Set! July 8 at 6:00pm🚨🚨

Unfortunately, tonight's pool party will be canceled due to the incoming weather.

We are working with the city pool for a date to reschedule the event. Please follow our page and event for the new date!

02/06/2025

Let’s step up and help our community! If you can help out, please sign up below.

The first food box distribution will be this Thursday at Philippi Middle School from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. If you can help, please be there at 10:30 a.m.

We hope to see you there!

🍎 Volunteers Needed This Summer!

Barbour County Schools is seeking volunteers to assist with Food Distribution Days at Philippi Middle School.

📅 The first distribution day is next Thursday, June 5, 2025!

👐 This is a great opportunity to give back and support local families during the summer months. Whether you can help once or all summer, we’d love to have you on board.

👉 Sign up by completing the form linked below and help us make a difference!

📍 https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=S7AZ4AwzekaLrgn7FzdNagFAy3G-5UNHkCZBhc2b6YtUN1Q1VTU5VDlOMU0wSUxNQVBROVZETFRRQS4u&route=shorturl

Thank you for supporting our community! ❤️

21/05/2025

We invite you to join us at Philip Barbour High School on Thursday, May 22nd, at 4:00 pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect, engage, and be part of our community. Your presence will make a difference!

We look forward to seeing you there!

19/05/2025

Thank you, Belington Middle School, for allowing us to participate!

15/05/2025

Help New Vision begin talks on building a Village to provide jobs, housing, and life-skills mentoring for young ladies aging out of the foster care system. The Village for young men has five of the 24 houses under roof and is predicted to start housing residents in the fall, with a projected completion date by the end of 2026.

22/04/2025

Join us this Thursday, April 24th at 4:00 pm at Philip Barbour High School. All are welcome!

We hope to see you there!

21/04/2025

Join New Vision Renewable Energy this Friday for the Next Step Summit from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm at New Vision Village. The Next Summit is designed to have a community-informed discussion on the essential elements for helping young adults transition, addressing gaps, and exploring opportunities for youth exiting foster care.

16/04/2025

Bright Futures hosted four trainings on positive youth development on April 10, 11, and 12 for all substance-free youth-serving organizations in Barbour County. Cornelius Williams, the director of the Resurgence Leadership Foundation, provided inspirational training. The three-day event was hosted by the leisure and free time and youth/adult family relationships committee.

04/04/2025

🚨Free Trainings and Youth Events🚨

April 10, 2025
3:45 pm - 5:45 pm - Bowling Together (Youth and Adult) - Philippi Bowling Alley
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm - Youth-Serving Organizations - New Vision Epicenter

April 11, 2025
7:30 am - 9:00 am - Pastors and Leaders Breakfast - Philippi Southern Baptist Church
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Lunch and Learn for Adults Helping Youth - New Vision Epicenter
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Youth Event - New Vision Epicenter

April 12, 2025
8:00 am - 9:00 am - Youth-Serving Organizations - New Vision Epicenter

We have three days of opportunities for our youth, adults working with our youth, and the youth-serving organizations of Barbour County. The training is free, and food will be provided at each event. Cornelius Williams will lead the training. He is the President of the Resurgence Leadership Foundation and the founder of the Young Commanders Leadership Program. He has worked with over 3,000 youth in 23 locations across the country.

Join us as we learn about positive youth development and its role in the work you do with youth!

Contact Ruston Seaman at 304-669-2191 to register.

02/04/2025

As we finish up the delivery of the opioid settlement funding to Barbour County's youth-serving organizations, we would like to thank the following for agreeing to partner with Bright Futures in our efforts to increase the positive factors in our community.

Thank you for all you do!

Philippi Public Library, Barbour County Girl Scouts of Black Diamond, Twisted Bee Studio LLC, Bless This Food Inc, Peoples Chapel Chestnut Ridge Youth, The Belington Board of Parks, Haven of Hope Worship Center, Heart and Hand House, Inc., Barbour County Ministerial Association, Philippi Youth Basketball, Barbour County Prevention Works, Shiloh Covenant Brethren Church, Barbour County Young Life, New Life Homeschool Co-Op, New Life Family Worship Center - Philippi, WV, Calvary Southern Baptist Church, Belington WV Homeschool, Annie's Smiles, KidREACH & REACH.U Community, Barbour County Beauty Twirlers, New Hope Valley Church and Barbour County Youth Soccer.

25/03/2025

Join us this Thursday, March 27th at 4:00 pm at Philip Barbour High School. All are welcome!

We hope to see you there!

09/02/2025

Thank you for being so dedicated to Bright Futures and the youth of our county, Cathy!