Paint and Sip Superhero
November 16
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
948 4th Avenue
Come and enjoy a fun night of painting with your family! No experience necessary, just choose a super hero and enjoy.
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The Haute Wick Social
November 21
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Heritage Station
Come enjoy the custom candle making experience! Choose from over 80 scents, blend the oils and mix them into your wax.
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Meal Prep Training Class
December 11
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Tri State Fire Academy
Learn basic kitchen prep, meal prep skills, how to determine calorie content and macro nutrients, and portion control.
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Annual Children's Christmas Party
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The FOP Gold Star Lodge 65 will host the annual children’s Christmas party on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from 11 a.m. -1 p.m. The party will take place at Redmen Bingo Hall, located at 1759 Adams Ave. The event hosts approximately 25-30 kids, grades 1-3, from the elementary schools inside the Huntington city district. At the event, children are provided a meal, candy, presents and a visit from Santa. The party is solely sponsored by the Ride with Cops motorcycle ride that takes place in October. Without the help of area businesses and volunteers, this event would be difficult to execute. The event serves as a positive interaction with the youth in the community and makes an impression on them to remember in years to come.
Volunteering isn't just for the day of the party; there are approximately 500 gifts that will need wrapped if groups want to coordinate with Officer Adkins
to meet at Police Headquarters.
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Financial Wellness
Our Training Workstream kicked off in October with sessions on First Responder Financial Wellness. Two classes were held on Tuesday, October 22 and two were held on Thursday, October 24 with varying times to try and reach all schedules and shifts. Aimee Dickerson, a Branch Manager at United Bank in Huntington, was the trainer for the class and did a great job. Aimee is excited about offering different financial trainings to first responders, including: Budgeting/Saving, Credit, Investments, Preparing Your Family, and Home Buying. We will be working with Aimee to schedule these trainings after the first of the year.
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
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"Thank you Compass Huntington for allowing first responders and their families to enjoy an evening of West Virginia Power baseball. I think our daughter, Addison has become their new #1 fan."
– Jason and Amanda Boggs
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Spartan Race
“I’ve competed in a lot of fitness events, but this by far was the truest test of both physical and mental toughness, both of which are crucial in our job as firefighters”
– Captain Ryan Zornes
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Huntington Firefighters
Pat Stapleton, Ryan Zornes,
Steven Ross, Dustin Bumgardner, Scott Ward,
Tim Salyers, Chad Hendrick, Chris Blanton
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The Compass Grant was initially awarded to Huntington, WV first responders to embed a wellness coach into the departments, change and implement new policies that impact wellness, create a meaningful and impactful training curriculum, provide self-care activities for first responders and their families, and launch a communications plan to spread awareness of these initiatives.
- The need for a comprehensive Wellness Center was made known after numerous discussions and focus groups with first responders, so the Compass Advisory Team made it a priority and wrote it into the grant as a workstream. We also reallocated grant dollars so that $50,000 of Bloomberg funds would be dedicated to the Wellness Center.
- The First Responder Wellness Center is not just another gym. It will include features such as job functional exercise equipment, group exercise space, a nutrition center for classes and group meals, and will house the Wellness Coaches that will assist in referring first responders to wellness resources.
- The City of Huntington is so invested in their First Responders and the Compass Program that they have allocated an additional $250,000 in funds towards the Wellness Center.
- We also have our first private donor in the amount of $20,000 - AT&T.
- The Compass Advisory Team, with assistance from both Chiefs, is tackling the responsibility for the remaining Wellness Center fundraising, in the amount of $331,000.
If you would like to get involved with fundraising, or you have questions, please contact Amy Berner, Compass Program Manager, at 304-840-8815 or
bernera@huntingtonwv.gov
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ROBERT FERRIS
(Police)
JEFFREY WAUGH
(Fire)
JEREMY PITSENBARGER
(Fire)
ERIC CORDER
(Police)
JASON DAVIS
(Police)
RONNIE LUSK
(Police)
PHILIP WATKINS
(Police)
BRIAN EPLIN
(Police)
DAVID GAEGER
(Fire)
HANS NAUMANN III
(Police)
MICHAEL ROSS
(Fire)
JOSEPH DENNING
(Police)
DAN UNDERWOOD
(Police)
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Lieutenant Steve McCormick
from the Huntington Fire Department and wife Kelli at our October Paint And Sip event
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Compass was a proud sponsor of the IAFF Kickball Game the weekend of August 24-25
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Huntington Police Office Chasten Toler, wife Jaye and their family enjoy a trip to Carter Caves as part of the Compass Program
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Compass is here to provide you and your families with self-care activities such as yoga, pottery, cooking classes, massage therapy and dance classes and to strengthen and maintain your overall wellness. We can do this in many ways – first and foremost, by asking you. You can give feedback on Compass by participating in focus groups, taking surveys, attending activities and giving anecdotal feedback, and evaluating trainings.
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We welcome questions or any feedback you may have.
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