ELKINS — The next Citizens Promoting Community benefit cakewalk, scheduled for Friday, will raise funding for Appalachian Wounded Warriors.
Appalachian Wounded Warriors is an organization that helps wounded and non-wounded veterans enjoy the outdoors through fly fishing and other activities throughout West Virginia. More information on the organization can be found on the website www.appalachianwoundedwarriors.org.
Donations will be accepted at the cakewalk event to help veterans, including toothbrushes, shaving cream, disposable razors, combs, brushes and/or travel size toothpaste, deodorant or shampoo/conditioner.
This week’s event’s “Grand Prize” Walk will be sponsored by Guilty Pleasures Sweet Shop.
The cakewalk event will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Citizens Bank parking lot.
The organization’s next cakewalk will be Sept. 2 and will benefit the Randolph County Literacy Volunteers.
Since the creation of Citizens Promoting Community, more than $5,000 has been raised for various organizations. The last cakewalk event raised a total of $592.25 in funding for the Tygart Valley United Way and Citizens Promoting Community raised $592.25.
Citizens Promoting Community is also working on an event to benefit the Randolph/Tucker Child Advocacy Center. This event is scheduled for Nov. 5 and will take place at the Phil Gainer Community Center. More information will be available on the event soon, officials said.
Recently, Citizens Promoting Community was happy to help make Depot Day a success by offering cornhole tournaments. More than $700 was raised from the two cornhole tournaments: one for children and the other for adults.
The top six in the adult tournament were: first, John Graham; second, Eddie Weese; third, Craig Arbogast Jr.; fourth, Rocky Shaffer; fifth, Allen Rosier; and sixth, Mark Spicer.
The children’s top three were: first, Zachary Arbogast; second, Alijah Row; and third, Chiron Wing. Citizens Promoting Community would like to congratulate all the winners, and thank Elkins McDonalds for serving as the sponsor of the event.
Citizens Promoting Community is an organization made of like-minded individuals aiming to create and promote community within the city of Elkins. More information about the organization can be found on Facebook or by emailing citizenspromotingcommunity@gmail.com.
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