Try This WVMore than $700,000 awarded to 312

healthy-community teams statewide since 2014

A vibrant statewide grassroots network of West Virginians creating

a healthier state

West Virginians helping West Virginians: trading ideas

and expertise

Leveraging an $11 return for every $1 in grant funds

invested

Small investments leading to income

generating projects

Builds local leadership and

sustainable fundraising skills

It’s up to us!

“This approach has been fantastically successful. From running and biking clubs to community gardens to new playgrounds to building grocery stores, Try This WV and community groups have activated a culture of health for WV. If you have doubts that West Virginia is headed in the right direction,

you need to attend a Try This WV meeting.”

-Clay Marsh, VP and Executive Dean for WVU Health Sciences -Danny Swan, Director, Grow Ohio Valley

“We came down to the Try This conference, and all of the sudden, we’re plugged into people at the top levels of the Dept of Education, WVU Extension, of the Dept of Agriculture, of large medical institutions. It accelerated us. It might have taken us another decade as an organization, had it

not been for Try This’ intervention and facilitation of “bumping people up the ladder.”

-Sally Hurst, Director, Greenbrier Valley Health Alliance

“I think Try This is one of the most exciting things I’ve seen happen in WV. I’ve been working as a community health outreach worker for almost 30 years, and this is the movement I want to be a part of. It’s a great opportunity to connect people together that are really doing something at the community level. And that’s where my passion is.”

• Locates natural leaders and gives them an empowering experience

• Connects like-minded West Virginians with each other

• Generates $11 for every dollar of grant funds invested

• Leaves participants better equipped to help their communities

• Generates evidence-based activities that improve community health by increasing access to physical activity and/or healthy food

• Builds West Virginians’ confidence that their state can get off the worst health lists

Visit the Try This West Virginia facebook page: Find out what’s happening statewide! Post info about your own projects!

Adam Flack, DirectorEmail: trythiswv@gmail.comPhone: 304-389-2500

Try This WV is fiscally sponsored by The Lewis County Family Resource Network

Visit www.trythiswv.com for literally hundreds of ideas for community projects

Try This Evaluation Report 2014-2016 from the WVPRCMid-Ohio Valley Regional Try This gathering

• Local people form a team to carry out their bright idea

• West Virginians meet, advise and inspire each other through regional/statewide conferences and social media

• Teams plan projects and build skills, using advice from the Try This “how-to” Web site and contacts

• Teams inventory whats been done and set priorities

• Teams use Try This grants to leverage matching funds and volunteers

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How it works

The WV Prevention Research Center found that Try This WV:

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