Princeton Office
603 Harrison St.
P.O. Box 5533
Princeton, WV 24740
Phone: 304-431-2424 
: Joanne Boileau, Director

How to Get There:

From Interstate 77, take the Princeton exit (Exit 9.)  

From I-77 South Bound; go to the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp and turn right.  Go to the next traffic light and turn right.  Signs indicate "to Route 20," "to Route 104W," and to Pipestem Resort State Park." See From Either Direction below.

From I-77 North Bound; turn left at the light at the end of the exit ramp, go straight through the next light and turn right at the next light, "to Route 20, 104W, and Pipestem" as above.  See From Either Direction below.

From Either Direction, Within 100 yards of last turn, you will come to a three-way stop.  Turn left on Route 104W (Oakvale Rd.)  At the next light (about one mile,) 104W goes left.  Do NOT follow 104W.  Instead, go straight through on Route 20 South.  A green sign indicates that this is toward "Downtown."  Once past this light, Oakvale Rd. becomes Thorn Street.  As you cross the bridge over the railroad and approach downtown the cross streets become numbered streets. Turn left onto 6th Street and go one block. 6th dead-ends at Harrison Street so turn right. You will see 603 Harrison on the left (the red brick house with a Children's Home Society sign in front).

Martins Adoption

On Monday August 13 at Camp Creek State Park, foster and adoptive parents and their lovely children gathered for a picnic and family scavenger hunt.  Prospective foster and adoptive families who recently completed their PRIDE training were invited to join in the fun. The little ones quickly discovered the playground, and the older kids found their way to the creek, and while they were supervised by some volunteers from the Concord University Social Work Organization, the parents were able to mingle and share their experiences with adoption and fostering.  After the carry-in picnic supper the families joined forces to compete in a nature Scavenger Hunt.  The winning family was the Wrights and their prize was 4 hours of childcare. The CHS “Our Families” Support Group in Princeton meets every 2nd Monday of the month from 6 – 7:30 at the Holiday Inn Express for a bite to eat and a lively discussion and training topic. All foster and adoptive parents are welcome to attend and child care is provided. Just let Denise or Ruth know that you plan to attend.  The training topic for September is relaxation and bio-feedback with Debra Taylor, MSW field placement

For the past ten years, the Mercer County WE CAN Program has been a grant recipient of First Book. Thousands of books have been distributed to children in WE CAN through generous grants from our local advisory board.

This year, First Book has extended its reach, and more CHS programs are First Book recipients. These include:

• Parkersburg – coordinated a new, local advisory board and received $7,000 from the Department of Education in seed money;
• Northfork – received a grant of $2,000 to purchase approximately 1,000 new books for children in emergency shelter care and children at the community center;
• Princeton – received a grant of $1,680 to purchase approximately 840 new books for children in the WE CAN child-mentoring program; and
• Morgantown – received a grant in the amount of $320 to purchase approximately 160 new books for children in the tutoring/mentoring program.

For more information about First Book, please visit:

www.firstbook.org