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Robert H. Mollohan Foundation Donates $4,000 to Crittenton Services | Crittenton Services, Inc.
Robert H. Mollohan Foundation Donates $4,000
Above: Presenting a check to Crittenton Services in the amount of $4,000 is (left) Aime Shaffer of the Robert H. Mollohan Foundation to Crittenton Development
Manager Bethany Romanek (center) and Crittenton President and CEO Kathy Szafran (right).
The Robert H. Mollohan Family Charitable Foundation awarded Crittenton Services of Wheeling a $4,000 grant to support costs associated with purchasing health and
wellness equipment and educational materials. The grant will assist Crittenton's gender-responsive program for at-risk young women between the ages of 12 and 18 who
may or may not be pregnant or parenting.
"We're delighted to have the support of the Mollohan Foundation," noted Crittenton President and CEO Kathy Szafran. "This will go a long way to help our outstanding
educational program improve its capabilities in physical fitness and wellness." Crittenton's residential program emphasizes treating the whole girl, with supportive
counseling, therapy, and life skills, along with an on-campus alternative school. "This is consistent with our objective of empowering these young women, who have
often been the victims of physical, sexual and psychological abuse and neglect, turn their lives around and become self-sufficient. We are proud of our psychological
and educational services, and this grant will help us offer better opportunities for physical fitness."
Established in 2000 and created by the family of former Congressman Robert H. Mollohan, the foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to improving
the lives of West Virginians through its educational, scientific, and charitable programs.
Crittenton Services, Inc., formerly known as the Florence Crittenton Home, was established in 1895 in Wheeling as a home for "wayward" women. Today, Crittenton's
residential program provides the only licensed residential mother/infant and maternity care for teenagers in West Virginia, but increasingly, accepts girls who are
neither pregnant nor parenting, who need comprehensive behavioral health treatment, an educational alternative and life intervention. Aside from the residential
program, the nonprofit organization, headquartered on National Road, operates three other programs: Wellspring Family Services, Cradles to Crayons Childcare Centers
and the Intensive Educational and Outpatient Treatment Program.
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