1st year in review

When we started Preston County SPROUT a year ago, we had no idea where it would take us, but we knew that Preston County has been on the decline in the recent past, along with the majority of the rest of WV, and that we wanted to start an organization to help revitalize our wonderful community.  Over the decades we have seen so many opportunities vanish from our area.  In the not so distant past, Preston County had a movie theater, multiple bowling alleys and skating rinks, pools, parks, arcades, local hang outs, small businesses larger corporations and more.  Today, our children have a limited amount of opportunities here and they are dwindling.  We knew we wanted to help change this......

Over the past year we have met with and had to opportunity to assist some wonderful organizations .  In meeting and working with these people, we see that everyone has the same vision for this area.  Everyone has a dream of what Preston County could be.  We truly believe that working together, uniting together, for the common goal of progress, we can see many of these projects and ideas come to fruition much faster.  Right now we are all tackling the  mountain from different angles.  If we continue working together, we can find the path to the top much faster.

A few of the events that we have helped host have been trivia nights, our Disney Trivia night helped raise proceeds for the Wades World of Wonder Playground.  We have also held a few open mic nights that have showcased some amazing talent from Preston High School!  We have held numerous vendor markets and donated proceeds from our winter market to the hat and glove tree at PHS.  We want to not only support local organizations, especially the kids, but also to give our support to local businesses and small business owners.

trivia night

trivia night

We are looking forward to our 2nd Annual Midsummer Festival on July 29th!  This is a day packed full of kids activities and its free for the kiddos!!!  There is also a kids talent contest and live musicians from 1-7pm!  Stay tuned for a detailed schedule closer to the event so you don't miss any of the fun!!

Also we are working with the Preston Community Arts Center on scheduling Zumba classes, Karaoke nights, and more.  Scheduled for 6/2, we are hosting The Cool for the Summer, 18 and under dance party at the PCAC.  We are currently accepting parent volunteers as well as donations for concessions and sponsorship of prizes.

We have WV trivia on 6/20 for WV's Birthday celebration!  Get your 4 person team together and come show off your WV knowledge!!  We have 3 more events in our team trivia competition, and other trivia nights coming up including relay for life trivia events!!  Please like and follow our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts to stay up to date on all of our events.

We also have a few other long term projects in the works that need some research and historical compilation completed.  We are excited about where some of these projects could lead and the opportunities they could bring to the area!

We are a community organization that wants to work with you, for the growth of our county.  If you have any ideas or events that you would like to see happen around here, please contact us and we will work on trying to get it scheduled.  We have many ideas in the works and can always use volunteers!!  If Preston County Sprout sounds like something you would like to be a part of, Please, join us!  We are always taking members!

We are working on a community calendar!  If you would like your event added to the calendar please email us or message us on one of our social media accounts.

pcsprout@gmail.com